The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment

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Until the Scientific Revolution, the traditional authorities were . . .

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the Catholic church and ancient scholars.

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The Catholic church considered some thinkers of the Scientific Revolution to be heretics because they . . .

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questioned the authority of the church.

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During the Scientific Revolution, European scientists focused their work on explaining . . .

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the workings of the natural world.

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Thomas Hobbes believed . . .

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people are naturally greedy and selfish; therefore, they should only be governed by an absolute monarch.

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Which Enlightenment thinker said, "If women be educated for dependence; that is, to act according to the will of another fallible being, and submit, right or wrong, to power, where are we to stop?"

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Mary Wollstonecraft

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Which of the following people is NOT considered to be an Enlightenment thinker? Voltaire, Mary Wollstonecraft, John Locke

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Roger Bacon

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What is the first step of the Scientific Method?

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observation

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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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Did John Locke believe that the purpose of government was to protect people's natural rights?

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True

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The work of which scientist was most strongly condemned by the Catholic church?

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Galileo Galilei