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Mapping Central Asia, Africa, India,Americas
Oceania and Australia
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This philosopher said that life is nasty, brutish, and short
What is Thomas Hobbes
100
Most philosophes though that if society were to become enlightened change would have to come from where?
What is from above
100
What problem did many scientists face with navigation?
What is the problem of longitude
100
Who introduced modern maps to China?
What is Matteo Rici
100
On his second and third journeys, Cook sailed to where
What is the coast of Antarctica and north to the Arctic Ocean.
200
Hobbes used what approach deductive or inductive?
What is deductive
200
Who was considered the most enlightened of the great monarchs of the 18th century?
What is Frederick the Great
200
What did the British Parliament in 1714 offer to find a solution to the problem of longitude?
What is a cash prize.
200
Joseph Banks and the Royal Society founded and funded the
What is African Association
200
Cook and banks were aided by a Tahitian high priest named...
What is Tupaia
300
This philosopher argued that political order is derived from a social contract.
What is John Locke
300
Maria Theresa was the first European monarch to call for what?
What is compulsory education.
300
John Harrison tackled the problem of longitude by creating what?
What is a chronometer.
300
The founders of the African Association believed that the key to expansion in Africa was what?
What is the Niger River
300
In Banks Journals, what issue did he face in Tahiti?
What is the problem of theft
400
Adam Smith wrote what famous book in 1776
What is The Wealth of Nations
400
In France, which king came to the throne at only 5 years old
What is Louis XV
400
What early challenges did Harrison face with many astronomers within the Royal Society?
What is many looked down on a mere cabinetmaker.
400
What in the 1790s undertook to map the Indian subcontinent?
What is the Trigonometrical Survey
400
How did Cook die?
What is he was stabbed to death in an argument with Islanders on a Hawaiian beach.
500
Who argued that only through equal access to education, full citizenship could women's full potential be realized?
What is Mary Wollenstonecraft
500
What notable reforms did Joseph the second accomplish?
What is abolishing serfdom and liberalizing restrictions on the press and religion.
500
What drew astronomers to believe in Harrison's invention of the chronometer?
What is Cooks second voyage he took his chronometer and was very impressed with it.
500
What was the motivation for Lewis and Clark to sail from the Mississippi to the Pacific Coast?
What is to assess the potential for an American outlet to the Pacific Ocean to facilitate trade with Asia.
500
New South Wales began primarily as what type of colony?
What is a penal colony.