Chapter 10

Question 1

The idea that the earth is the center of the universe

Answer 1

Geocentric

Question 2

Who were the pioneers of modern chemistry who lived during the 17th & 18th centuries

Answer 2

Isaac Newton
Francis bacon 
Galileo 
Boyle
Copernicus 
Cavendish

Question 3

Which country supplied arms and money to the American colonists?

Answer 3

France

Question 4

Who defined the 3 laws of motion that govern the planetary bodies and universal law of gravitation?

Answer 4

Isaac Newton

Question 5

An English philosopher that developed the scientific method

Answer 5

Francis Bacon

Question 6

This era marked the beginning of the modern world and would play a major role in the expansion of suffrage if women and the abolishment of slavery

Answer 6

The enlightenment era

Question 7

The enlightenment began in which two European countries?

Answer 7

France & England

Question 8

The intellectuals who discussed ideas and used reason to explain the world and believed in tolerance for all religions

Answer 8

Philosophes

Question 9

The French intellectual who believed in deism the idea God was like a watchmaker. He created the universe and set it in motion and allows it to run without interference.

Answer 9

Voltaire

Question 10

Who identified the 3 branches of government?

Answer 10

Montesquieu

Question 11

Believed in life liberty and property

Answer 11

John Locke

Question 12

Who was the first to argue that the sun not the earth was the center or the universe?

Answer 12

Copernicus

Question 13

The offspring of Spanish/European and native Americans were known as?

Answer 13

Mestizos

Question 14

The native Americans that worked on plantations were known as?

Answer 14

Encomienda

Question 15

What were the most profitable trade items during the 18th century?

Answer 15

Sugar
Tobacco
Diamonds
Animal hide

Question 16

What areas did Great Britain control during the enlightenment?

Answer 16

Canada
13 original colones
India

Question 17

The taxes that led up to the disenfranchisement of the American colonies

Answer 17

Stamp act
Tea act
Sugar act

Question 18

Fighting between the British & colonists began when?

Answer 18

April 1775, at Lexington& concord

Question 19

Isaac newtons universal law of gravitation explained what?

Answer 19

Planetary bodies do not go off into straight lines but continue in elliptical orbits around the sun

Question 20

The British were forced to surrender to George Washington in 1781 where?

Answer 20

Yorktown

Question 21

The what in 1783 recognized independence for the American colonies given them the western territory from the Appalachians to the Mississippi River?

Answer 21

Treaty of Paris

Question 22

The first constitution of the newly founded United States was what?

Answer 22

The articles of confederation.

Question 23

In the what power is shared between the national government and the state government?

Answer 23

The federal government.

Question 24

5 amendments of the Bill of Rights

Answer 24

Religion 
Speech 
Press
Petition 
Assembly

Question 25

The offspring of a European and African

Answer 25

Mulattoes

Question 26

What are the 3 roles of government according to Adam smith?

Answer 26

Protection from invasion
Protection from injustice
Provide services

Question 27

Who was the Italian scientist that found himself in trouble with the Catholic Church for believe the sun sorta motionless at the center of the universe?

Answer 27

Galileo