Unit 2 Test Review

Whic describes the work of Nicolaus Copernicus

• Experimenting on human bodies

• Inventing analytic geometry

• developing a heliocentric theory

• studying prisms and the nature of light?

Which accomplishments are attributed to Gallileo Gallilei? (select 3 answers)

• confirmed that the earth revolves around the sun

• wrote the Pricipia Mathematica

• created a powerful telescope

• discovered elliptical orbits

• discovered moons orbiting Jupiter

Which best describes the influence of Isaac Newton's theory of universal gravitation?

• It led to new insights into the nature of light

• It required the creation of analytic geometry

• It showed that the unverse follows a set of predicatable rules

• It demonstrated the potential energy contained in matter.

What did John Locke believe?

• It is the government’s job to protect the natural rights of life, liberty, and property.

• Absolute monarchs have the right to rule through divine right.

• All governments should have three branches with equal power.

• God should not be involved in the affairs of mankind.

Which beliefs did Voltaire hold? (select 3 answers)

• Kings should be guided by reason.

• The best form of government is a republic.

• God does not take part in human lives.

• Huguenots should give up their protests and become Catholic.

• The English system was better than the French.

Which was influenced by Montesquieu?

• Two Treatises of Government

• the theory of universal gravitation

• U.S. Constitution

• Gettysburg Address

Which best describes a major impact of the U.S. Constitution?

• It promised freedom and equality to all people in the new United States.

• It established a government based on a document reflecting the will of the people.

• It established the world’s first republican government.

• It proclaimed the United States as a country independent from Great Britain.

Which circumstances caused the French Revolution?

Select all the correct answers. (3 correct answers)

• France's financial crisis

• the Royal Proclamation of 1763

• the dictatorship of Napoleon Bonaparte

• the tax burden on common people

• the voting structure in the Estates-General

Maximilien Robespierre led France during which phase of the Revolution?

• the Directory

• the Reign of Terror

• the Great Fear

• the Consulate

Which was Napoleon’s greatest achievement as leader of France?

• the Napoleonic Code

• the Continental System

• the Battle of Waterloo

• the sale of Louisiana