Chapter 2 Review Guide
1. Salon
2. Thomas Jefferson
3. Diderot-
4. Baroque-
5. Montesquieu
6. Rococo
7. George Washington
8. Adam Smith
9. Popular sovereignty
10. Which Greek city-state was a feared warrior society?
11. In the Republic, Plato argued that
12. In the Roman republic, the consuls were officials who
13. Under Roman law, persons accused of a crime
14. Who believed that in an ideal society the government should be controlled by a class of “philosopher kings”?
15. Who said the requirement that government actions must adhere to the law
16. What did classical Athens say about individualism?
17. Who thinks laws maintain the stability of the nation.
18. The assembly of all Athenian citizens, which met to discuss and vote on laws, was called what?
19. During the Hellenistic Age, the ideas of ancient Greece spread far beyond the Mediterranean largely as a result of who?
20. Who selected dictators in the Roman Republic?
21. Which emperor organized a Roman government that functioned during the period called Pax Romana?
22. What civilization established the idea of justice through law?
23. To determine why things happened, Greek philosophers used what?
24. The senate, the veto, and checks on power are all features of U.S. government stolen from ancient __________.
25. What rules discoverable by reason did Enlightenment thinkers try to apply to the study of human behavior and society?
26. In A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Mary Wollstonecraft argued that women and men should have equal what?
27. Why did Enlightenment writers often face censorship?
28. What is an enlightened despot?
29. Which enlightened despot traveled among the peasants in disguise to learn about their problems?
30. Why were social distinctions were more blurred in America than in Europe?
31. Why did Britain pass the Navigation Acts
32. Why is the Battle of Saratoga a turning point?
33. What did American leaders gather in Philadelphia to revise in 1787?
34. What is separation of powers?
35. What are natural rights?
36. Which philosopher believed in natural rights?
37. How did the Magna Carta (1215) contribute to the development of the English government?
38. What power did the Parliament get after the 100 years war