McKenna: World History
Name: _______________________________________________
Date: ____________________
Test Study Guide:
The Scientific Revolution, Causes of Revolutions, Absolutism, and The Glorious Revolution
The Scientific Revolution
Write a few key words to remember each person and his important theory or discovery.
Nicolas Copernicus: _______________________________________________________
Johannes Kepler: _________________________________________________________
Galileo: _________________________________________________________________
Francis Bacon: ___________________________________________________________
Rene Descartes: __________________________________________________________
William Harvey: __________________________________________________________
Isaac Newton: ____________________________________________________________
Causes of Revolutions
List the six causes of revolutions and explain each in a few words.
Cause: __________________________________________________________________
Explanation: _____________________________________________________________
Cause: __________________________________________________________________
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Absolutism & The Glorious Revolution
Characteristics of Absolute Monarchs
Rule by:
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Government power is __________________________________________ in one person
Louis XIV of France
Symbol of wealth and power:
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Nickname:
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Peter I the Great of Russia
Wanted to _________________________________________________________
Russia
Forced men to
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Built the city of ________________________to be a
“___________________________”
Charles I of England
Religion:
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Power was challenged by:
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English Civil War
King Charles led the
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Oliver Cromwell led the
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__________________________________________________ won the English Civil
War
Result: King Charles I was
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Glorious Revolution (**There will be a short response question based on this**)
England created a ___________________ of
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 Created a _________________________________________________ monarchy
 Limited the power of the _____________________________________________
 Increased the power of _______________________________________________
 New rulers: ____________________________ & _________________________
Vocabulary (write definitions)
Monarch(y):
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Absolutism:
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Divine Right:
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Westernization:
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Revolution (our class definition): ____________________________________________
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