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Test for World History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did Nicolaus Copernicus do | He proposed the heliocentric theory |
| The Scientific method was developed by whom | Francis Bacon or Rene Descartes |
| What did the scientific revolution cause | improvements in medicine and scientific instruments |
| Issac Newton explained what | law of universal gravitation |
| What is the correct order of the scientific process | observation, question, hypothesis, experimentation, conclusion |
| What did philosophes believe in? | Progress in society |
| What is the law of Universal gravitation? | All physical objects are affected equally by the same forces. |
| What did the enlightenment promote? | a belief in progress, a more secular outlook, faith in science |
| The book social contract explained what | The idea of direct democracy |
| How did Janssen make Leewenhoek discoveries possible? | He invented the microscope |
| What was Montesquieu influence on the US constitution? | separate government into three branches |
| Which man contradicted the ideas of the constitution? | Thomas Hobbes |
| How did philosophes influence Catherine the great? | Proposal to laws in Russia’s law |
| What did Frederick II support? | Freedom of worship |
| The declaration of independence was written by | Thomas Jefferson |
| The bill of rights what influenced by which of the 5 great influences | Voltaire, Locke, Rousseau, Montesquieu |
| What events occurred after the American Revolution? | Constitutional Convention |
| How did the declaration of independence have enlightenment ideas? | It said people had rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. |
| How was the taxation problem before and after the independence? | before there were too many British taxes after, there were not enough federal taxes. |
| The first government after the war was created by? | articles of confederation |
| What did the articles of Confederation create | a senate |
| What did Vesalius and Voltaire both do | Challenge preexisting ideas. |
| How were Hobbes and Catherine the great similar | they both believed that a monarch should have absolute authority |
| This philosopher believed in separation of powers | Montesquieu |
| this political thinker believed in education of women She also declared that women should have the same political rights as men | Mary Wollstonecraft |
| this philosopher disagreed with other philosophers. He believed that civilization corrupts natural goodness | Rousseau |
| this philosopher believed all people are wicked | Hobbes |
| This philosopher's ideas greatly influenced criminal law reformers in Europe and North America. He argued against the use of torture and other common abuses of justice. | Beccaria |