Polish astronomer in the 1530s who was the first to say that the universe is heliocentric.
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
100
Enlightenment philosopher who said that if a government does not protect the people's natural rights they can overthrow that government and create a new one? (Providing justification for the American Revolution)
Who is John Locke?
100
The king of France prior to the Revolution
Who is King Louis XVII (16th)
100
Place where the Industrial Revolution began.
What is Great Britain/England?
200
The intellectual movement at the heart of the Italian Renaissance that focused on worldly issues and stimulated the study of Ancient Greek and Roman culture and art.
What is Humanism?
200
Philosopher during the Scientific Revolution who popularized the Scientific Method.
Who is Francis Bacon?
200
Enlightenment philosopher who wrote about a separation of powers in government and checks and balances.
Who is Montesquieu?
200
The legislative body of France during the Old Regime.
What is the Estates-General?
200
An economic and political system in which the government controls some large industries and distributes resources for the welfare of all
What is Socialism?
300
Italian city-state that was considered a symbol of the Italian Renaissance
What is Florence?
300
Term used to describe Spanish explorers who conquered Native American lands and took their gold.
What is Conquistador?
300
The document that established the USA as an independent nation on July 4, 1776
What is the Declaration of Independence?
300
Intellectual movement that influenced the French Revolution because of its ideas of liberty and popular sovereignty.
What is the Enlightenment?
300
Identical machine-made parts for machines that made repair easier.
What is interchangeable parts?
400
Books written in the languages spoken by the ordinary people in each area, which became popular during the Renaissance.
What is Vernacular Literature?
400
Spaniard who conquered the Aztec Empire in Mexico.
Who is Hernan Cortes?
400
The document that established the first American government after the Revolutionary War.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
400
The most symbolic act of the revolution, a event which the French still commemorate every July 14th as their independence day.
What is the Storming of the Bastille?
400
Inventor of the cotton gin.
Who is Eli Whitney?
500
Man who invented the printing press in Germany in 1450.
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
500
The name of the first permanent British colony
What is Jamestown?
500
The primary interest of the writers of the Enlightenment.
What is "Changing the relationship between the people and their government"?