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