Unit 3: Absolute Monarchy and the Roots of Reason

Question 1

Magna Carta

Answer 1

-a contract that limited the power of monarchy
-made England a constitutional monarchy
-signed by king John

Question 2

Glorious Revolution

Answer 2

-replacement of reigning king, James II, with the joint monarchy of his protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William of Orange

Question 3

Akbar the Great

Answer 3

-religiously tolerant

Question 4

Queen Elizabeth I

Question 5

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Question 6

English Bill of Rights

Answer 6

-limits the powers of the monarch and sets out the rights of Parliament
-made England a constitutional monarchy

Question 7

Heliocentric

Answer 7

• Sun stands at the center of universe
  -contradicted Christian views

Question 8

Geocentric

Answer 8

• Earth is motionless, and in the center of the universe

Question 9

Social Contract

Answer 9

-agreement between people and government in which people give up some things in return for having for the benefit of having a government

Question 10

John Locke

Answer 10

-believed that people can agree between people and government
-purpose of government was to protect peoples rights
-in favor of constitutional monarchy

Question 11

Thomas Hobbes

Answer 11

-believed in strong monarchy
(monarchy is the only solution to keeping humans in line)
-Hobbes thought badly of human nature

Question 12

Marageret Cavendish

Answer 12

-paved the way and pushed the roles of women
-commented on both natural and philosophical world

Question 13

Scientific Revolution

Answer 13

-a time period in which science took place of greek and religious beliefs

Question 14

Galileo

Question 15

[diagram of the sun in the middle shows…?]
bonus: did the church agree?

Answer 15

-heliocentric
-no

Question 16

[diagram of the earth in the middle shows…?]
bonus: did the church agree?

Answer 16

-geocentric
-yes!