What was the medieval model of the universe

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Question 1: What was the Medieval model of the Universe?

Geocentric
Heliocentric
They believed the universe was completely flat
None of the above

Question 2: Who developed the heliocentric theory?

Nicholaus Copernicus
Tycho Brahe
Ptolemy
Aristotle

Question 3: What was the Starry Messenger?

A popular science journal created by Galileo to spread scientific ideas.
The manual early modern universities used to teach students astronomy
Kepler's book designed to teach people astrology - the reading of the stars to predict the future
A medieval text describing the geocentric theory

Question 4: What was the most important question facing the Estates General in the months before it met?

Whether the commoners would be included at all
Whether the clergy and the nobility would work together
How the estates would vote
Whether the Third Estate would be able to wear their hats in front of the king

Question 5: Who was the king of France during the French Revolution?

Charles X
Peter the Great
Philibert VI
Louis XVI

Question 6: What did Caesare Beccaria argue in On Crimes and Punishments?

He argued that current systems of European justice were barbaric
He argued that people should not be considered guilty of a crime before they are tried
Torture should not be used to achieve confessions
All of the above

Question 7: What foreign war did France engage in that contributed to its own revolution?

The English Civil War
The American Civil War
The American Revolution
The Thirty Years War

Question 8: What was the Estates-General?

It was an assembly made up of representative of nobles, clergy and commoners that the French king called in 1789 to help deal with the crises France was facing
It was an assembly that represented landed estate owners in France and allowed them to petition the king
It was an assembly that brought together both poor and wealthy farmers to control prices to assure that farmers got good prices for their products
It was the small group of men chosen by the king to be his advisor

Question 9: John Locke is known for promoting what Enlightenment idea?

The only appropriate government was a direct democracy in which everyone voted on every governmental decision
If a government fails to protect the natural rights of its citizens, they legitimately have the right to overthrow that government
Absolute monarchy is the best form of government because it preserves social order
He favored dictatorships because they provided clear rules and punishments for their people

Question 10: In June of 1789, the Third Estate made a radical decision by claiming that they were the representatives of the nation. How did they do this?

They voted to abolish the monarchy and create a republic
They declared themselves to be the National Assembly
They attacked the first and second estates and threw them out of Versailles
They created a constitution for France

Question 11: What was the Bastille and what was its significance?

It was a notorious prison were political prisoners had historically been kept
It was an arms deposit where the French army kept most of its weapons
It was an insane asylum
None of the above

Question 12: Why did the French king not use his troops to crush both the National Assembly and the Paris rioters in 1789?

He disliked the idea of using force against his own people
The army was already fighting wars in other places and he didn't have enough troops in Paris
He wasn't sure he had the loyalty of his troops
He was afraid that violence by troops would strengthen the Revolution further

Question 13: How did French women respond to the king's refusal to accept the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen?

They sent a cahier de doleance asking him to reconsider his decision
The stormed the Bastille
They marched to Versailles to meet him and demand that the reconsider
They tried to hold an election and vote for a new king

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