Unit 5: Age of Revolutions

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Enlightened thinkers based their philosophical beliefs on what two things?

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reason and logic

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Whose authority was challenged by the new scientific theories during the 16th and 17th centuries? Options: Catholic Church, Roman Gods, Baptist ministers, The Queen of Spain

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Catholic Church

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Many rulers came to power believing that their right to lead came from God. This is an example of:

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Divine Right

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The Scientific Revolution can best be described as:

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period when scientists began to question the old teachings of the Church

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The procedure for testing theories that starts with a question

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Scientific Method

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Because he feared the Church, what Polish astronomer waited to publish his heliocentric theory until he was near death?

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Nicolaus Copernicus 

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Sir Isaac Newton is associated with the Laws of: Electricity, Motion and gravity, Human biology, Astronomy

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Motion and gravity

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This diagram is representative of which theory that was challenged by the Catholic Church: Geocentric, Concentric, Heliocentric, Geothermantic?

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Heliocentric

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Which Enlightenment philosopher argued that people have the right to abolish their government and create a new one?

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Locke

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Enlightenment philosopher who believed people had natural rights of life, liberty, and property.

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John Locke