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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe new way of thinking that emerged in the mid-1500s that resulted in many new discoveries was called theEnlightenmentScientific RevolutionFederal RepublicScientific Method
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWho were the traditional authorities before the Scientific Revolution?Greek Gods and GodessesPhilosophers such as Locke, Hobbes, and MontesquieuThe Church and ancient scholarsNavigators and explorers
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Which person had theories that brought him in to conflict with the church and Inquisition?AristotlePtlolemyKeplerGalileo - 4. Multiple ChoiceWhich person argued that the people had a right to overthrow a government that did not protect their natural rights?HobbesLockeRousseauVoltaire
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhy did American colonists object to the Stamp Act and other acts like it?They resented the draft in the British military to fight the Seven Years' War.It restricted their tradeThey thought stamps were necessaryThey did not have representation.
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWho invented the first periodic table?KeplerLavoisierBaconDescartes
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe idea that the sun is the center of the solar system isheliocentric theorygeocentric theoryscientific methodenlightened absolutism
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThe French and Indian War led to increased taxes on Britain's American colonies becauseBritain had to pay for the war, so they taxed the colonists.The colonists caused a lot of damages fighting in the war.The British feared revolt from the colonists, so they taxed them to keep them poor and avoid revolution.The French won the war wanted to punish the colonists.
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat new approach allowed scholars to gain new scientific knowledge?financing the churchthe Inquisitionthe Scientific MethodUniversal public education
- 10. Multiple Choice"No taxation without Representation" was a slogan of theFrench and Indian WarSeven Years' WarFrench RevolutionAmerican Revolution
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWho wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence?WashingtonAdamsJeffersonFranklin
- 12. Multiple ChoiceMary Wollstonecraft believed that women should have equal rights toeducationdoctorsvotingown property
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThe founding fathers added this to the Constitution to ensure citizens rights were protected.Bill of RightsMiranda RightsDeclaration of IndependenceThe Social Contract
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat rules discoverable by reason did Enlightenment thinkers try to apply to the study of human behavior and society?social contratnatural rightsnatural lawdivine law
- 15. Multiple ChoiceEnlightenment thinkers were influenced by the ideas of natural law that emerged from theReformationScientific RevolutionRenaissanceGlorious Reformation
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhich person believed in supply and demand?SmithDiderotVoltaireLocke
- 17. Multiple ChoiceAll of the following are classical musicians of the Enlightenment butLenonMozartHandelHayden
- 18. Multiple ChoiceThe idea that the government has a national government and state governments is known asseparation of powersfederal republicdemocractic republicconstitutional monarchy
- 19. Multiple ChoiceThe idea of separation of powers is fromMontequieuLockeRousseuVoltaire
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWho wrote the Encyclopedia?HobbesLockeDiderotWollstonecraft
- 21. Multiple ChoiceThe following are all Enlightenment principals exceptthe right for all citizens to votereligious tolerationbetter treatment for serfsthe abolition of the death penalty
- 22. Multiple ChoiceThe system where rulers tried to govern by Enlightenment principals was known asenlightened absolutismabsolutismthe Enlightenmentthe Renaissance
- 23. Multiple ChoiceClear and ordered thinking and using observations to determine natural lawsdeismreasonLaissez-faireseparation of powers
- 24. Multiple ChoiceGovernment "hands off" policyDeismReasonchecks and balanceslaissez-faire
- 25. Multiple ChoiceBelieved in freedom of religion and speechRousseauLockeHobbesVoltaire
- 26. Multiple ChoiceNew form of Christianity inspired by the EnlightenmentDeismMethodistBaptistCatholicism
- 27. Multiple ChoiceThe idea the the earth is the center of the universeHeliocentric theoryGeocentric theoryScientific methodEnlightened absolutism
- 28. Multiple ChoiceGravity/Three Laws of Motion were the ideas ofNewtonGalileoKeplerBacon
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