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1
What is the motto of the Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution?
Never the less, it does move
Stand on the shoulders of giants
Dare to find out!
Learn from your mistakes
2
Which absolute monarch refused to marry?
Elizabeth I of England
Catherine the Great
Frederick II of Prussia
Phillip II of Spain
3
What type of government did Thomas Hobbes believe was needed?
theocracy
democracy
oligarchy
absolute monarchy
4
What is the theory of a sun centered universe called?
angiocentrism
geocentrism
terracentrism
heliocentrism
5
Which is NOT an accomplishment of Galileo Galilei?
reaffirmed Copernicus' theory of heliocentrism
established different weights fall at the same rate of speed
angered Henry VIII for teaching Copernican theory
used a telescope to study the sky
6
Which is NOT a step in Francis Bacon's Scientific Method based on reason?
experiment or test
observe a problem
attribute the problem to the gods
establish a natural law
7
What philosophe challenged the existing order with reason in the "Encyclopedia"?
Voltaire
Baron de Montesquieu
Mary Wollstonecroft
Denis Diderot
8
What scientist is credited with calculus, gravity, and the Three Laws of Motion?
Isaac Newton
Francis Bacon
Nicolaus Copernicus
Johannes Kepler
9
Peter the Great sought to westernize Russia by
All of the above
Forcing the nobles to cut their beards
Outlawing traditional folk costumes
encouraging Russians to practice Ballet
10
Which absolute monarch ordered the strengthening of the Spanish Armada and demanded loyalty to the Catholic Church?
Catherine the Great
Phillip II
Elizabeth I
Louis XIV
11
"Selfishness", as defined by Smith, is another term for "incentive"
True
False
12
What philosophe proposed that there should be a separation of powers to prevent abuses by the monarch?
Mary Wollstonecroft
Baron de Montesquieu
Voltaire
Denis Diderot
13
The philosophes believed natural laws...
were failures
come from the Greek gods
are never true
exist in nature
14
The Enlightenment was also known as the Age of...
Mythology
Reason
Superstition
Religion
15
Enlightenment thinkers met in these informal places to discuss and argue ideas.
hippodromes
colloseums
forums
salons
16
Which absolute monarch was beheaded by his nobles?
Phillip II of Spain
Peter the Great of Russia
Charles I of England
Frederick the Great of Prussia
17
What philosophe promoted religious toleration and wrote satirical works like "Candide"?
Mary Wollstonecroft
Denis Diderot
Voltaire
Baron de Montesquieu
18
Scientific Revolution decision making used
myth
superstition
faith
reason
19
Who was the first person to propose heliocentrism?
Isaac Newton
Francis Bacon
Nicolaus Copernicus
Johannes Kepler
20
Adam Smith proposed that the natural law of supply and demand explained what field of inquiry?
navigation
economics
music
government
21
Philosophes hoped to use reason during the Enlightenment to help
the king
society
the individual
religion
22
A Deist believes that God...
created natural laws to run the world
is aware of people's suffering
is actively involved in human lives
will reward people's prayers
23
What is the "social contract"?
the exchange of goods from old world to new world
The exchange of services to the guild master for training
The exchange of natural rights to government for protection
The exchange of bartered services at the marketplace
24
Which is NOT a difference between the social contracts of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke
democracy or absolute monarchy
right to rebel or not
man has natural rights at birth or not
mankind is born good or evil
25
Which was NOT an accomplishment or belief of Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
Proposed the idea of a laissez-faire economic system
Said there was a reliance of too much reason in society
Indicated society must submit to the general will
Wrote the book "The Social Contract"
26
Devine Right is the belief that the monarch is God's Lieutenant on earth.
False
True
27
Johannes Kepler proved that planets travel around the sun in what shaped orbits?
parabolas
ovals
arcs
circles
28
According to John Locke, which is NOT one of mankind's three natural rights endowed at birth?
pursuit of happiness
life
liberty
property
