Western Civ 102 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Because Thomas Hobbes perceives mankind as inherently evil, he..... | asserts that a ruler should employ absolute power to maintain order in the areas under their rule |
Why does Thomas Hobbes assert that a ruler should employ absolute power | to maintain order in the areas under their rule |
The theory justifying a monarch's rule by God's authority | Divine Right |
Individuals associated with the Scientific Revolution | Copernicus Galileo Newton Kepler |
Why would Galileo "detest" Copernicus' theories before the Inquisition? | He feared that the Church might excommunicate him |
Individuals associated with the Enlightenment | Locke Montesquieu Rousseau Voltaire |
The individuals associated with the Enlightenment ideas and use of reason for rational and logical thinking influenced movements for? | Political reform |
What is similar about Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, and Voltaire? | They use rational thinking |
What is the solution Montesquieu offered to avoid the establishment of a government with unlimited power? | Separating the branches of government |
Major causes of the French Revolution were | the inequalities in the tax structure and a three estate system based on SOCIAL CLASS |
What is a three estate system based on? | Social class |
What limited the power of the French monarch? | The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen |
Maximilien Robespierre attempted to defend democracy in France by? | Purging (violently riding) the country of political opponents and counterrevolutionaries |
What do the actions of the Jacobins during the French Revolution indicate? | Revolutions sometimes bring radical groups to power |
Who supported Napoleon Bonaparte's rise to power? | The french people |
Why did the French people support Napoleon Bonaparte's rise to power? | They hoped he would bring stability to the nation |
Why is the Napoleonic Code important? | It provided a written set of laws for Europe |
What contributed to Napoleon's military defeat | Severe winters and the large size of Russia |
What did the French Revolution stimulate? | Nationalistic feelings |
The French Revolution..... | Inspired other people seeking democracy and independence from absolute monarchs |
What was the purpose of the Congress of Vienna? | To establish a balance of power and to restore old rulers/regimes to their thrones after Napoleon's defeat |
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