World History Chapter 10 Reading Quiz

Question 1

This theory states that the Earth was the center of the solar system.

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Ptolemaic

Question 2

The offspring of European and American peoples in the Americas.

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mestizos

Question 3

Power is shared between the national government and the state government.

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federal system

Question 4

This is a systematic procedure for collecting and analyzing evidence.

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scientific method

Question 5

He was a Greek physician whose medical ideas dominated the medieval world.

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Galen

Question 6

He tried to lower religion to the level of the lowest peoples' capacities.

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Wesley

Question 7

His idea of separation of powers greatly influenced the writers of the U.S. Constitution.

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Montesquieu

Question 8

His law of universal gravitation explains the orbits of planetary bodies.

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Newton

Question 9

He was considered to be the greatest figure of the Enlightenment.

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Voltaire

Question 10

He invented a system of naming the elements and is regarded as the founder of modern chemistry.

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Lavoisier

Question 11

Frederick the Great is credited with making this a great European power.

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Prussia

Question 12

The War of Austrian Succession started because this person ascended to the throne.

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Maria Theresa

Question 13

The doctrine that the state should not interfere in economics.

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laissez-faire

Question 14

Name for the intellects of the enlightenment.

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philosophes

Question 15

This new type of monarchy was influenced by reform minded philosophes.

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enlightened absolutism

Question 16

This Austrian ruler initiated many reforms including abolishing serfdom.

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Joseph II

Question 17

The idea that the Sun is at the Center of the universe.

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heliocentric

Question 18

The first 10 amendments to the Constitution.

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Bill of Rights

Question 19

Rousseau's concept that argues that a society should agree to be governed by its general will.

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social contract

Question 20

Descartes was known as the father of ___________.

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rationalism

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