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Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment
Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment
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Father of modern chemistry; known for the law that explains characteristics of gases.
Francis Bacon
Robert Boyle
Galileo
Copernicus
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During the Enlightenment, philosophes believed that
people gave up their natural rights to rulers.
government should be based on religion.
science and reason could improve society and government.
the Greeks and Romans had the best forms of government.
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Heliocentric theory; feared persecution, didn't publish findings until 1543-the year he died.
Nicolaus Copernicus
Galilei Galileo
Pope Urban II
Johannes Kepler
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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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Supported consent of the governed and natural rights of life, liberty, and property.
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Paine
John Locke
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Which Enlightenment thinker had the most influence on the "Declaration of Independence?"
Voltaire
Thomas Paine
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
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Lived final years under house arrest because his theories went against church authorities.
Nicolaus Copernicus
Johannes Kepler
Rene Descartes
Galilei Galileo
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Mathematician and physicist; father of modern mechanics; universal law of gravitation.
Robert Frost
James Madison
John Locke
Isaac Newton
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Believed in a strong government in which people give up rights in exchange for law and order.
Thomas Paine
John Locke
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Hobbes
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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?
Belief in witchcraft, astrology, and magic.
Using direct observation instead of relying on old beliefs.
Need for laboratories to test theories.
Benefits arising out of translating classical manuscripts.
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The Heliocentric Theory stated that...
the sun, not the earth was the center of the solar system.
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.
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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 socialist economics.
because of their beliefs in the divine right of monarchies.
because of their beliefs in imperialism.
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Criticized medieval scholars; considered the father of the scientific method.
Robert Boyle
Jesus
Georges Danton
Francis Bacon
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Satire and sarcastic; despite prison and exile, he continued fighting for freedom of religion.
Voltaire
Hobbes
Rousseau
Montesquieu
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What change 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.
