Scientific Revolution and Absolutism Test Review

What era most inspired people in the Enlightenment to apply reason to society and government?

• The Protestant Reformation

• The Age of Exploration

• The Scientific Revolution

• The Renaissance

Many Kings before and during the Enlightenment believed that they were given the right to rule from God. This idea is called:

• Natural Right to rule

• Divine Right

• Unlimited Power

• Absolute Monarchy

Louis XIV was known by what name?

• The Sun King
• The Moon King
• King of all Europe
• King of the Franks

Which czar modernized Russia by building a navy and adopting western customs?

• Ivan the Terrible
• Igor the Proud
• Nicholas IV
• Peter the Great

This Russian ruler expanded land ownership to the Black Sea and Promoted education for females.

• Ivan IV

• Peter I

• Catherine II

• Mary I

What did King Louis XIV build that became a symbol of French wealth, power, and cultural influence?

• The Palace of Versailles

• The Eiffel Tower

• The Louvre

• The French Armada

Which theory proposed by Copernicus, stated the sun, not the earth was the center of the universe?

• Heliocentric Theory

• Geocentric Theory

True or False: The work of both Copernicus and Galileo were considered challenges to religious teachings at the time.

• True

• False

Which of the following ideas are associated with Isaac Newton?

• Laws of motion

• elliptical orbits

• gravity

• craters on the moon

• dark spots on the sun

Term that means earth-centered universe

• heliocentric

• geocentric

• eccentric

• egocentric