WORLD HISTORY CHAPTER 21 PRACTICE

Because scholarship was considered the exclusive domain of men, female scientists often had to

• marry before pursuing a career.

• be sponsored by a male scientist.

• limit their research to certain fields.

• publish their work anonymously.

According to Rousseau’s concept of the social contract

• a society agrees to be governed by its general will.

• a government should exact harsh punishment for crime.

• the government should not interfere in economic affairs.

• people should be governed by their individual morality

In their battle for control of Silesia, which two nations set the stage for the Seven Years’ War in Europe?

• Austria and Prussia

• France and Spain

• Russia and Germany

• India and Great Britain

The scientific method grew out of the belief that the world is best understood through

• imagination.

• direct observation.

• the teachings of Aristotle.

• a geocentric view of the universe.

explains why planetary bodies stay in orbit

around the sun

• Geocentric

• universal law of gravitation

• Law of motion

• orbit of the sun

first European to explore the universe with

a telescope

• Galileo Galilei

• rococo

• René Descartes

• John Locke

America’s first constitution

• Declaration of Independance

• Stamp Act

• Articles of Confederation

• Northwest Treaty

argued that people are born with a blank mind

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Galileo Galilei

• René Descartes

• John Locke

father of modern rationalism

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Galileo Galilei

• René Descartes

• John Locke

Which idea of Montesquieu has been incorporated into the U.S. Constitution?

• social contract

• economic laissez-faire

• religious tolerance

• separation of powers