World 3rd Qt Exam 2025

Enlightenment thinkers contributed to the development of democratic government through their belief that -

• Most changes in government are dangerous
• Absolute monarchy is the most effective form of government
• Governments are instituted to protect citizens' rights
• Popular liberties should be limited by the need for social order

The geocentric theory is

• sun centered
• earth centered

Mary Wollstonecraft's "Vindication of the Rights of Women"

• Focused primarily on economic issues such as property rights
• Served as the inspiration for a small group of eighteenth-century women who formed the first female suffrage organization
• Was the first work in English to openly advocated for full political equality and education for women
• Failed to find a publisher during her lifetime

In 1884 the European powers divide up Africa and established colonial spheres of influence in what conference

• Paris Peace Conference
• Versailles Conference
• Berlin Conference
• Russian International Conference

Who is the Enlightenment thinker who believed that man was born equal to one another and had natural rights to life , liberty and property

• Hobbes
• Galileo
• Kepler
• Locke

Who was a major player in the Reign of Terror

• Robespierre
• Locke
• Montesquieu
• Hobbes

What were some of the main challenges faced by the working class during the Industrial Revolution?

• High wages and short working hours
• Long hours, low wages, and limited rights
• Abundance of skilled labor
• Lack of job opportunities in factories

An economic system based on private ownership and opportunity for profit-making

• communism
• socialism
• capitalism
• conservatism

Which empire did Hernan Cortez encounter

• Mayan Empire
• Aztec Empire
• Inca Empire

In 1493, the Pope stopped a war between Spain and Portugal . The Pope drew an imaginary line, north to south, through the Atlantic Ocean and the easternmost part of South America

• Line of Demarcation
• Line of Tordesillas
• Line of Spanish Territory
• Line of Portugal Territory