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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe Enlightenment philosophers believed that the power of the government should be derived from….?The peopleThe elite noblessmall group of rulerskings and queens
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhy did the Church oppose Galileo?He was not a CatholicHis ideas opposed their teachingsHe burned books in church librariesHe was a Muslim and taught the Koran
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhy is the Enlightenment considered a major turning point in history?
People applied observation and reason to question traditional beliefs
The church gained power as the ultimate authorityAbsolutism was upheld by the peopleRevolutionary ideas were discouraged by the monarchy - 4. Multiple Choice
Which Enlightenment thinker believed that people had the right to life, liberty, and property.
Jean Jacques RousseauJohn LockeSir Isaac NewtonThomas Hobbes - 5. Multiple ChoiceEnlightenment thinker to first suggest the separation of powers and checks and balances in government?VoltaireLockeRousseauMontesquieu
- 6. Multiple ChoiceHow did scientists begin challenging authority during the Scientific Revolution?By testing old beliefs using logic, math and observationBy reading classic literatureBy collecting samples of plant lifeBy forming new government ideas
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich scientist was charged with heresy for supporting Copernicus’s teaching that Earth revolves around the Sun?GalileoNewtonKeplerBacon
- 8. Multiple Choice
Who spread ideas for equal rights for education for women in the Enlightenment?
WollstonecraftThomas HobbesCavendishRosa Parks - 9. Multiple ChoiceAccording to Copernicus, the sun
Revolved around the earth (geocentrism)
Was the center of the Universe (heliocentrism)
Was the biggest starHad many moons - 10. Multiple ChoiceScientists began using _____________ and _______________ instead of placing their beliefs in faith.History and faithMath and ScienceMath and History
Observation and reason
- 11. Multiple Choice
Who was against religious intolerance and prejudice?
Hobbes
Locke
Voltaire
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhy was there conflict between scientists of the 1700, especially Galileo, and the Church?People turned to the Church for for answers about the world.Church doctrine taught a geocentric view of the world, whereas scientific research showed a heliocentric orientationThe church controlled all education, especially scientific educationThere were not enough bibles being printed
- 13. Multiple Choice
Rousseau, Montesquieu, and Locke would all support:A dictatorshipA democracyAn absolute monarchyAll of these - 14. Multiple Choice
An unwritten agreement between people and the government proposed by Rousseau...
PhilosophersDemocracySocial ContractDivine Right of Kings - 15. Multiple ChoiceThe law of universal gravitation was explained byFrancis BaconNicolas CopernicusIsaac NewtonJohannes Kepler
- 16. Multiple Choice
Laissez-faire capitalism as attributed to Adam Smith called for
heavy taxation of manufacturers
strict government control of the economy
minimal government involvement in the economy
government investments in major industries
- 17. Multiple Choice
scientist who believed that the solar system was held together by the force of gravity
Isaac Newton
Voltaire
Galileo
Copernicus
- 18. Multiple Choice
Published the Law of Gravity
Newton
Galilei
Copernicus
Kepler
- 19. Multiple ChoiceItalian physicist, mathematician, and astronomer who invented an accurate telescope and supported Copernicus's ideas.Galileo GalileiJohannes KeplerSir Francis BaconSir Isaac Newton
- 20. Multiple ChoiceBelieved that everyone was born with inalienable rights that the government was responsible for protectingJohn LockeThomas HobbesSir Isaac NewtonMontesquieu
- 21. Multiple ChoiceThe Enlightenment is also known as the ______________Age of ExplorationAge of ReasonRenaissanceScientific Revolution
- 22. Multiple Choice
Who stated that science should be approached systematically and that close observation was the only way to find the truth of all thing?
Descartes
Celsius
Leeuwenhoek
Bacon
Galen
- 23. Fill in the Blank
The process that is used today by scientists to conduct experiments is called the
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