Midterm Review

John Calvin began the Presbyterian church and taught....... 

• Prefaces
• Predestination 
• Final Destination 
• One Nation 

Who started the Protestant Reformation by posting his 95 Theses that listed problems with the Catholic Church?

• Martin Luther
• John Calvin
• Machiavelli
• Henry VIII

Who wanted to modernize Russia by westernizing it?

• Peter the Great
• Maria Theresa
• Frederick the Great
• Louis XIV

Who believed that people have inalienable rights to life and liberty?

• John Locke
• Machiavelli
• John Calvin
• Napoleon

He was a scientist who was put on trial by the Catholic Church for supporting the heliocentric theory of the universe.

• Galileo
• Francis Bacon
• Isaac Newton
• John Locke

He was the absolute ruler of France who built a fancy palace to control his nobles.

• Louis XIV
• Peter the Great
• Henry VIII
• Frederick the Great

He left the Catholic Church so he could divorce his first wife. 

• Henry VIII
• Frederick the Great
• Martin Luther
• Rene Descartes

He started the Scientific Revolution with his theory of the heliocentric universe.

• Copernicus
• Francis Bacon
• Martin Luther
• Da Vinci

He was also called the Sun King.

• Louis XIV
• Henry VIII
• Robespierre
• Peter the Great

What is NOT true about the Renaissance?

• Education was emphasized
• People thought they could enjoy life on earth.
• There was an interest in Greek and Roman art.
• People no longer wanted to believe in religion.