chapter 10

Question 0

who came up with the geocentric theory?

Answer 0

Ptolemy

Question 1

some new developments were..?

Answer 1

Microscope, telescope & printing press.

Question 2

what did Kepler prove?

Answer 2

that the path that the planets take is elliptical, not circular.

Question 3

Galileo Galilei was the first European to regularly use what tool?

Answer 3

A telescope.

Question 4

What did Isaac Newton do?

Answer 4

Defined the 3 laws of motion including gravity.

Question 5

What did William Harvey show?

Answer 5

That the heart, not the liver, was the beginning point of the circulation of blood.

Question 6

What was Robert Boyle known as?

Answer 6

The father of chemistry, he also conducted chemistry experiments

Question 7

Women in the scientific revolution were usually __ or __ blank of scientists.

Answer 7

wives or daughters.

Question 8

Who was the most well known women in the scientific revolution?

Answer 8

Margaret Cavendish

Question 9

New advances in what caused people to change the way they look at humankind?

Answer 9

Science

Question 10

Who taught to doubt everything?

Answer 10

Descartes, he argues that only what reason told him was true would be accepted as true.

Question 11

Who developed the scientific method?

Answer 11

Francis Bacon

Question 12

What was the enlightenment?

Answer 12

The enlightenment was an 18th century philosophical movement of intellectuals. They tried to apply the scientific method to an understanding of all life

Question 13

What were 2 important influences on the enlightenment?

Answer 13

Isaac Newton (laws of the universe) and John Locke (argument about being born with a blank slate.)

Question 14

Intellectuals of the enlightenment?

Answer 14

Philosophe

Question 15

Durning the enlightenment what was applied to everything including religion & politics?

Answer 15

Rational criticism

Question 16

Was questioning the church encouraged?

Answer 16

Yes

Question 17

What did Montesquieu believe in?

Answer 17

The separation of powers in the government

Question 18

Who was Voltaire?

Answer 18

The greatest figure in the elightenment, strong critic of Christianity & he didn’t believe in prayer.

Question 19

What did Diderot do?

Answer 19

Wrote the encyclopedia.

Question 20

What did Adam Smith believe in?

Answer 20

Laissez-Faire (gov. should not be involved in the economy)

Question 21

What did Beccaria argue?

Answer 21

He argued against excessive punishment for criminals.

Question 22

What did Rousseau believe in?

Answer 22

That emotion was important for understanding humans.

Question 23

True or false. Enlightenment philosophers argued that women were not inferior- due to their ability to reason.

Answer 23

True.

Question 24

Who was Methodism founded by?

Answer 24

John Wesley

Question 25

True or False. After Louis 14th built his palace all other rulers wanted one also?

Answer 25

True

Question 26

What is Rococo?

Answer 26

A new artistic style.

Question 27

Did philosopher want enlightened rulers? And give an example of an enlightened ruler.

Answer 27

Yes, Joseph 2nd.

Question 28

Who's territory did Catherine the Great expand?

Answer 28

Russia's.

Question 29

Catherine favored many reforms but refused to act because she depended on the support of who?

Answer 29

Nobility

Question 30

Where was the 7 years war fought?

Answer 30

Europe, India & North America

Question 31

Who won the French & Indian war?

Answer 31

British

Question 32

We're the Indians threatened by the French or British?

Answer 32

British.

Question 33

Who controlled Brazil?

Answer 33

Portugal.

Question 34

Who controlled the rest of Latin America?

Answer 34

Spain

Question 35

Was Latin America a mix of races?

Answer 35

Yes

Question 36

What would become a more lasting source of prosperity?

Answer 36

Farming.

Question 37

We're the english colonies banded together?

Answer 37

No, thought of themselves very separated. Very independent & they developed legislatures.

Question 38

Im what year did fighting break out in Lexington & Concord? What was that known as?

Answer 38

1775 & "the shot heard around the world"

Question 39

Who was the head of the continental army?

Answer 39

Washington

Question 40

Who wrote the constitution?

Answer 40

Thomas Jefferson.

Question 41

British should have easily won the war (American Revolution) due to their what?

Answer 41

Superior military resources & stable gov.

Question 42

What was the biggest advantage of Americans in the American Revolution?

Answer 42

Motivation

Question 43

Who helped the Americans in the American Revolution?

Answer 43

French

Question 44

Where did Cornwallis surrender?

Answer 44

Yorktown

Question 45

What is the treaty of Paris (1783) ??

Answer 45

British finally recognize the U.S as independent.

Question 46

Each of the 13 new states was worried about what?

Answer 46

A powerful federal government.

Question 47

The articles of confederation established what?

Answer 47

A weak government, with many problems.

Question 48

Where was the constitutional convention held?

Answer 48

Philadelphia

Question 49

Separation of powers was divided into what three groups?

Answer 49

Executive, judicial & legislative