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Unit 6 .14 Ms. D
Semester Assessment Practice
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How would you describe the Scientific Revolution of the 1600's and 1700's? | A time of great progress in understanding nature |
| The scientific method requires | Careful observation, experimentation, mathematics, and reason |
| Two important thinkers during the Scientific Revolution were: | Newton and Descartes |
| The discoveries of the Scientific Revolution gave people | new confidence in their ability to understand the laws of nature |
| John Locke tried to understand the laws of government. What did he teach? | If rulers govern badly, people have the right to revolt |
| Two great democratic revolutions erupted in the late 1700's. Where did they occur? | The United States and France |
| What is a constitution? | The basic law of government establishing the form of a country's government. |
| In a document called the ___________, written by ___________, the United States of America announced its independence to the world. | Declaration of Independence; Thomas Jefferson |
| What happened at the Constitutional Convention in 1787? | The United States made a new plan for government. |
| What was the Terror and who rose to power after it ended? | A time of terrible violence in France; Napoleon Bonaparte |
| How did the French revolution affect the rest of Europe? | The French tried to spread their revolution and a period of wars followed |
| Soon after the American and French Revolutions, ideas of self government and rule of the people spread to which region of the world? | Latin America |
| By the 1820's, most of __________________ had won its independence from __________________________________________. | Latin America; Spain |
| Who was known as the Liberator of South America? | Simon Bolivar |
| Great Britain was the birthplace of a revolution driven by powerful machines. More and more people stopped making things in their homes and started working in factories. What was this change called? | The Industrial Revolution |
| Which invention made it possible to power boats and locomotives? | Steam engine |
| During the early Industrial Revolution, what were working conditions like for factory workers? | The hours were long and factories were dark and unsafe |
| In what economic system are individuals and private companies in charge of making economic choices? | Capitalism |
| Which philosopher believed capitalism would eventually destroy itself? He wrote about class struggle and the revolt of workers. | Karl Marx |
| Which very productive country had the world's first capitalist economy? | Great Britain |
| Karl Marx's idea that property and wealth should be held in common by all people is called: | communism |
| Who ruled England at the height of the Industrial Revolution | Queen Victoria |
| He was so excited about the Scientific and Industrial Revolutions in the west that he tried to bring western ways to Russia. Who was he? | Peter the Great |
| Bismarck united many small states into this single nation and the brothers Grimm brought together fairy tales here- what place is this? | Germany |
| Which two European nations had been many little states until they became large single nations? | Italy and Germany |
| Who was the US President during the Civil War? | Abraham Lincoln |
| The Civil War is the war that | ended slavery and confirmed United States as a nation. |
| Which were the important people for each of these revolutions: Scientific Democratic Industrial | William Harvey, Isaac Newton: Scientific Thomas Jefferson, Simon Bolivar: Democratic James Watt, Robert Fulton: Industrial |
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