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Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment
Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment
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1
Who established liberal economics?
Johannes Kepler
Denis Diderot
Adam Smith
René Descartes
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Who did the Scientific Revolution become quickly popular among?
educated westerners
merchants
non-religious African peoples
Latin American nobles
3
As confirmed by George Washington and Thomas Paine, the Enlightenment is also referred to as...
the Age of Intellectuals
the Age of Reason
the Age of Understanding
the Age of Newborn Knowledge
4
What works by the Belgian Vesalius gained greater precisions in the 1600s?
astronomical work
mathematical work
anatomical work
psychological work
5
Who was best known for their work on the scientific method?
Francis Bacon
William Harvey
John Locke
Johannes Kepler
6
Who disproved the Hellenistic belief that the earth was at the center of the universe?
Galileo Galileli
William Harvey
Francis Bacon
Nicolaus Copernicus
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What began to decline with the Enlightenment?
The principle that humans are good and can be improved
Shared fundamental rationality and human worth
Popular attitude and intellectual interests
Strong habits and beliefs amongst people and their families
8
What did biologists develop for natural species in the 1700s?
A new classification system
A specialized characteristics chart
Defined species genotypes and phenotypes
A DNA testing device that determines the species
9
The rigors of scientific tests specifically gave rise to...
mathematics, chemistry, and astronomy
astrology, anatomy, and technology
genetics, theology, and medicine
anthropology, physics, and philosophy
10
Who was the Enlightenment thinker that argued that new political rights should extend to women?
Mary Wollstonecraft
Cecil Rhodes
René Descartes
Sergei Witte
11
What question was raised about Nicolaus Copernicus by recent historians?
If Ancient Greek peoples sparked his curiosity
If he was of royal blood or had another advantage
If he copied previous findings from Arabs
If his Hellenistic beliefs influenced his observations
12
During the 16th century, what traditions did scientific research quietly build on?
Traditions of the five previous decades
Modified Hellenistic traditions
The commonly adopted Ancient Roman Traditions
Traditions of the later Middle Ages
13
What did the Enlightenment expand in the 18th century?
regionalism and economic resurgence
the range of intellectual innovation
culture and trade routes
political patterns in Europe and Latin America
14
Which French Enlightenment figure is best known for his work on the first encyclopedia?
Francois-Marie Arouet
Marquis de Sade
Denis Diderot
Montesquieu
15
What is Isaac Newton known for?
The Scientific method
Laws of motion and gravity
Modern physics
The lightbulb
16
Which did the Enlightenment
NOT
feature?
Completely vanished religious views
Scientific advance
Belief that rational laws could describe social behavior
Applying scientific methods to the study of human society
17
A model of the universe where Earth is at the center of the revolving planets and stars is...
areocentric
heliocentric
biocentric
geocentric
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Which
new
group greatly contributed to the stimulation of piety during the 18th century?
Methodists
Muslims
Catholics
Hellenists
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What made its first appearance during this cultural period?
Continental maps aiding military personnel
The universal spread of ideas through the Silk Road
Journals written by women for women
The use of electricity
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Who began to attack religious ideas such as miracles the most by the 1680s?
Writers affected by the new science
Most non-religious British philosophers
Polish political figures with new found insight on the earth
French philosophers with originally Hellenistic beliefs
