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Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment
Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment
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Satire and sarcastic; despite prison and exile, he continued fighting for freedom of religion.
Voltaire
Hobbes
Rousseau
Montesquieu
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According to Galileo, which statement demonstrates a new approach to the Scientific Revolution?
Benefits arising out of translating classical manuscripts.
Using direct observation instead of relying on old beliefs.
Belief in witchcraft, astrology, and magic.
Need for laboratories to test theories.
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What famous scientist discovered the nature of the elements and the father of modern chemistry?
Robert Boyle
Adam Smith
William Blackstone
Francis Bacon
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Believed in a strong government in which people give up rights in exchange for law and order.
Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Paine
John Locke
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Which Enlightenment thinker had the most influence on the "Declaration of Independence?"
Thomas Hobbes
Voltaire
John Locke
Thomas Paine
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Lived final years under house arrest because his theories went against church authorities.
Rene Descartes
Johannes Kepler
Nicolaus Copernicus
Galilei Galileo
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The writings of the Enlightenment philosophes in Europe encouraged later political revolutions
because of their beliefs in the natural rights of man.
because of their beliefs in the divine right of monarchies.
because of their beliefs in socialist economics.
because of their beliefs in imperialism.
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Heliocentric theory; feared persecution, didn't publish findings until 1543-the year he died.
Pope Urban II
Galilei Galileo
Johannes Kepler
Nicolaus Copernicus
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Wrote the "Wealth of Nations"; father of modern capitalistic economics; laissez-faire.
Thomas Hobbes
Adam Smith
Adam Levine
Montesquieu
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Criticized medieval scholars; considered the father of the scientific method.
Georges Danton
Robert Boyle
Jesus
Francis Bacon
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Wrote the Spirit of the Laws; introduced three branches of government in the US Constitution.
Voltaire
Rousseau
Locke
Montesquieu
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The Heliocentric Theory stated that...
the sun, not the earth was the center of the solar system.
the earth, not the sun was the center of the solar system.
for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
objects of different masses fall at the same velocity.
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Disagreed with many philosophers on a number of matters; believed society corrupts people.
Thomas Hobbes
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Mary Wollstonecraft
Voltaire
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Father of modern chemistry; known for the law that explains characteristics of gases.
Robert Boyle
Galileo
Copernicus
Francis Bacon
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"To every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction." Who am I?
Galileo
Isaac Newton
Copernicus
Robert Boyle
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Mathematician and physicist; father of modern mechanics; universal law of gravitation.
James Madison
Isaac Newton
Robert Frost
John Locke
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What changed occurred in Europe because of the Scientific Revolution?
The authority of monarchs in Western Europe was reduced.
The idea that individuals had rights and liberties.
Catholic teachings were questioned by new scientific ideas.
The power of the Catholic Church was reinstated.
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During the Enlightenment, philosophes believed that
science and reason could improve society and government.
government should be based on religion.
people gave up their natural rights to rulers.
the Greeks and Romans had the best forms of government.
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Supported consent of the governed and natural rights of life, liberty, and property.
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Thomas Paine
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How did Montesquieu's ideas influence the founders of the United States?
Chose to add a Bill of Rights to the US Constitution.
Committed to the idea of women's suffrage.
Originally wanted to create a constitutional monarchy.
Created a system of separation of powers.
