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20 Cards in this Set
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How did the Scientific Revolution influence the American Revolution?
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Questioning assumptions led to challenging
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Which of the following occurred after the salons spread enlightenment ideas?
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The colonists denounce taxation without
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Under Japan's new system of feudalism, the daimyo were?
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Warlords
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What type of policy did Japan institute to control foreign ideas?
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a closed country policy
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Which of the following reflects the correct sequence of steps used in the scientific process?
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observation, question, hypothesis, experimentation, conclusion
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How did Timur the Lame's military activities affect the growth of the Ottoman Empire?
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They interrupted its growth.
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Why did Shah Jahan order the building of the Taj Mahal?
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in memory of his wife, Mumtaz Mahal
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What did Andreas Vesalius and Voltaire both do?
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challenge preexisting ideas
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Isaac Newton explained the?
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law of universal gravitation
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The Declaration of Independence was written by?
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Thomas Jefferson
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What was Montesquieu's influence on the U.S. Constitution?
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branches of government
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What would samurai rather do than face defeat or dishonor?
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commit ritual suicide
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On which continents had the Ottomans gained territory by 1481?
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Europe and Asia
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What did European knights wear and bring into battle?
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chain mail or plate armor, broadsword, and
lance |
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Who did European knights fight to protect?
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their heavenly Lord, their earthly lord, and their chosen lady
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The heliocentric model of the universe was developed by?
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Nicolaus Copernicus
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Which Enlightenment thinker focused on individual freedom and believed that civilization corrupted people?
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Isaac Newton's book Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica introduced the?
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universal laws of motion
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The political ideas of Thomas Jefferson were influenced by these Enlightenment thinkers?
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John Locke & Voltaire
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Galileo made an important contribution to science by?
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providing evidence for a heliocentric universe
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