Which shift in public opinion was a result of the teachings of Copernicus?

People began to question church teachings.

How did publication of Mary Wollstonecraft’s The Vindication of the Rights of Women affect English society?

It challenged the idea that education should be reserved only for males.

How did the Great Schism affect European society?

It reduced the peoples’ obedience to religious leaders.

How did Montesquieu’s concept of liberty seek to affect the modern state?

The government should ensure the personal security of its citizens.

According to Martin Luther, what caused the Protestant Reformation?

Devalued the Bible by placing more importance on views of church leaders.

What caused the Renaissance to happen?

New understanding of classical knowledge led to development of new ideas.

how did the Scientific Revolution influence social conditions during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?

People began to look for scientific explanations for natural phenomena

What was a major accomplishment of the Justinian Code?

Greek and Roman laws were preserved

How did the ideas of the Enlightenment change political thought?

Govt. should protect natural rights and to promote the people's well-being.

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Enlightenment/Scientific Revolution Review

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Felt that people were basically reasonable and moral. Rights that belonged to all people from birth "
Montesquieu
Voltaire
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
2
Believed that real purpose of society was to nurture better people, wrote the "Social Contract".
Montesquieu
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Isaac Newton
John Calvin
3
a European intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries in which ideas were sythesized into a worldview.
Enlightenment
Renaissance
Scientific Revolution
Reformation
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Which shift in public opinion was a result of the teachings of Copernicus?
Trust in the scientific conclusions of the Church increased.
Interest in scientific advances declined.
People turned to their monarchs for stability.
People began to question church teachings.
5
French philosopher and writer whose works epitomize for violence on the catholic church.
Voltaire
Montesquieu
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Athos
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How did publication of Mary Wollstonecraft’s The Vindication of the Rights of Women affect English society?
It expanded support for the concept of political equality.
It challenged the idea that education should be reserved only for males.
Increased concerns about whether or not women were sufficiently patriotic.
It argued that mothers should be the ones to teach their children.
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English scholar who theorized the idea of gravity. Wrote book, Mathematical Principals of Natural Philosophy.
John Locke
Montesquieu
Isaac Newton
Galileo Galilei
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How did the Great Schism affect European society?
It reduced the peoples’ obedience to religious leaders.
It increased cultural unity.
It increased the political authority of the Pope
It reduced political interest in religious affairs.
9
British feminist of the eighteenth century who argued for women's equality with men, even in voting.
Lucretia Mott
Mary Wollencraft
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Ida B. Wells
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How did Montesquieu’s concept of liberty seek to affect the modern state?
It argued that the government should have a written legal code
The government should ensure the personal security of its citizens.
It argued that the government should leave its citizens alone.
It argued that the government should equally distribute property
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According to Martin Luther, what caused the Protestant Reformation?
Devalued the Bible by placing more importance on views of church leaders.
They celebrated the Bible by remaining true to its actual text.
They were practicing pagan holidays, dressed up as Christian holidays.
They failed to include people of all faiths
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Believed that people were inherently bad and felt that only a powerful government could ensure an orderly society.
Thomas Hobbes
Montesquieu
Isaac Newton
Mary Wollstonecraft
13
What caused the Renaissance to happen?
A new requirement that all feudal tenants would be emancipated
New understanding of classical knowledge led to development of new ideas.
A new appreciation and practice of religion by everyone
A new requirement for public schooling
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A major shift in thinking between 1500 and 1700 in which modern science emerged as a new way of gaining knowledge.
Enlightenment
Reformation
Renaissance
Scientific Revolution
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Agreement that people gave up their rights exchange for law and order.
Infernal Contract
Faustian Contract
Jungian System of Checks and Balances
Social Contract Theory
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how did the Scientific Revolution influence social conditions during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?
People became atheists in large numbers
People became less tolerant of other religions
People began to look for scientific explanations for natural phenomena
People became more religious and rejected scientific explanations
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Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars.
John Locke
Galileo Galilei
Voltaire
Leonardo di Vinci
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What was a major accomplishment of the Justinian Code?
The right to practice any religion was permitted
The right of free speech was established
Chinese and Japanese architecture was copied
Greek and Roman laws were preserved
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How did the ideas of the Enlightenment change political thought?
That governments should ensure the economic equality of all citizens.
the Roman Catholic Church should have power over both church and state
That absolute monarchs should rule in accord with their self-interest.
Govt. should protect natural rights and to promote the people's well-being.
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What was one direct result of the following reforms: Faith-based religion, Focus on the scriptures
development of new faiths
expansion of a traditional economic system
end of absolute monarchies
acceptance of radical political groups

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