Unit 5 Review

Which of the following was considered the first to develop a heliocentric model of the universe:

• Ptolemy

• Galileo Galilei
• Johannes Kepler
• Nicolaus Copernicus

Which of the following discovered the law of universal gravitation:

• Francis Bacon

• Galileo Galilei
• Robert Boyle

• Isaac Newton

Which of the following was considered the father of modern rationalism:

• René Descartes
• John Locke
• Margaret Cavendish

• Antoine Lavoisier

Montesquieu was famous for his doctrine of:

• Laissez-faire

• Divine right of kings
• Social contract theory
• Separation of powers

Locke was famous for suggesting that the social contract was formed to:

• protect natural rights

• create economic equality
• promote religious freedom
• establish a monarchy

For Rousseau, the social contract meant that people agreed to follow:

• the laws of the country

• individual self-interest

• the general will

• the interests of the wealthy

Frederick the Great was the king of:

• Austria
• Sweden
• Prussia
• France

Joseph II was the emperor of:

• Russia

• Austria

• Rome

• France

Catherine the Great was the empress of:

• Austria
• France
• Russia
• Spain

The British raised taxes on their American colonists to pay for:

• the Civil War

• the War of 1812

• the French and Indian War

• the Revolutionary War