World History Semester 1 Final

Front

The French people, especially the middle class, were inspired by the Enlightenment thinkers and what recent contemporary event?

Back

the American Revolution

Front

What was the event that was the first major step in the French Revolution?

Back

the storming of the Bastille

Front

What were the Three Estates?

Back

The church people, the rich people, and everyone else

Front

What was the Enlightenment?

Back

In the 1700s, thinkers suggested that people should have freedom and equality.

Front

What new method of execution was primarily used during the Reign of Terror?

Back

Guillotine

Front

A sudden overthrow of a government is known as?

Back

Coup d'etat

Front

What did Galileo Improve? Options: The astrolabe, the stars, The Telescope, cat food.

Back

The Telescope

Front

Which scientist is famous for discovering gravity?

Back

Newton

Front

He was a polish mathematician and astronomer who was first to determine that the sun was the center of the solar system.

Back

Copernicus

Front

A German mathematician who was known for his laws of planetary motion in elliptical orbits around the sun.

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Kepler