Religion
What do Jews believe Jesus to be?
Just a regular man
This industrial invention that improved communication over long distances.
The Telegraph
What government idea comes directly from Ancient Greece?
The First Estate in France was made up of which group of people?
Church leaders
Which person established a meritocracy in France?
Napoleon Bonaparte
Who believed that evidence was needed before believing in religion?
Epicurus
This technology allowed more people to be literate during the Middle Ages.
The Printing Press
A government in which people elect leaders to vote for them.
Republic
Name one major cause of the American Revolution.
1. Enlightenment ideas
2. British Taxation
3. Stamp Act
Which person encouraged young people to think for themselves?
Socrates
What is the definition of an inclusive religion?
A religion that accepts all gods and everyone could worship their gods
Which Scientific Revolution thinker discovered the laws of gravity?
Sir Isaac Newton
The group of people that could NOT be elected to the Roman Senate.
Plebeians
What was the period of the French Revolution in which people were executed for being an enemy of the revolution?
The Reign of Terror
Which thinker believed in a separation of powers in government?
Baron de Montesquieu
Name TWO major effects of the Protestant Reformation?
1. Bibles were written in vernacular
2. Decrease in power of Catholic Church
3. Increase in power of Kings
4. Catholicism split into many different churches
The industrial technology that improved the production of textile weaving.
The Spinning Jenny
The type of government in which an elite small group of people who rule with absolute power.
Oligarchy
What were 2 causes of the French Revolution?
1. Taxes on the Third Estate
2. Debt from wars with Britain/ helping American Revolution
3. Enlightenment ideas
Who led independence movements across South America?
Simon Bolivar
What was the name of the event that caused Christianity to split into the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church?
The Great Schism
The new method of execution, the Guillotine, is most closely associated with which period in French history?
The Reign of Terror
Which person believed that governments were despotic (evil) when they served only the ruler not the common good?
Aristotle
Name the leader that led a successful slave revolt in the Caribbean.
Toussaint L'Ouverture
Which person was the head of the Committee for Public Safety in France?
Robespierre