Absolute Rulers
This leader was very important in the French military.
Who is: Napoleon Bonaparte?
The meaning of the Greek word Helio, as used in the word heliocentric.
What is: Sun?
This was another name for the Age of Enlightenment.
What is: the Age of Reason?
This Revolution was a series of political and social struggles that changed England from an absolute monarchy to a system ruled by the Parliament.
What is: the English Revolution?
This man was a French General who became the Emperor of France.
Who is: Napoleon Bonaparte?
What is: a religious concept that absolute monarchies used to claim that their authority was from God?
What is: Divine Right?
This 16th-century astronomer proposed the heliocentric model of the universe, challenging the long-held geocentric view.Who is: Nicolaus Copernicus?
Who is: Nicolaus Copernicus?
This is the philosophy that centered human values and beliefs.
What is: humanism?
This 1789 revolution in France began during a financial crisis and helped end the monarchy, leading to major social and political change.
What is: the French Revolution?
True or False: Napoleon Bonaparte's attempt to unify France was successful.
False.
King Louis XIV commanded nobles to live here and be his personal servers.
What is: the Palace of Versailles
This states that an object at rest stays at rest, and an object in motion stays in motion at a constant speed unless an unbalanced force acts on it.
What is: Isaac Newton's first law?
This is what John Locke thought the government's sole purpose was.
What is: Protect the citizens natural rights?
This document was adopted in 1776 and announced that the 13 American colonies were free from British rule.
What is: the Declaration of Independence?
These countries came together to overthrow Napoleon because they wanted long-term peace in Europe.
What is: Austria, Prussia, Russia and Great Britain.
A 17th-century french ruler known as the sun king who was the face of absolution by his unchecked authority over his nation.
Who is: Louis XIV?
Galileo used the telescope to do this and prove ideas about space.
What is: making observations of the night sky?
Thomas Hobbes' belief was that people entered into this because their state of nature was so violent.
What is: a Social Contract?
This 1776 document stated that governments derive their powers from the consent of the governed and have a duty to protect people’s natural rights.
What is: the Declaration of Independence?
Napoleon saved this after being promoted to General.
What is: The Directory (post-revolutionary government)
The Russian leader that changed Russia from a medieval kingdom to an empire.
Who is: Ivan the Terrible?
This English philosopher discovered gravity.
Who is: Sir Isaac Newton?
This year was the publication of the "Spirit of the Laws" by Montesqueiu.
When is: 1748?
This declaration defined rights and replaced the absolute power of the French monarchy with a government based on individual liberty and popular sovereignty.
What was: the Declaration Rights of Man?
After his defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon was exiled to this remote island in the Atlantic ocean.
What is: Saint Helena?