Who was the person who "discovered" gravity?
Sir Isaac Newton
Name five different Enlightenment thinkers
- Voltaire
- Jean Jacques Rousseau
- Mary Wollstonecraft
- Thomas Paine
- Thomas Hobbes
- John Locke
- Montesquieu
- Diderot
- Olympe de Gouges
- Adam Smith
etc.
What was the primary method of execution during the French Revolution?
Gillotine
Who crowned Napoleon Emperor?
Himself
What does "absolutism" mean
Someone who believes they have absolute power or total authority over something
What theory is Galileo known for proving correct, and what does it mean?
Heleocentrism
Bonus (200pts): Who originally proposed this theory?
Who was Mary Wollstonecraft?
The first modern Feminist
Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Women
Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein
What fate befell the king and queen of France during the French Revolution?
Gillotine
What country did the Congress of Vienna take place in?
Autria-Hungarian Empire
What innovation helped decrease smallpox mortality?
Innoculation
What are the four humors discussed in the Humoral theory?
Phlem, Yellow bile, black bile, and blood
Bonus (200pts): What was black bile?
What does "social contract" refer to?
An unspoken agreement between the general population and its governing body, where the population gives up some rights in exchange for protection and assistance from the government.
What was the Reign of Terror
A period where the French Government killed lots of people and restricted rights claiming that they were defending democracy
What was Napoleon's occupation before he rose to power in France?
Military General
Put these revolutions in order of start date:
French
Latin American
Haitian
U.S.
U.S.
French
Haitian
Latin American
What saying is René Descartes known for?
"I think therefore I am"
Why was the encyclopedia first published/created?
To get around censorship
Bonus (200pts): Who is known for creating the first encyclopedia?
What was the Estates General?
A governing body in France comprised of 3 estates. The first estate was the clergy, the second was the nobility, and 3rd was everyone else.
Why did the Congress of Vienna attempt to censor education by stopping history and social studies classes?
Monarchs wanted to halt the spread of new ideas.
What does "laissez-faire" mean?
An economic system where the Government does not interfere
What was the most significant contribution by Sir Francis Bacon?
Scientific method
How did John Locke and Thomas Hobbes differ in how they viewed people's morals
Locke: people are born with a blank slate
Hobbes: people are naturally evil
Why did the rumor start that Marie Antoinette (Queen of France) said, "Let them eat cake"
To present her as evil and "out of touch" with the people
List 3 countries that took part in the Congress of Vienna
- Prussia
- Russia
- France
- Britain
- Austria-Hungarian Empire
What Russian Ruler started the "westernization" of Russia before Catherine the Great?
Peter the Great