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Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment Review
Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment Review
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1
The offspring of Europeans and Native Americans were called _________.
colonists
Rococo
mestizos
mulattoes
2
The intellectuals of the Enlightenment were known as ____________.
philisophes
trustees
salons
Enlightenmentees
3
What was the first country to grant diplomatic recognition to the new American state?
France
Austria
Prussia
Spain
4
________ believed members of a society should be forced to follow a social contract.
George Frederick Handel
Francis Bacon
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
René Descartes
5
The system where government limit and control each other in a system of checks and balances.
Separation of powers
Deism
Laissez-faire
Rationalism
6
Which celestial body did Ptolemy believe was at the center of the universe?
Earth
Heaven
Moon
Sun
7
What is the term associated with an earth centered universe?
Elliptical
Rationalism
Geocentric
Heliocentric
8
What is the name of the ten amendments to the U.S.Constitution that guarantee certain freedoms?
Federalist Papers
Bill of Rights
Bill of Freedoms
Preamble
9
_________ was the idea that the state should not interfere with the economy.
Rationalism
Deism
Ptolemaic System
Laissez-faire
10
_____________________ believed the universe was heliocentric
Voltaire
Copernicus
Ptolemy
Baccaria
11
What does "tabula rasa" refer to?
iPad
blank mind
notebook
inductive reasoning
12
Which celestial body did Copernicus believe was at the center of the universe?
Earth
Sun
Moon
Heaven
13
_____________ was the commander in chief of the Continental Army.
Abraham Lincoln
Barack Obama
John Adams
George Washington
14
John Locke believed people were molded by their _________.
blood type
compassion
rococo
experiences
15
____ was well known for his criticism of Christianity and strong belief in religious toleration
Voltaire
Descartes
Montesquie
Locke
16
In Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s concept of a social contract, ________ .
the government should not interfere in economic matters
punishments are not exercises in brutality
women should be granted rights nearly equal to those of men
an entire society agrees to be governed by its general will
17
According to the Ptolemaic system,
the moon is the center of the universe
the Sun, Earth, and Moon all revolve around Saturn
the universe is a series of concentric spheres
the Earth revolves around the Moon
18
He was named the greatest genius of the Scientific Rev. for his Universal Law of Gravitation
Copernicus
Kepler
Ptolemy
Newton
19
The Constitution created a ____ system, where power was shared between state and national govt.
deism
feudal system
federal system
separation of powers
20
_____ developed laws of planetary motion.
Newton
Copernicus
Ptolemy
Kepler
21
__________________ developed a philosophy based on the idea “I think, therefore I am”
Voltaire
Bacon
Locke
Descartes
22
The American nation’s first constitution was called the ..
Articles of Confederation
Constitution of the United States of America.
Rights of Man.
Bill of Rights
23
John Locke’s ideas suggest that people were . . .
molded by their experiences
born either good or evil.
naturally inclined to be stupid.
inherently self-centered.
24
Who created the scientific method?
Descartes
Bacon
Kepler
Mozart
25
Who was the composer of the
Messiah?
Handel
Beethoven
Mozart
Queen
26
The Treaty of Paris in 1783 granted the Americans control of ________.
the eastern seaboard from Canada to Florida.
little beyond the land that made up the 13 original colonies
western territory from the Appalachians to the Miss River
the entire continent of North America.
27
____________ was the first European to study stars using a telescope
Copernicus
Kepler
Galileo
Newton
28
______________ argued that every person was born with a tabula rasa, or blank mind
Mozart
Hobbes
Locke
Voltaire
29
Who was the first to argue that the sun, not the earth, was the center of the universe?
Ptolemy
Nicholas Copernicus
Martin Luther
Johannes Kepler
30
To Voltaire and many other philosophes, the universe was . . .
like a clock.
just a big joke
unknowable at all.
constructed like a flower