Ch. 21 Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment

mathematician who showed the orbits of the planets were elliptical

Many intellectuals did not take Margaret Cavendish's work seriously because

Because scholarship was considered the exclusive domain of men, female scientists often had to

Who was the first to argue the universe was heliocentric?

The scientific method grew out of the belief that the world is best understood through

The application of science and reason to understanding the world resulted in the

Which of the following made it possible for scientists to practice direct observation?

Which of the following is not considered a natural right by Enlightenment philosophes?

Intellectuals of the Enlightenment are known as

discovered a comet, but was never hired as an astronomer

The Ptolemaic system is geocentric because

Montesquieu's most lasting contribution to political thought was his

Francis Bacon stated that people should not rely on the ideas of the ancients, but rather

explains why planetary bodies stay in orbit around the sun

Education spread widely during the enlightenment because

Who has been called the father of modern rationalism

Mary Wollstonecraft's ideas about the rights of women were based on

An economic doctrine that says the state should not control the economy

How did new technology and new theories lay the foundation of the Scientific Revolution?

first European to explore the universe with a telescope

Until the Scientific Revolution, the traditional authorities were

Francis Bacon believed that scientists should

According to Rousseau, general will represents what is best for the