Global Regents 2023 Revieww

What time period was the age of absolutism through?

• 1000s-1100s

• 1700s-1800s

• 1600-1700ss

• 1900s-2000s

What time was the Scientific Revolution through?

• 1500s-1600s

• 1700s-1800s

• 1900s-2000s

• 1400s-1500s

Answer explanation

It was a change of how people viewed the world.

Who was Copernicus?

• A school teacher during the 1500's time period

• A doctor

• An astronomer who developed the Heliocentric Theory

• An astronomer who developed gravity and how it moves

Answer explanation

The ideas the planets revolve around the sun.

Who was Galileo Galilei?

• An astronomer that was friends with Copernicus

• A teacher that taught the Heliocentric Theory

• An astronomer that proved that Copernicus was correct and was put on trial by the catholic church

• A mathematician

Answer explanation

He was put on trial by the catholic church because his ideas went against its teachings.

Who was Isaac Newton?

• A teacher that developed calculus

• A teacher that developed the theory of gravity.

• A sculpter

• A mathematician and astronomer that developed calculus and the theory of gravity.

Answer explanation

He had an apple fall on his head.

When was the Enlightenment?

• 1700s

• 1800s

• 1900s

• 1500s

Why was the Enlightenment important?

• It was what the Buddha was trying to achieve during his life.

• It was vital in English history and was used to understand and improve society.

• It had a rise of many American philosophers.

• It was a period in European history when logic was used to understand and improve society.

Answer explanation

It was often called the Age of Reason.

What did Enlightenment philosophers believe?

• That the citizens were always correct.

• That society could be improved by using reason and natural law.

• To put the citizens before themselves.

• That monarchs always make the best decision for their nation.

Answer explanation

They believed that universal rules are always true.

Where did Enlightenment philosophers get their power from?

• From their parents.

• From higher ups.

• From the people.

• From god.

Answer explanation

They had to use their own ideas to equalize the world.

What form of government did the Enlightenment philosophers believe in?

• Democracy.

• Monarchy.

• Communism.

• Autocracy.

Answer explanation

They believed the people had a say.