Belief that truth can be discovered using logic and reason.

The Scientific Method is:

A systematic procedure for collecting & analyzing evidence

What did Galileo do that was so upsetting to the Catholic Church?

Proved the heliocentric model is correct

What happened to Galileo after he published his discoveries, proving Copernicus was correct?

Tried for heresy and placed under house arrest

Belief that all knowledge must come through the senses.

A bad result of the Scientific Revolution was:

Legitimized racial and gender inequalities

What freedoms did Voltaire say all people should have?

religion, expression (speech), and trade

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The Age of Reason, Scientific Revolution, Age of Enlightenment Quiz

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1
Rationalism is:
Belief that truth can be discovered using science.
Belief that truth can be discovered using logic and reason.
Belief that truth can be discovered by using your senses.
Belief that truth can be discovered using youtube videos.
2
The Scientific Method is:
A systematic procedure for collecting & analyzing evidence
Rationalism
Gravity
Social Contract
3
Rousseau believed in and wrote the book called:
Absolute Monarchies
Social Media
Republican Governments
The Social Contract
4
Social Contract theory of government is when:
People consent to medical experiments
People consent to be governed
People band together to overthrow the government
Monarchs tell people they will govern them because God said
5
Who developed binary code?
Voltaire
Leeuwenhoek
Leibniz
Galileo
6
Who wrote The Wealth of Nations, the first modern work of economics, describing capitalism?
John Locke
Adam Smith
Francis Bacon
Voltaire
7
What did Galileo do that was so upsetting to the Catholic Church?
Proved the heliocentric model is correct
Proved that he was a good scientist
Proved that facebook existed a long time ago
Proved the geocentric model is correct
8
What did Galileo discover?
sunspots
all of the above
mountains and craters on the moon
moons of Jupiter
9
Who was most famous for his idea of the Separation of Powers in government?
Baron Weishaupt
Baron von Leibniz
Baron de Rouge
Baron de Montesquieu
10
What happened to Galileo after he published his discoveries, proving Copernicus was correct?
Tried for heresy and killed
Nothing.
Tried for heresy and placed under house arrest
Escaped to the Americas.
11
Who founded the Illuminati?
Voltaire
Adam Smith
Adam Weishaupt
Jay Z
12
Descartes said:
"I tweet; therefore, I am."
"I think; therefore, I am."
"I'm pink; therefore, I'm spam."
"I sink; therefore, I swam."
13
What are the names of Jupiter's moons, discovered by Galileo?
Io, Europa, Cowpox, Blossom
Imogene, Frances, Beth, Sarah
Europa, Asia, Africa, America
Io, Ganymede, Europa, Callisto
14
What did Johannes Kepler discover?
Gravity
Heliocentric model
Geocentric model
Elliptical orbits
15
Who definitely believed in freedom of speech (expression), as he wrote more than 2,000 books?
John Locke
Voltaire
Galileo
Adam Smith
16
Tycho Brahe's most important discovery was:
Metal noses are uncomfortable
New stars
Jupiter has moons
The moon has mountains and craters
17
Sir Francis Bacon created:
The Double Bacon Cheeseburger
The Ham and Cheese Sandwich
The Scientific Method
The Humanistic Method
18
Who invented calculus and the calculator?
Leeuwenhoek
Galileo
Werner
Leibniz
19
Empiricism is:
Belief that all knowledge must come from the brain.
Belief that all knowledge must come through the internet.
Belief that all knowledge must come from the heavens.
Belief that all knowledge must come through the senses.
20
John Locke said everyone is born with which three basic rights:
life, death, taxes
life, liberty, property
life, liberty, pursuit of happiness
21
A bad result of the Scientific Revolution was:
Changed ideas about the place of humans in the universe
Challenged teachings and authority of the church
Legitimized racial and gender inequalities
Challenged ancient social hierarchies and political systems
22
Leibniz invented calculus. But so did:
Baron de Montesquieu
John Locke
Galileo
Isaac Newton
23
What was the Universe called after Newton's discoveries?
The Heliocentric Model
The Universal Conundrum
The Big Bang
The World Machine
24
What freedoms did Voltaire say all people should have?
religion, dress, and trade
religion, privacy, and trade
religion, to bear arms, and anarchy
religion, expression (speech), and trade
25
Isaac Newton proved:
Rationalism
Magnetism
Empiricism
Gravity

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