Ch.11 test

Question 0

Theory

Answer 0

an explanation of how or why something happens

Question 1

The scientific method was developed by who?

Answer 1

Francis Bacon

Question 2

Denis Diderot spread what?

Answer 2

Enlightenment ideas

Question 3

Deism

Answer 3

Combines faith and reason

Question 4

The Declaration of Independence contains ideas of who?

Answer 4

John Locke

Question 5

Who said “I think, therefore I am.”?

Answer 5

Descartes

Question 6

Who found evidence the planets revolved around the sun?

Answer 6

Galileo

Question 7

Who thought the planets revolved around the earth?

Answer 7

Ptolemy

Question 8

Who was the Sun King?

Answer 8

Louis the 14th

Question 9

What was the major issue with Greek scientific theories?

Answer 9

They were based on observation not experiments

Question 10

Most settlers from Great Britain made colonies where?

Answer 10

North America

Question 11

What document was made during the Glorious Revolution?

Answer 11

The English Bill of Rights

Question 12

What 3 scientist did not believe the earth was the center of the universe?

Answer 12

Copernicus, Galileo, and Kepler

Question 13

Who was the greatest thinker of the Enlightenment?

Answer 13

Voltaire

Question 14

Why did the continental congress begin?

Answer 14

They called for a repeal of the British policies

Question 15

What year did Great Britain recognize America’s independence?

Answer 15

1783

Question 16

Who discovered the heart pumps blood , and sends blood through the body?

Answer 16

William Harvey

Question 17

Name 3 Enlightenment despots?

Answer 17

Catherine the Great, Louis the 14th, and Fredrick the Great

Question 18

Why did the U.S. delegates write the constitution?

Answer 18

They wanted a stronger national govt.

Question 19

What is a hypothesis?

Answer 19

an explanation of the facts.

Question 20

After a hypothesis ,in the scientific method, is tested what do u do?

Answer 20

Modify

Question 21

What was Mary Wollenstonecraft’s vies on women’s rights?

Answer 21

• All people have reason
• Women should be able to vote
• women should be able to own property
• women should have a higher place in society
• women have good ideas
• women should be equal in the workplace

(A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. In this work, she claimed that all humans have reason. Because women have reason, they should have the same rights as men. Women, Wollstonecraft said, should have equal rights in education, the work- place, and in political life)