Midterm Review #1- 11 Questions

Which scientific instrument did Galileo use to change the world?

• telescope

• spyglass

• mirror

• magnifying glass

Which object is the center of the solar system according to Galileo?

• Earth

• Moon

• Sun

• Neptune

Complete the sentence.

Galileo Galilei was ________.

• doctor

• a scientist and an inventor

• writer

People during the Scientific Revolution started to make conclusions based on?

• Traditional ideas

• Experimentation and Observation

Enlightenment philosopher who believed people had natural rights of life, liberty, and property.

• John Locke
• Montesquieu
• Rousseau
• Voltaire

Enlightened thinkers based their philosophical beliefs on what two things?

• power and privilege
• money and fame
• good looks and charm
• reason and logic

What is absolutism?

• The idea that there is more than one religion

• The idea that one group of people

  is superior to another group of people

• The idea that power is limited to a monarch by a parliament

• The idea that all and unlimited power is used by a king or queen

The leader of the Reign of Terror & the Committee of Public Safety was

• Marie Antoinette.

• Olympe de Gouges.

• Maximilien Robespierre.

• Dr. Joseph Guillotin.

What happens when Napoleon invades Russia? 

• Russia puts the scorched-earth policy and Napoleon loses men to the Russian Winter
• The Russians battle with Napoleon
• Napoleon does not invade Russia
• Napeolon and Russia sign a peace treaty

What was it called when God gave a king the right to rule?

• Demoncracy

• Popular Soverignty

• Divine Right

• Absolutism