Global History Regents Review 10th Grade Exam Questions & Answers 2023/2024

Global History Regents Review 10th Grade Exam Questions & Answers 2023/2024 What the age of absolutism? - ANSWER-- period in Europe when nations were governed by Absolute monarchs - centralized political power - divine right - rulers believed their power was unlimited and they made laws without consent of people who were some Absolute monarchs? (5) - ANSWER-1. Peter the Great- Absolute monarch of Russia- expanded territory and Westernized Russia 2. Louis XIV- absolute monarch of France- expanded territory 3. Philip II- Absolute monarch of Spain 4. Henry VIII- absolute monarch of England 5. Suleiman the Magnificent- absolute monarch of the Ottoman Empire- expanded territory what was the Scientific Revolution? - ANSWER-- sudden and dramatic change in how people viewed the world - science and reason were sued - people no longer turned to the bible and church for answers key people of the Scientific Revolution (5) - ANSWER-1. Copernicus- heliocentric theory 2. Galileo- proved Copernicus was right and put on trial by the Catholic Church 3. Isaac Newton- Mathematician and astronomer who developed calculus and theory of gravity 4. Johannes Kepler- helped discover how the planets move 5. Descartes- mathematician, scientist, and philosopher