World Studies Test! Flashcards
Name the 7 Continents
North America, South America, Asisa, Australia, Europe, Antarctica, and Africa.
Name the 4 Oceans
Pacific, Atlantic, Artic, and Southern
A absolute location
2250 Cherry Street Toledo Ohio
A relative location
across the street from the park
What are the 5 themes of Geography (think of Mr.Help)
Movement, Regions, Human Environment Interaction, Location, and place.
What is Galileo Galilei famous for?
He is famous for his telescope observations.
What is Issac Newton famous for?
He is famous for his discovery of gravitation.
What invention helped scientist in the late 1600s
The microscope
What were some of Montesquieu main ideas? what affects does it have on the world today?
Some of his main ideas were separation of powers, Executive, Legislative, Judicial, checks and balances. It influenced the United States Constitution.
Why is Mary Wollstonecraft famous. How did what she do affect the world today.
She said that women should have the right to participate in politics. Today women can be in politics for example fun for president and be in the government etc, another example Kamala running for president as well as Hillary Clinton.
What are the 5 origins of the Enlightenment?
Reason, Nature, Happiness, Progress, Liberty.
What Continent is the largest in terms of SIZE.
Asia
What Continent is the largest in terms of POPULATION.
Asia
What was Voltaire’s main ideas?
The first amendment, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Tolerance.
What was Thomas Hobbs main ideas?
He came up with that man is inherently selfish and aggressive, if mankind is left on its own the world would be ruled by chaos and conflict, and that citizens need the law and The Social Contract.
