Unit 6 - Age of Revolutions

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During which period did philosophers apply reason and the scientific method to better understand life?

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Enlightenment

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Which Enlightenment philosopher believed that humans are born with inalienable, natural rights including: life, liberty, and property?

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Locke

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The heliocentric model of the universe was developed by which person?

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Nicolaus Copernicus

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What was a major consequence of the American and French revolutions?

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Democratic reforms encouraged citizens to participate in government

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Which factor contributed to both the American and French Revolutions? Options: invasion by a foreign military power, resentment over difference among classes, lack of fair representation in government, widespread poverty among the populations

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lack of fair representation in government

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Isaac Newton's book Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica introduced the...

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universal laws of motion

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How did colonists in Spanish America and British North America react to trade restrictions?

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They started rebellions to secure economic independence.

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Which goal did these revolutions have in common? Options: to eliminate monarchical government, to end aristocratic control of commerce, to create a government to protect individual rights, to inspire rebellions in distant territories of the world

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to create a government to protect individual rights

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Which pair of documents was influenced by the Enlightenment ideals? Options: Mayflower Compact and English Bill of Rights, Treat of Paris and Rights of Man, Declaration of Independence and Declaration of the Rights of Man, The Federalist Papers and Magna Carta

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Declaration of Independence and Declaration of the Rights of Man

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What was an immediate effect of the American Revolution?

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Political ideas influence the citizens of other nations