The science of predicting the future through the stars/zodiac signs.
100
Who was Louis the XVI?
The King of France during the French Revolution
100
Name a complaint Americans had against the King of England
-Taxation without representation
100
Who made up the 2nd estate?
The Nobility
100
Name one of Newton's Universal Laws of Gravity
-An object in motion will remain in motion unless acted upon by an opposite force
-An object at rest will remain at rest
-Any force has an equal and opposite reaction
200
John Locke’s ideas suggest that people were
molded by their experiences.
200
Who was Maximilien Robespierre?
The leader of the 3rd estate during the French Revolution
200
What was the "Boston Tea Party" in response to?
A tax on tea
200
The French National Assembly swore the Tennis Court Oath, which was
a vow to continue to meet until they had produced a French constitution.
200
Galileo’s observations seemed to indicate that....
the heavenly bodies were composed of material substance just like Earth, not pure orbs of light.
300
Rene Descartes’ ideas suggest that knowledge
Is determined by reason not tradition
300
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
300
Name one of the things the "Intolerable Acts" allowed
-Port of Boston was closed until the tea was paid for
-British soldiers were allowed to quarter (live) in American's houses.
300
Napoleon’s coup d’état overthrew the ____ to establish his consulate.
Directory/National Assembly
300
The American nation’s first constitution was called the
Articles of Confederation.
400
Thomas Hobbes' ideas suggest that government rules us based on a....
Social Contract
400
Who was Adam Smith?
-Author of the "Wealth of Nations"
-Created the ideas of the free market economy
400
What did "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine try to accomplish?
Convince Americans to split from Great Britain.
400
Promotion within Napoleon’s new bureaucracy was
based on ability only, not rank or birth.
400
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen proclaimed
equal rights for all men, but no political rights for women.
500
What did Voltaire advocate for?
-Freedom of expression
-Freedom of religion
-Separation of Church and State
500
Montesquieu’s most lasting contribution to political thought was his
analysis of the governmental system of checks and balances.
500
The "French-Indian War" was called what in the rest of the world?
The Seven Years War.
500
How did Napoleon preserve and did not preserved the concepts of the revolution?
Took away individual rights but created equality
500
The most important of the seven legal codes established by Napoleon was