Early United States Influences (US Gov)

Question 1

xenophobia

Answer 1

fear of foreigners

Question 2

when was the Athenian democracy

Answer 2

500 BCE

Question 3

who is the bolue

Answer 3

500 people governing council

Question 4

what type of democracy was the athenian democracy?

Answer 4

direct democracy

Question 5

direct democracy

Answer 5

democracy where the people make decisions without a representative

Question 6

who couldn’t vote in the athenian democracy?

Answer 6

women, slaves, foreigners, children

Question 7

who could vote in the athenian democracy?

Answer 7

rich men who owned land

Question 8

what percentage of Athens could vote?

Answer 8

10-20%

Question 9

who was the king during the Magna Carta?

Answer 9

King John

Question 10

where was the Magna Carta written?

Answer 10

England

Question 11

when was the Magna Carta written?

Answer 11

1215

Question 12

why was the Magna Carta created?

Answer 12

King John did not obey the laws of feudalism

Question 13

what was the famous Magna Carta clause

Answer 13

-Gave all free men the right to justice and free trial
-No man should be imprisoned/arrested except by the judgment of their equals and by the law of the land
-The due process clause:the government cant take away your life, liberty, or property

Question 14

what did the Magna Carta influence?

Answer 14

-declaration of independence
-bill of rights/amendments
-the united nations declaration of human rights

Question 15

when was the printing press invented?

Answer 15

1450

Question 16

who invented the printing press?

Answer 16

Johannes Gutenberg

Question 17

where was the printing press invented?

Answer 17

Germany

Question 18

when was the Protestant revolution/reformation?

Answer 18

1517

Question 19

what are the three reason Europeans went west?

Answer 19

Gold, God, Glory

Question 20

who started the age of exploration?

Answer 20

Christopher Columbus

Question 21

when did Christopher Columbus sail?

Answer 21

1492

Question 22

what is Christopher Columbus’ original nationality?

Answer 22

Spanish

Question 23

who sponsored Christopher Columbus on his journey?

Answer 23

Italy

Question 24

where did Christopher Columbus want to go?

Answer 24

India

Question 25

Where was Martin Luther born?

Answer 25

Germany

Question 26

what did Martin Luther create?

Answer 26

Lutheran Church

Question 27

what did Martin Luther write?

Answer 27

95 Theses

Question 28

was Martin Luther with hierarchy?

Answer 28

No he was anti-hierarchy

Question 29

where/when was John Calvin born?

Answer 29

1509, France

Question 30

what did John Calvin create?

Answer 30

Calvinist Church

Question 31

who believed in pre-destination?

Answer 31

John Calvin

Question 32

in pre-destination, who are the two groups?

Answer 32

elect or reprobate

Question 33

what does it mean to be an elect?

Answer 33

when you are born you are going to heaven

Question 34

what does it mean to be a reprobate?

Answer 34

when you are born you are going to hell

Question 35

what did John Calvin write?

Answer 35

"Institutes of the Christian Religion"

Question 36

where was Henry VIII born?

Answer 36

England

Question 37

what did Henry VIII create?

Answer 37

Anglican Church

Question 38

what percent of England struggled with poverty?

Answer 38

95%

Question 39

True/False: was theft a capital offense

Answer 39

true

Question 40

when did the Mayflower leave?

Answer 40

1620

Question 41

where did the mayflower want to go?

Answer 41

New York

Question 42

where did the mayflower land?

Answer 42

Massachusetts

Question 43

how many people were on the mayflower?

Answer 43

100

Question 44

who was on the mayflower?

Answer 44

ex cons and protestants

Question 45

how long did the mayflower travel?

Answer 45

65 days

Question 46

when was the mayflower compact written?

Answer 46

November 11, 1620

Question 47

what is the mayflower compact?

Answer 47

written agreement

Question 48

what are the cash crops?

Answer 48

cotton, tobacco, sugar

Question 49

when was the enlightenment?

Answer 49

1600-1800

Question 50

what was the primary source of the enlightenment?

Answer 50

reason/logic

Question 51

where/when was John Locke born?

Answer 51

1632, England

Question 52

what did John Locke write?

Answer 52

"An Essay Concerning Human Understanding" or "Two Treaties of Government"

Question 53

Tabula Rasa

Answer 53

blank slate

Question 54

where/when was Montesquieu born?

Answer 54

1689, France

Question 55

where/when was Voltaire born?

Answer 55

1694, France

Question 56

where/when was Immanuel Kant born?

Answer 56

1724, Prussia

Question 57

where/when was Thomas Hobbes born?

Answer 57

1588, England

Question 58

where/when was Jean Jacque Rousseau born?

Answer 58

1712, Switzerland

Question 59

what year was the declaration of independence written?

Answer 59

1776

Question 60

what year was the declaration of the causes and necessities for taking up arms

Answer 60

1775

Question 61

who wrote the declaration of independence?

Answer 61

Thomas Jefferson

Question 62

what was the declaration of independence's purpose?

Answer 62

to tell King George III that they are breaking up with him

Question 63

*know reasons of grief within the declaration

Question 64

what did the founding fathers take out of the declaration?

Answer 64

"English or British citizens are partially responsible for the problem, not just the king" and "slavery was bad"

Question 65

what did King George III do after he received the declaration of causes & necessity of taking up arms?

Answer 65

-seized American ships -offered freedom to slaves if they joined him -burned colonial towns -sent british troops

Question 66

Causes of the American Revolution

Answer 66

Stamp Act, Tea Act, Townshend Act, and Intolerable Act

Question 67

what was the boston massacre?

Answer 67

(1770) when british soilders open fired on a mob of colonists and killed 5 men

Question 68

what is the Boston Tea Party?

Answer 68

(1773) when Bostonians dressed as Mohawk Indians, boarded british ships, and dumped chests of tea into Boston Harbor

Question 69

who alerted the colonists that the british were coming?

Answer 69

Paul Revere

Question 70

what was the official start of the revolutionary war?

Answer 70

Battle of Lexington and Concord or the shot heard around the world

Question 71

what battle did the colonists lose but it was still a moral victory for them?

Answer 71

Battle of Bunker Hill

Question 72

what battle ended the revolutionary war?

Answer 72

(1781) Battle of Yorktown

Question 73

what battle was the turning point in the revolutionary war?

Answer 73

Battle of Saratoga

Question 74

what officially ended the American Revolution?

Answer 74

Treaty of Paris

Question 75

where did christopher columbus land?

Answer 75

the Caribbean

Question 76

where did Kant study?

Answer 76

University of Königsberg

Question 77

where did Voltair study?

Answer 77

The Jesuit College of Louis-le-Grand

Question 78

where did Montesquieu study?

Answer 78

University of Bordeaux

Question 79

where did Calvin study?

Answer 79

University of Paris

Question 80

where did Hobbes study?

Answer 80

University of Oxford

Question 81

where did Rousseau study?

Answer 81

Annecy Cathedral Choir School