Enlightenment

Question 1

Who created a new way to view the world and the Universe in the XVII century? (scientific method)

Accepted Answer

Francis Bacon

Question 2

Galileo Galilei was appointed by the inquisition when he was 68 and ill.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

What was at the center of the Enlightenment?

Accepted Answer

reason

Question 4

Galileo thought that the ________ is motionless at the center of the Universe.

Accepted Answer

sun

Question 5

Galileo Galilei was declared innocent of heresy and disobedience.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

Select all main ideas from the Enlightenment:

Accepted Answer

Desire to fight vs. ignorance, dogma, superstition, injustice & oppression, A higher trust in reason., Intellectual investigation to bring more happiness & progress to humankind, Belief that everything can be rationally explained

Question 7

Century in which the Enlightenment was mainly developed in Europe:

Accepted Answer

XVIII (1700s)

Question 8

The Enlightenment was an intellectual, philosophical, cultural and biological movement.

Accepted Answer

False

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