The French Revolution and Napoleonic Era
When did Napoleon becomes the First Consul?
1799
What form of government was used by every government in Europe in 1500?
Absolute monarchy
What did Peter Mitterhofer create?
The typewriter
What was the first video game, released in 1972?
Pong
What movements most directly led to the Enlightenment?
Scientific Revolution
When did the French Revolution Start?
1789
What is El Escorial?
The royal palace of the Spanish monarchs
What did Newton do?
First to develop theories about the laws of force and motion, light and optics
What made Dolly the sheep significant in world history?
She was the first mammal clone.
What event likely shaped the perspective of Thomas Hobbes on human nature?
English Civil War
How long did the french revolution last?
1789-1799
In the European theory of absolute monarchy, who checks the power of the king or queen?
God
Who was Copernicus?
Polish astronomer
What invention transformed transportation in the first half of the twentieth century?
Automobile
What event likely shaped the perspective of John Locke on human nature?
Glorious Revolution
Who won the french revolution?
Napoleon
Who was the longest-ruling female ruler of Russia?
Catherine II
True or False
The Scientific Revolution marked a change in how people thought about their world.
True
The Manhattan Project was focused on what invention?
Atomic bomb
Who famously argued for a very limited role of the government in the economy?
Adam Smith
How were people treated during this era?
They were killed, beat, and treated horribly.
Who is widely considered the most powerful European monarch of his age and symbolizes the Age of Absolutism?
Louis XIV
True or False?
The Renaissance was a time when people began to value themselves as individuals.
True
What twentieth century scientist revolutionized the study of psychology?
Sigmund Freud
The Enlightenment thinker Wollstonecraft is most associated with
feminism