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Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment
Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment
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Philosopher who believed that you are born with natural rights Life, Liberty, and Property
Hobbes
Diderot
Locke
Montesquieu
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek was one of the first to.....
Discover how the human body worked
use the Scientific Method
use the microscope to observe tiny organisms
discover the orbits of the planets
3
The application of reason to all things is known as
Rationalism
Cubism
All of these
Modernism
4
Wrote the Social Contract, argued society should be governed by its "general will."
Locke
Montesquieu
Smith
Rousseau
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Czarina of Russia who opposed Enlightenment ideas.
Maria Theresa
Marie Antoinette
Mary I
Catherine the Great
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What was Francis Bacon's contribution to the Scientific Revolution?
Came up with the Scientific Method
Came up with the Heliocentric Universe
Invented the telescope
Invented Bacon
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Prussian King who admired Enlightenment philosophy and brought limited change
Joseph II
James II
Frederick the Great
Louis XV
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Which of these is NOT an Enlightenment idea?
Religious Toleration
All of these are ideas
Freedom of Speech
Equality under the Law
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Put together The Encyclopedia to change society's way of thinking.
Diderot
Locke
Rousseau
Wollstonecraft
10
Refers to a philosophical movement in the 18th century that changed our view toward government
The Enlightenment
Age of Exploration
Protestant Reformation
Scientific Revolution
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How was Newton's view of the universe different than that of Ptolemy?
All of these
Newton believed that everything moved on epicycles
Newton believed that the universe worked like a clock
Ptolemy believed that the Sun was at the center.
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________________ was the first to argue that the Sun was at the center of our solar system.
Copernicus
Galileo
Kepler
Newton
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Which of these is NOT one of the five pillars of the Enlightenment?
Confidence in reason
Loyalty to tradition
Optimism toward progress
Liberty
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Refers to a group of economists interested in improving trade and economics
Cavaliers
All of these
Philosophes
Physiocrats
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_________________ used his calculations to prove the planets orbits around were elliptical.
Frederick the Great
Copernicus
Kepler
Galileo
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What was the purpose of salons during the Enlightenment?
None of these
Place where aristocrats met to discuss Enlightenment ideas
Place where the King could meet with his gov't officials
Place where women discussed women's rights
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Wrote the Spirit of Laws, argued for checks and balances and separation of powers in gov't.
Montesquieu
Diderot
Voltaire
Rousseau
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_______________ wrote On The Fabric of the Human Body and explained how each organ worked.
Newton
van Leeuwenhoek
Bacon
Vesalius
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Wrote a Treatise on Toleration, wrote in favor of religious toleration.
Rousseau
Voltaire
Montesquieu
Diderot
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This man argued for Laissez-Faire economics, the economy is best left to supply and demand.
Montesquieu
John Locke
Adam Smith
Johannes Kepler
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This man founded the Methodist church.
Martin Luther
John Calvin
John Wesley
Ulrich Zwingli
22
Ptolemy believed that the ________________ was at the center of the Universe.
Sun
Milky Way
Pluto
Earth
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Argued for women's rights, believed the power of men over women was wrong.
Diderot
Voltaire
Rousseau
Wollstonecraft
24
Which of the following was a result of the Seven Years War?
Prussia conquered Austria
Great Britian became the world's dominant colonial power
Russia conquered Prussia
France took British holdings in North America
25
This man came up with the three laws of motion along with universal law of gravity.
Galileo
Kepler
Bacon
Newton
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Philosopher who said "I think therefore I am."Believed the universe was made of mind and matter
Descartes
Montesquieu
Locke
Hobbes
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Wrote Leviathan, believed mankind was sinful and needed an absolute monarchy.
Voltaire
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Diderot
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Empress of Austria who was too busy fighting wars with Prussia to worry about the Enlightenment
Elizabeth I
Maria Theresa
Mary I
Catherine the Great
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Austrian emperor who implemented several Enlightenment reforms
Joseph II
Louis XIV
Frederick the Great
Peter III
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Which of the following was NOT one of Galileo's discoveries when using the telescope.
Discovered sunspots
Discovered craters and other features on the moon
Discovered the planet Neptune
Discovered four moons of Jupiter