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Mr. Pridgen World Studies Chapter 9 Test
BCA 7th Grade Test on World Studies Chapter 9
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7th Grade
02/12/2013

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Who theorized that the earth revolves around the sun?
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Copernicus
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Who developed an advanced form of calculus and discovered the laws of gravity and motion?
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Newton
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Which king achieved absolute power with a reign that became a model for the rest of Europe?
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Louis XIV
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What Greek mathematician became known as the Father of Geometry?
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Euclid
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What term defines a society that is free from religion?
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secular
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Who called himself the Lord Protector and established the Protectorate in England?
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Oliver Cromwell
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What nation endured a civil war after its king tried to arrest some members of its parliament?
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England
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What form of English government gradually increased Parliament's power?
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Cabinet
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What country did Maria Theresa rule?
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Austria
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Louis XIV ruled what nation?
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France
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What is the name of the oath with which many modern doctors pledge to help people and "never do harm."
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Hippocratic Oath
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Who studied the body's circulatory system?
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William Harvey
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What limited the king's power?
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English Bill of Rights
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During the Glorious Revolution of 1688, who was invited to take the throne of England?
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William and Mary of Orange
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Who believed that the body is mostly chemicals?
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Paracelsus
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Empiricism taught that man can find knowledge through?
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experience
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What ruler was dismissed from the throne of his country?
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James II
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A comet is named after this English astronomer?
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Edmond Halley
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Wrote The Sceptical Chymist?
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Robert Boyle
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Developed a smallpox vaccine?
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Edward Jenner
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Father of Modern Chemistry?
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Antonie Lavoisier
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Studied human anatomy by dissecting human bodies?
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Andreas Vesalius
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This astronomer made a forty-foot long telescope?
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William Herschel
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This astronomer used a telescope to confirm the earth's orbit around the sun?
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Galileo
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Russia continued the process of developing a strong monarchy under the rule of?
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Catherine the Great
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What ruler turned Vienna into an important center for the arts during the 1700's?
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Maria Theresa
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Seeking to expand their empires, both Austria and Russia took territory from what country?
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Poland
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Hippocrates was the Father of?
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Medicine
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Who did not trust any path to truth except human reason?
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Descartes
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Who became the next ruler of England after Cromwell's death?
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Charles II
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