History Flashcard

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The style of art, called baroque was replaced by a new style, characterized by simple elegant inspired by Greek and Roman art. What was the name of the new style?

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neoclassicism

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The principles of checks and balances and separation of powers were put forward by

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Montesquieu

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau believed that people are basically good.

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people are basically good.

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The most radical idea expressed by women in the Enlightenment was that women

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should not believe that mothering was their first duty.

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What was a direct result of the Scientific Revolution in Europe? Options: a gradual decline in the growth of cities, an increase in the use of the divine right theory of government, the rise of the manorial system, the application of reason and experimentation to political thinking

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the application of reason and experimentation to political thinking

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Francis Bacon, Galileo, and Isaac Newton promoted the idea that knowledge should be based on

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experimentation and observation

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All of the following were reasons why the American colonists won the revolutionary war EXCEPT: the Americans were defending their homeland, overconfident British generals made mistakes, France fought with the Americans.

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the Americans had a superior military

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Montesquieu believed the purpose of the separation of powers was to

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protect the liberties of the people.

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John Locke believed that the rights of life, liberty, and property were...

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natural rights

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Who wrote, “It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.”

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Voltaire