What did Enlightenment philosophes believe?

Individual rights should be protected.

How did the Scientific Revolution contribute to the birth of the Enlightenment?

By promoting observation and analysis

What was the major contribution of 16th-century Flemish doctor Andreas Vesalius?

He dissected bodies to correct misconceptions about anatomy.

Which economic factor was a chief cause of the French Revolution?

The burden of taxes in France fell primarily on the Third Estate.

The Wright brothers are most famous for

the first successful manned flight

What did Enlightenment philosopher Montesquieu argue in his book The Spirit of the Laws?

Governments should be divided into three branches

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1
What did Enlightenment philosophes believe?
Citizens should accept absolute monarchy.
Education limits creativity and progress.
Knowledge comes only from the Bible.
Individual rights should be protected.
2
How did the Scientific Revolution contribute to the birth of the Enlightenment?
By promoting observation and analysis
By reinforcing the authority of the Church
By encouraging focus on the individual
By inspiring a distrust of new inventions
3
What was the major contribution of 16th-century Flemish doctor Andreas Vesalius?
He discovered quinine, which was used to cure the disease malaria.
He was the first European to perform successful surgery on criminals.
He determined that the heart is responsible for circulating the blood.
He dissected bodies to correct misconceptions about anatomy.
4
Which economic factor was a chief cause of the French Revolution?
The First and Second Estates were less wealthy than the Third Estate.
The burden of taxes in France fell primarily on the Third Estate.
France did not have a middle class.
King Louis XVI refused to share tax revenue with nobles.
5
What Renaissance idea encouraged the Enlightenment by promoting the importance of the individual?
Classicism
Scientific method
Religious reform
Humanism
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Which of these did Johannes Kepler formulate?
Theories of force and motion
Three laws of planetary motion
Law of conservation of matter
The idea of inductive reasoning
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Which scientist transformed modern physics by developing the theory of relativity?
Thomas Edison
Albert Einstein
James Watson
Marie Curie
8
The Wright brothers are most famous for
advancements in psychology
developing a vaccine for polio
developing the theory of relativity
the first successful manned flight
9
Early computers took up entire rooms. Which of these dramatically reduced the size of computers?
Compact discs
Microchips
Digital-video discs
Transistors
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What did Enlightenment philosopher Montesquieu argue in his book The Spirit of the Laws?
Governments should pass laws to protect slavery.
Governments should control individual rights.
Governments should limit public education.
Governments should be divided into three branches

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