Kelley - World History Unit 1 Test

What did Tycho Brahe create in order to observe the heavens?

• Microscope
• Telescope
• Barometer
• Thermometer

Which planet rotation theory stated that the sun rotated around the Earth?

• Geo-centric
• Heliocentric
• Circularly
• Law of gravity

The principles of checks and balances and separation of powers were put forward by

• Mary Wollstonecraft
• Diderot
• Montesquieu.
• Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau believed that

• society must control most aspects of people’s behavior.
• people are basically evil.
• people are basically good.
• individual interests should be placed above the good of the community.

The most radical idea expressed by women in the Enlightenment was that women

• should not believe that mothering was their first duty.
• were not inferior to men.
• should have equal pay for equal work.
• should depend on men to make decisions.

What was a direct result of the Scientific Revolution in Europe?

• a gradual decline in the growth of cities
• an increase in the use of the divine right theory of government
• the rise of the manorial system
• the application of reason and experimentation to political thinking

Francis Bacon, Galileo, and Isaac Newton promoted the idea that knowledge should be based on

• the experiences of past civilizations.
• emotions & feelings.
• experimentation and observation.
• the teachings of the Catholic Church.

All of the following were reasons why the American colonists won the revolutionary war EXCEPT

• the Americans were defending their homeland
• the overconfident British generals made mistakes
• the Americans had a superior military
• France fought with the Americans

Montesquieu believed the purpose of the separation of powers was to

• make government more efficient.
• protect the liberties of the people.
• strengthen the monarchy.
• promote reform.

The new intellectual movement that stressed reason and thought and the power to solve problems was the

• Scientific Revolution
• Enlightenment
• Great Awakening
• Geocentric theory