History Term 1 Exam

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a sun-centered theory

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heliocentric

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new way of thinking that changed how europeans understood science and searched for knowledge

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Scientific Revolution

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belief that reason and experience must be present for the solution of problems

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Rationalism

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the steps for an orderly search for knowledge

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scientific method

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a substance that is made up of atoms of only one kind

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Element

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Which early scientist theorized that the planets moved in elliptical orbits, or oval-like paths, around the sun?

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Johannes Kepler

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“I think, therefore i am” was written by

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Rene Descartes

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Ptolemy’s geocentric, or Earth-centered, theory

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was accepted in europe for over 1400 years.

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As europeans began their voyages of exploration in the 1400s,

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better charts and maps were created.

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Who was the english thinker who developed the scientific method?

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Francis Bacon

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applied to everyone and could be understood by reason

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natural law

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a religious belief based on reason

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deism

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the overthrow of king charles II in england

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glorious revolution

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an agreement between rulers and the people

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social contract

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government in which monarchs hold total power over the people

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absolutism

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during the enlightenment, thomas hobbes and john locke based their ideas about government on

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natural law

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Separation of power means that governmental power is divided among different groups such as:
executive judicial and?

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Legislative branches

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One english writer who was a strong supporter of women’s rights was

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Mary Wollstonecraft

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France’s sun king, or king louis XIV, was a(n)

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absolute monarch

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was one of russia’s most powerful czars

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PETER THE GREAT

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Document stating that the colonies were seperating from britian

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Declaration of Independence

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Religious group that had been persecuted in england; established Pennsylvania

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Quakers

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Clash between British troops and colonists

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Boston Massacre

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Stated the colonists had to sell their products to Britian even if they could get higher prices elsewhere

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Navigation Acts

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Agreement the pilgrims signed stating that they would choose their own leaders

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Mayflower Compact

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By the early 1700s, how many colonies did England have along the Atlantic Coast?

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13

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In 1707 who united with England to form Britain

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Scotland

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Why did Britain tax the colonists and tighten trade rules?

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They were deep in debt because of a war they had won against france

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How did the colonists protest against the Stamp Act?

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They boycotted
British goods taxed by the Stamp Act.

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The final victory for the colonists in the war for independence against Britain was the

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battle of yorktown

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formed the National Assembly to write a constitution for France

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The Third Estate

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The middle class

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BOURGEOISIE

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general who crowned himself emperor of france

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Napoleon Bonaparte

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lawyer who tried to create a “Republic of Virtue” but instead established the Reign of Terror

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Maximilien Robespierre

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site where Britain’s Duke of Wellington defeated the French

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Waterloo (we can’t do anything.)

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In the 1700s, the frustrations of poor French people were a cause of

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The french revolution

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This king was overthrown during the French Revolution

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Louis XVI

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This radical group attending the national assembly wanted the most far-reaching political changes for France.

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Jacobins

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What was the goal of congress of Vienna?

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returning Europe to a state of peace and stability after a long period of war

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Which two combined forces helped bring an end to Napoleon’s empire

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both the British and Russian military and the rise of nationalism