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The Scientific Revolution popularized the idea that

• understanding is the result of observation and experimentation

• Earth is the center of the solar system

• church doctrine should be the source of new ideas

• scientific research should be supervised by political authorities

Locke and Rousseau, as writers during the Enlightenment, expanded the concept of

• total war

• self-sufficiency

• natural law

• divine right

• Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be founded only upon the general good.

•Any law which violates the inalienable rights of man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a law at all.

Which event was an attempt to implement these ideas?

• Berlin Conference

• Congress of Vienna

• German Unification

• French Revolution

A study of the rule of Czar Nicholas II and the rule of King Louis XVI would show that

• overspending on warfare can lead to victory

• democratic governments often result from revolution

• leaders who ignore the needs of their people are likely to be overthrown

• strong advisors usually help monarchs implement successful reforms

Maximilien Robespierre is best known in French history for

• rallying French support for the American Revolution

• trying to eliminate enemies of the French Revolution

• attempting to preserve the monarchy of Louis XVI

• enforcing the principles of the Napoleonic Code

Which revolution, led by Toussaint L’Ouverture, relied on slave rebellions to achieve independence?

• Iranian

• Cuban

• Haitian

• Mexican

Which scientific theory is supported by the work of Copernicus, Galileo, and Kepler?

• cell theory

• atomic theory

• theory of evolution

• theory of a heliocentric universe