Semester 2 Review

A form of government in which a ruler has complete authority over the government and lives of the people he or she governs

• Oligarchy

• Absolutism

• Democracy

• Theocracy

What is divine right?

• The belief that a ruler has the right to do whatever they want

• The belief that a person must prove themself worthy of being ruler

• The belief that a ruler’s authority to rule came directly from God

• The belief that the government's power comes from the people

What was the English Bill of Rights?

• A series of acts that limited the power of the monarchy and ensured the supremacy of Parliament

• A series of treaties that ended the Thirty Years' War

• A series of acts that guaranteed the religious freedoms of Protestants

• Multiple acts that led to the bloodless overthrow of James II

Which absolutist ruler was known as "the Sun King"?

• George III

• Peter the Great

• Louis XIV

• Frederick III

A series of treaties that ended the Thirty Years’ War

• Partition of Poland

• Continental Congress

• Congress of Vienna

• Peace of Westphalia

What is westernization?

• The adoption of Western ideas, technology, and culture

• The movement of people into western regions

• The rejection of Western ideas, technology, and culture

• The adoption of Eastern ideas, technology, and culture

What was the Renaissance?

• The adoption of Western ideas, technology, and culture

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• A time of great creativity and change in many areas; a "rebirth"

• An intellectual movement that focused on education and the classics

Which of the following people suggested a helio-centric model of the solar system?

• Galileo Galilei

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Tycho Brahe

• Johannes Kepler

Which of the following people discovered 4 moons of Jupiter & phases of the moon?

• Galileo Galilei

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Tycho Brahe

• Johannes Kepler

Which of the following people improved the heliocentric model and created 3 astronomical laws?

• Galileo Galilei

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Tycho Brahe

• Johannes Kepler