The Scientific Method is:

A systematic procedure for collecting & analyzing evidence

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

Tried for heresy and placed under house arrest

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

Proved the heliocentric model is correct

A bad result of the Scientific Revolution was:

Legitimized racial and gender inequalities

Belief that truth can be discovered using logic and reason.

John Locke developed:

Social Contract theory of government

Philosophy is the study of what?

the nature of knowledge, reality, and existence

Belief that all knowledge must come through the senses.

What freedoms did Voltaire say all people should have?

religion, expression (speech), and trade

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1
Who wrote The Wealth of Nations, the first modern work of economics, describing capitalism?
Francis Bacon
Adam Smith
Voltaire
John Locke
2
Descartes said:
"I tweet; therefore, I am."
"I'm pink; therefore, I'm spam."
"I sink; therefore, I swam."
"I think; therefore, I am."
3
Who was most famous for his idea of the Separation of Powers in government?
Baron von Leibniz
Baron de Montesquieu
Baron de Rouge
Baron Weishaupt
4
What did Galileo discover?
mountains and craters on the moon
moons of Jupiter
sunspots
all of the above
5
The Scientific Method is:
A systematic procedure for collecting & analyzing evidence
Gravity
Rationalism
Social Contract
6
What happened to Galileo after he published his discoveries, proving Copernicus was correct?
Nothing.
Tried for heresy and killed
Escaped to the Americas.
Tried for heresy and placed under house arrest
7
Sir Francis Bacon created:
The Ham and Cheese Sandwich
The Double Bacon Cheeseburger
The Scientific Method
The Humanistic Method
8
John Locke said everyone is born with which three basic rights:
life, liberty, property
life, liberty, pursuit of happiness
life, death, taxes
9
What was the Universe called after Newton's discoveries?
The Big Bang
The Universal Conundrum
The World Machine
The Heliocentric Model
10
"Intellectual" means:
Change - making progress
Smart - using your brain
War - using guns
Dumb - not using your brain
11
Who definitely believed in freedom of speech (expression), as he wrote more than 2,000 books?
Adam Smith
Voltaire
John Locke
Galileo
12
Tycho Brahe's most important discovery was:
New stars
Metal noses are uncomfortable
Jupiter has moons
The moon has mountains and craters
13
What did Galileo do that was so upsetting to the Catholic Church?
Proved that he was a good scientist
Proved the geocentric model is correct
Proved that facebook existed a long time ago
Proved the heliocentric model is correct
14
The Enlightenment Era saw the beginning of public musical concerts.
True
False
15
A bad result of the Scientific Revolution was:
Changed ideas about the place of humans in the universe
Legitimized racial and gender inequalities
Challenged ancient social hierarchies and political systems
Challenged teachings and authority of the church
16
What did Edward Jenner develop?
Chickenpox vaccine
Cowpox vaccine
Plague vaccine
Smallpox vaccine
17
This composer went deaf but still composed some amazing music:
Salieri
Mozart
Beethoven
Haydn
18
Rationalism is:
Belief that truth can be discovered using logic and reason.
Belief that truth can be discovered using youtube videos.
Belief that truth can be discovered by using your senses.
Belief that truth can be discovered using science.
19
John Locke developed:
Monarchical theory of government
Social Media
Social Contract theory of government
Republican theory of government
20
What are the names of Jupiter's moons, discovered by Galileo?
Io, Ganymede, Europa, Callisto
Imogene, Frances, Beth, Sarah
Io, Europa, Cowpox, Blossom
Europa, Asia, Africa, America
21
What was the central theme of the Enlightenment?
Light
Progress
Freedom
Power
22
Leibniz invented calculus. But so did:
Baron de Montesquieu
John Locke
Isaac Newton
Galileo
23
Isaac Newton proved:
Empiricism
Rationalism
Magnetism
Gravity
24
Who founded the Illuminati?
Adam Smith
Jay Z
Voltaire
Adam Weishaupt
25
Who invented calculus and the calculator?
Leeuwenhoek
Leibniz
Galileo
Werner
26
Who developed binary code?
Leibniz
Leeuwenhoek
Galileo
Voltaire
27
Social Contract theory of government is when:
People consent to be governed
Monarchs tell people they will govern them because God said
People band together to overthrow the government
People consent to medical experiments
28
Philosophy is the study of what?
the nature of knowledge, reality, and existence
the nature of education, knowledge, and belief
the nature of philatelists
the nature of nature
29
This composer was a child prodigy who played piano, violin and composed music by age 5.
Salieri
Haydn
Mozart
Beethoven
30
Empiricism is:
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.
Belief that all knowledge must come from the brain.
31
What beverages contributed to the revolution in thought known as the Age of Enlightenment?
tea and alcohol
coffee and tea
alcohol and water
coffee and alcohol
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What freedoms did Voltaire say all people should have?
religion, expression (speech), and trade
religion, to bear arms, and anarchy
religion, privacy, and trade
religion, dress, and trade

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