Scientific Revolution
What model of the solar system sees the Sun being at the center of the Universe?
Heliocentric Model
What type of government is controlled by the people
Democracy
What is it called when a monarch has complete control of their kingdom?
Absolute Monarchy
Who took the throne in England after Elizabeth I?
James I
What was the movement called that brought about new ways of thinking about society?
Enlightenment
Who was the first scientist to propose the Heliocentric Model?
Copernicus
What type of government is controlled by religion?
Theocracy
Which Absolute Monarch was king of France and sometimes referred to as the "Sun King"
Louis XIV
Who led the Puritans during the English Civil War?
Oliver Cromwell
What revolutions did the Enlightenment ideas inspire?
American and French Revolutions
Who discovered the law of Gravity?
What is the belief that a Monarch has been chosen by God to rule called?
Divine Right To Rule
What did Peter The Great try to do in Russia to make them similar to the rest of Europe.
Westernization
What was the outcome of the English Civil War?
Puritans win, Monarchy is dismantled, and Cromwell rules as a Military dictator.
What is the name for rights that all people have?
Ex: Life, Liberty, Property
Natural Rights
What new method to science was proposed by Francis Bacon and Rene Descartes which stressed logic and reason when creating a hypothesis?
Scientific Method
What is it called when power in a country is given to one leader/office.
Centralization of power
This absolute Monarch was Queen of England and refused to marry during her life.
Queen Elizabeth I
What event saw Parliament replace James II with King William and Queen Mary of the Netherlands?
Glorious Revolution
Voltaire used what writing style to help critique the power structures in Europe?
Satire
What is a belief that goes against the teachings of the Catholic Church?
Hersey
Absolute Monarchs have 5 key characteristics, what are they? Each one you get right is 100 points for a total of 500.
1. Use Armies to expand borders
2. Control religious authorities
3. Uses or ignores assemblies
4. Makes the laws/dispenses justice
5. Controls the nobility.
Where did Louis XIV move the Royal Palace?
Versailles
What document did Parliament have King William and Queen Mary sign that granted rights to the English Citizens and limited the power of the Monarchy.
English Bill of Rights
This is the enlightenment belief that power should be split among different branches of government
Separation of Power