Global Regents Review

Question 1

The Age of Absolutism

Answer 1

Period in European History when nations were ruled by absolute monarchs

Question 2

Absolute Monarchs

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Monarchs who had total control over the nations they ruled

Question 3

Centralized power control

Answer 3

Absolute Monarchs did not share their power with anyone else

Question 4

Divine Right

Answer 4

Absolutist monarchs believed that the right to rule came from God

Question 5

Peter the Great

Answer 5

Absolute Monarch of Russia who westernized it

Question 6

Louis XIV

Answer 6

Absolute Monarch of France

Question 7

Phillip II

Answer 7

Absolute Monarch of Spain

Question 8

Henry VIII

Answer 8

Absolute Monarch of England

Question 9

Suleiman the Magnificent

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Absolute Monarch of the Ottoman Empire

Question 10

Scientific Revolution

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Sudden and Drastic change in how people viewed the world

Question 11

Science and Reason/Logic

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used to explain how the world worked - no longer turned only to the bible for answers

Question 12

Copernicus

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developed the heliocentric model

Question 13

galileo

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proved copernicus’s heliocentric model correct

Question 14

newton

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developed theory of gravity

Question 15

kepler

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helped discover how planets move

Question 16

descartes

Answer 16

mathematician, scientist and philosopher

Question 17

Scientific Revolution on “traditional authority”

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challenged the power of the catholic church since many of the scientists proved church teachings to be incorrect

Question 18

The Enlightenment

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period in European history when reason (logic) was used to understand and improve society. In fact, the Enlightenment is often called “The Age of Reason.”

Question 19

Natural laws

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universal laws that are always true

Question 20

John Locke

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believed people have natural rights and that people have the right to overthrow the government if these rights are not protected`

Question 21

Montesquieu

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Believed that government should be divided into three branches

Question 22

Voltaire

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believed in freedom of speech and freedom of religion

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Rousseau

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Believed society is a social contract

Question 24

Enlightened Despots

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European kings and queens who believed in Enlightenment ideas and ruled using Enlightenment principles

Question 25

political revolution

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an event in which the people of a country overthrow an existing government and create a new government.

Question 26

Glorious Revolution

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event in which the people of England successfully limited the power of their monarchs

Question 27

Effects of the glorious revolution

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a limited monarchy in england - had to share power with parliament (magna carta, english bill of rights, petition of rights)

Question 28

French Revolution

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event in which the people of France overthrew their king (Louis XVI) and fought for more rights.

Question 29

Causes of French Revolution

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• The third estate was upset that they had to pay the highest taxes even though they had the least amount of money
• The ideas of the Enlightenment inspired the French people to overthrow their unfair kings and to create a new government that protected their rights.
• France was in an economic crisis- The kings spent too much money and put France in debt.

Question 30

Declaration of Rights of Man

Answer 30

This was a document written during the French Revolution that gave equal rights to the men of France and created a fair system of taxation.

Question 31

Reign of Terror

Answer 31

This was a document written during the French Revolution that gave equal rights to the men of France and created a fair system of taxation.

Question 32

Results of the French Revolution

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1) King Louis XVI of France was executed by Robespierre and the Jacobins.
2) The middle class of France gained more power and rights.

Question 33

Napoleon Bonaparte

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the ruler who came to power at the end of the French Revolution. He expanded (enlarged) French territory by conquering neighboring lands in Europe. By doing so, he made French people feel nationalism (pride in their country).