Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment

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The idea that the earth is the center of the universe is the ___________ theory.

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geocentric

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John Locke argued that all people had the right to ________________.

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Life, liberty, and property

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A period during the 1600s and 1700s when people used reason to guide people's thoughts about society.

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Enlightenment

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Which of the Enlightenment philosophers believed the three branches of government should check the powers of one another?

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Montesquieu

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You are born with _________________ that can't be taken away; life, liberty, property

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natural rights

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Who created the heliocentric theory?

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Copernicus

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A common theme among Enlightenment thinkers was

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support for democratic forms of government.

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The Catholic Church considered some thinkers of the Scientific Revolution to be heretics because they questioned claims made in biblical passages.

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questioned claims made in biblical passages.

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The work of which scientist was most strongly condemned by the church? Options: Galileo, Kepler, Lloyd, John Adams

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Galileo

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During the Scientific Revolution, European scientists focused their work on explaining: how government affects the individual., Life, advanced chemistry, the workings of the natural world

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the workings of the natural world