stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
Chapter 8 - The Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
Chapter 8 - The Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment
Chapter 8 - The Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment
24 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
123 plays
Use this Quiz in order to review for the test covering Chapter 8
Flashcards
24 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
24
Answers
1
The document that listed the rights of the citizens of the United States is the Bill of Rights.
False
True
2
Where was Earth in Copernicus' conceptions of the universe?
Center of the Universe
Next to Pluto
In a dark ally
Orbiting around the sun
3
The first battle in the American Revolutionary war took place in ______.
Valley Forge
Lexington
Philadelphia
Boston
4
It was more important to Frederick the Great to have a powerful nation than to
keep a strong bureaucracy.
treat everyone humanely.
abolish all cruelty and torture.
follow all Enlightenment ideals.
5
What does laissez-faire mean?
Loud Fart
Hands Off
Lazy Fairy
Less Fair
6
Why did the colonists use the slogan "No taxation without representation"?
They did not believe taxes were spent fairly
They did not want to pay any taxes.
They wanted a say in how they were taxed.
They wanted to pay more taxes
7
Who discovered the universal law of gravitation?
Mr. Pickard
Newton
Dr. Hill
Copernicus
8
Which of the following led to the Seven Years' War?
conflict over the succession to the Austrian throne.
reforms based on Enlightenment ideas
Enlightenment ideals
the spread of serfdom
9
Overall, the large powerful states of Europe treated Enlightenment principles as
outrageous attacks on their power.
ideas of little importance.
something to continually try to implement.
interesting ideas but not practical.
10
What instruments made scientific discoveries possible and helped ideas spread quickly?
Printing Press
Telescope
Gatlin Gun
Microscope
11
Which leader tried to make real Enlightenment changes in his or her country?
Catherine the Great
Joseph II of Austria
Empress Maria Theresa
Frederick the Great
12
Where was Earth in Ptolemy’s conceptions of the universe?
Next to Pluto
Center of the Universe
In a dark ally
Orbiting Around the Sun
13
Who wrote the phrase, “I think, therefore I am”?
Jean Jacque Reseau
Rene Descartes
Voltaire
Thomas Hobbes
14
What type of music did Haydn and Mozart create?
Classical
Classical rock
Bel canto
baroque
15
A representative government is one in which ______.
people elect leaders to run the country
a military leader and an army lead the government
a king represents the government
all people vote on each issue
16
Under the _______ , the French transferred Canada and lands east of the Mississippi to England.
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
Treaty of London
Treaty of Versailles
17
What theory argues that liberty is achieved when society agrees to be governed by general will
Magna Carta
Constitution
Bill of Rights
Social Contract
18
who explained the term lasisez-faire in The Wealth of Nations?
Adam Smith
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Rene Descartes
19
What Enlightenment Philisophe argued for equality for women and women's rights?
Voltaire
Rene Zelwegger
Mary Wollstonecraft
Michelle Obama
20
Which European nation entered the war on the side of the Americans?
Germany
France
Italy
Great Britain
21
In the system of enlightened ___________, rulers tried to follow Enlightenment ideas.
people
thinkers
absolutism
period
22
What was the art style of the Enlightenment referred to as?
baroque
abstract
impressionist
rococo
23
What was the final result of the war in North America?
Great Britain became the world's greatest colonial power.
Spain kept Spanish Florida and Cuba.
France owned the Louisiana territory.
Nobody won, so nobody had any more land.
24
Britain and France fought against each other in both North America and
India
France
Russia
Britain
