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Important people of scientific revolution and the enlightenment.
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Mary Wollstencraft was known for her work during the Enlightenment that:
Would get rid of the absolute monarchy
Improve lives of women
Promoting a democratic government
Education for all classes
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Who was tycho Brahe ?
None of the above
Inventer of science
Destroyer of science
Danish astronomer
3
What were the parts of the Ancien Regime?
The First, Second, and Third Estates.
The First, Second, Third, and Fourth Estates.
The First and Second Estates.
4
The Heliocentric Theory stated that...
the earth, not the sun was the center of the solar system.
objects of different masses fall at the same velocity.
the sun, not the earth was the center of the solar system.
for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
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What Ancient Greek Philosopher though perfect plants moved in perfect circles around the earth?
Aristotle
Socrates
Plato
Ptolmey
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Criticized medieval scholars; considered the father of the scientific method.
Georges Danton
Francis Bacon
Robert Boyle
Jesus
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"To every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction." Who am I?
Robert Boyle
Galileo
Isaac Newton
Copernicus
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What was Galileo's punishment for challenging church authority?
He was forced to leave Italy
He was burned at the stake
He was Beheaded
Put under House Arrest for the rest of his life
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Who proposed a sun centered universe, but waited until he was almost dead to publish his book?
Galelio
Copernicus
Kepler
Brahe
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According to Galileo, which statement demonstrates a new approach to the Scientific Revolution?
Belief in witchcraft, astrology, and magic.
Benefits arising out of translating classical manuscripts.
Need for laboratories to test theories.
Using direct observation instead of relying on old beliefs.
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Who advocated the separation of church and state, and used satire to prove his point?
Voltaire
Montesquieu
Rousseau
Lock
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Who discovered the planets move in elliptical orbits around the sun?
Newton
Kepler
Galelio
Brahe
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What changed occurred in Europe because of the Scientific Revolution?
The power of the Catholic Church was reinstated.
The authority of monarchs in Western Europe was reduced
Catholic teachings were questioned by new scientific ideas
The idea that individuals should be ruled by Monarchs
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what is divine right
it is a belief that a rulers authority comes from god
its a right that Europeans give to people
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Heliocentric theory; feared persecution, didn't publish findings until 1543-the year he died.
Nicolaus Copernicus
Johannes Kepler
Galilei Galileo
Pope Urban II
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Which of the following was NOT something Galileo saw through his telescope?
Craters on the Moon
Dark Spots on the Sun
The Moons of Jupiter
A Star Exploding
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Who believed people had natural rights, including life, liberty, and property
Beccaria
Locke
Rousseau
Montesquieu
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enlightenment despots mean...
absolute ruler, made reforms reflected on the enlightenment spirit
coach morgans house
a meeting place for the government
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Define the Age of Enlightenment
questioning of traditional morals, customs, and institutions
rebirth experienced cultural, economic, and political growth
a religious movement to attempt to reform the church
rapid adavnces in math, scientific, and political thought
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Who believed in a separation of powers?
Voltaire
Beccaria
Rousseau
Montesquieu
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Who developed the scientific method and said "Knowledge is Power"?
Bacon
Locke
Descartes
Hobbes
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Mathematician and physicist; father of modern mechanics; universal law of gravitation.
John Locke
Isaac Newton
James Madison
Robert Frost
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Who believed life in a "state of nature" would be "poor, solitary, nasty, brutish, and short"?
Rousseau
Montesquieu
Hobbes
Locke
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What Is a Salon?
The name given to particularly popular philosophes
Regular social gathering where intellects met to share ideas
A place where people go to get a haircut
What reforms made by monarchs were called
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Who discovered the law of gravity?
Copernicus
Galelio
Newton
Brahe
26
Who said "I Think Therefore I am" or "Cogito Ergo Sum"?
Locke
Bacon
Descartes
Newton
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Who thought governments should be incredibly powerful, as powerful as a leviathan?
Locke
Montesquieu
Hobbes
Rousseau
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according to Deism, God
exists and intervenes in the world
exists but does not intervene in the world
does not exist
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Who believed Civilization corrupted peoples natural goodness?
Montesquieu
Rousseau
Voltaire
Locke
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During the Enlightenment, philosophes believed that
science and reason could improve society and government.
government should be based on religion.
the Greeks and Romans had the best forms of government.
people gave up their natural rights to rulers.
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How was the Age of Enlightenment a major paradigm shift?
Europeans turned to Buddhism for wisdom
People used science and reason to challenge tradition
Protestantism replaced Catholicism across Europe
Europeans accepted the equality of all people and religions
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What is a Absolute Monarch?
A old U.S. ship from the 80's
a king or king queen who has been sworn in.
A crazy royal
king or queen who has unlimited power
