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