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Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment
Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment
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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.
Need for laboratories to test theories.
Belief in witchcraft, astrology, and magic.
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Criticized medieval scholars; considered the father of the scientific method.
Robert Boyle
Georges Danton
Jesus
Francis Bacon
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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 imperialism.
because of their beliefs in socialist economics.
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How did Montesquieu's ideas influence the founders of the United States?
Originally wanted to create a constitutional monarchy.
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.
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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 had rights and liberties.
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Which Enlightenment thinker had the most influence on the "Declaration of Independence?"
Thomas Paine
Voltaire
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
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Satire and sarcastic; despite prison and exile, he continued fighting for freedom of religion.
Montesquieu
Hobbes
Voltaire
Rousseau
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During the Enlightenment, philosophes believed that
the Greeks and Romans had the best forms of government.
people gave up their natural rights to rulers.
science and reason could improve society and government.
government should be based on religion.
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Heliocentric theory; feared persecution, didn't publish findings until 1543-the year he died.
Nicolaus Copernicus
Pope Urban II
Galilei Galileo
Johannes Kepler
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Believed in a strong government in which people give up rights in exchange for law and order.
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Paine
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The Heliocentric Theory stated that...
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.
the sun, not the earth was the center of the solar system.
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Disagreed with many philosophers on a number of matters; believed society corrupts people.
Mary Wollstonecraft
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Thomas Hobbes
Voltaire
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Supported consent of the governed and natural rights of life, liberty, and property.
Thomas Paine
Thomas Jefferson
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
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Mathematician and physicist; father of modern mechanics; universal law of gravitation.
John Locke
Robert Frost
Isaac Newton
James Madison
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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
