WH - Unit 2 Summative
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History
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9th Grade
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1.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What important new political ideas resulted from the Enlightenment?
Back
The new ideas were focused on personal and group rights. In particular, they suggested that people could participate in governance.
2.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Why was the idea that the universe had rules, introduced during the Enlightenment, revolutionary?
Back
This sort of thinking rejected traditional reliance on religious texts and leaders. It undermined the authority of the church.
3.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
How did the questions brought forth by the Scientific Revolution lead to changes in how people thought about political rights and organizations (in the Enlightenment)?
Back
These ideas suggested we could ask questions and create rules about human societies and the universe. It got people asking questions.
4.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Select the type of government about which the following statement is true: all power rests in the king/queen's hands, subjects passively obey the ruler and have no individual sovereignty.
Back
Absolute Monarchy
5.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
Why, according our reading, was the Haitian Revolution the most radical of them all?
Back
It overturned the plantation and slavery system.
6.
FLASHCARD QUESTION
Front
What helped Count Cavour succeed in defeating the Austrians and establishing the Kingdom of Italy in 1861?
Back
He was a good diplomat. He had French allies, and the more radical revolutionaries had been sidelined.
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