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34 Cards in this Set
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Who influenced the Bill of Rights?
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Voltair, John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau
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European art of the 1600's and early 1700's was dominated by a grand, ornate style called?
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Baroque
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Philosopes used reason to discuss/change...
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Social Issues
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Who developed the scientific method?
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Francis Bacon
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Nicolaus Copernicus proposed which theory?
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The heliocentric theory.
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Issac Newton explained....
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the laws of universal gravitation.
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Who believed in progress for society?
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Philosophes
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The Social Contract explains the idea of...
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Direct Democracy
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What are the correct order of events for the scientific process?
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Observation, Question, Hypothesis, Experimentation, Conclusion
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What is the difference between Baroque style and neoclassical style art?
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Baroque = Grand and Ornate
Neoclassical = Simple and Elegant |
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Who influenced the writing of the U.S. Constitution to include the branches of government?
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Montesquieu
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What are the similarities between Thomas Hobbes and Catherine the Great?
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The monarch should have absolute authority.
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The Enlightenment period promoted...
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1. A belief in progress
2. A secular outlook 3. Faith in Science |
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Who contradicted the ideas of the U.S. Constitution?
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Thomas Hobbes
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What was the American Colonists' reaction to the Stamp Act?
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This was when American colonists protested "taxation without representation."
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What document embodied the ideas of the Enlightenment by saying that people should have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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Declaration of Independence
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What did Thomas Jefferson write?
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The Declaration of Independence.
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The first national government was created by this document.
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Articles of Confederation
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Who abolished serfdom?
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Joseph II
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What did Franz Joseph Hayden, Wolfgang Mozart and Beethoven all have in common?
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Composed classical music.
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Who was an enlightened despot and ruled Russia?
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Catherin the Great
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Who was an enlightened despot and ruled Prussia?
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Fredrick the Great
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Who was an enlightened despot and ruled Austria?
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Joseph II
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Who edited and published the Encyclopedia?
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Denis Diderot
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What is the law of universal gravitation?
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All physical objects are affected equally by the same force.
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What did the Catholic church ban?
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The Encyclopedia
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Give an example of what the neoclassical style would look like.
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A church built in a simple, elegant style.
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Who was Henry Fielding?
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He was a writer who helped to develop the modern novel?
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Francis Bacon
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English politician who argued for the adoption of new scientific techniques.
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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Studied planetary movements and decided that the planets and starts revolved around the sun. This was also known as the Heliocentric Theory.
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Who developed analytical geometry?
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Galileo Galilei
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Who discovered the law of the pendulum and that objects accelerate at a fixed predictable rate.
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Edward Jenner
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Essay Question: You will have to answer these one your own.
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How did John Lock influence the Declaration of Independence? (You must support you answer with specific details.) Pages 630-632 in your text.
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Essay Question: You will have to answer these one your own.
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How did Locke, Montesquieu, Voltaire and Beccaria influence the U.S. Constitution? (You must support you answer with specific details.) Pages 630-632 in your text.
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