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Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment
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He was known as the father of modern chemistry
Rene Descartes
Isaac Newton
Francis Bacon
Robert Boyle
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This scientist helped to advance the scientific method by relying on mathematics and logic
Galileo
Francis Bacon
Rene Descartes
Copernicus
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What was protested as "taxation without representation?"
Sugar Act
Navigation Act
Stamp Act
Import tax on tea
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This astronomer reasoned that the stars and planets revolved around the sun
Kepler
Newton
Galileo
Copernicus
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Which of the following was a result of the scientific revolution?
the belief that the earth was round
reliance on Greco-Roman authorities to explain the world
the belief that the human body was similar to animals
improvements in astronomy, medicine & scientific instruments
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Scientist who was forced by the Catholic Church to take back his scientific ideas
Copernicus
Galileo
Newton
Kepler
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Scientist who discovered laws of motion and gravity
Boyle
Newton
Galileo
Kepler
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The earth-centered view of the universe, called _________, and created by __________.
Geocentric theory; Bacon and Descartes
Heliocentric theory; Aristotle and Ptolemy
Heliocentric theory; Bacon and Descartes
Geocentric theory; Aristotle and Ptolemy
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What did the Enlightenment promote?
all of the above
faith in science
a more secular outlook
a belief in progress
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Theory that the sun is at the center of the universe and created by ______
quantum theory; Bacon
heliocentric theory; Copernicus
astrocentric hypothesis; Galileo
geocentric theory; Copernicus
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He was responsible for advancing the scientific method through experimental method.
Francis Bacon
Rene Descartes
Nicholas Copernicus
Isaac Newton
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Writer who fought for tolerance, reason, freedom of religious belief, and freedom of speech
Wollstonecraft
Rousseau
Voltaire
Montesquieu
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Argued that the best type of govt was an absolute monarchy and citizens should enter a social contract
Voltaire
Thomas Hobbes
Montesquieu
John Locke
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Who was the commander in chief of the Continental Army?
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
King George III
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Thomas Jefferson was the author of the Declaration of Independence
False
True
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Which of the following was the American nation's first constitution?
Declaration of Independence
Bill of Rights
Articles of Confederation
U.S. Constitution
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New way of thinking about the natural world based on observation and a willingness to question
Scientific Revolution
Scientific Method
Enlightenment
social contract
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Championed separation of powers
Rousseau
Hobbes
Voltaire
Montesquieu
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Enlightened despot of Prussa who said that he was the "first servant of the state"
Peter the Great
Frederick the Great
Rousseau
Louis XVI
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Enlightened despot of Russia who made several reforms and expanded the country
Maria Theresa
Marie Antoinette
Elizabeth I
Catherine the Great
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People had natural rights and government was designed to protect them
Locke
Montesquieu
Rousseau
Hobbes
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Greatly influenced criminal law reform
John Locke
Cesare Beccaria
Thomas Hobbes
Mary Wollstonecraft
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The first 10 amendments to the constitution that protect individual freedoms
Bill of Rights
Bill of Freedoms
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
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Political thinker who presented an argument for the education of women
Queen Elizabeth I
Catherine the Great
Mary Wollstonecraft
Maria Theresa
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In general, philsophes believed in...
all Church decrees
authoritarian rule
expanding women's rights
progress for society