Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment

3rd Quarter Review Activity

Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment

Multiple Choice

Multiple Choice

He is known as the Father of Modern Philosophy and made the statement "I think therefore I am".

• Thomas Hobbes

• Rene Descartes

• John Locke

• Voltaire

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He is credited with the idea of freedom of speech and known for his frequent attack on the Roman Catholic Church.

• Thomas Hobbes

• Rene Descartes

• John Locke

• Voltaire

Multiple Choice

He is best known for his 1651 book Leviathan, which expounded an influential formulation of social contract theory.

• Thomas Hobbes

• Rene Descartes

• John Locke

• Voltaire

Multiple Choice

The Father of Liberalism and formulated the Tabula Rassa (Blank Slate).

• Thomas Hobbes

• Rene Descartes

• John Locke

• Voltaire

Multiple Choice

Believed in Direct Democracy (individual vote) and said that people are not truly free if they don’t make their own decisions.

• Thomas Hobbes

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• John Locke

• Baron de Montesquieu

Multiple Choice

He developed the idea of separation of powers and states that governmental power should be balanced among three branches.

• Thomas Hobbes

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• John Locke

• Baron de Montesquieu

Multiple Choice

He built a telescope and became the first man to use this tool to study the moon and planets.

• Nicholas Copernicus

• Isaac Newton

• Aristotle

• Galileo Galilei

Multiple Choice

“For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction”

• Nicholas Copernicus

• Isaac Newton

• Aristotle

• Galileo Galilei

Statement Analysis

Identify which statement is/are CORRECT or INCORRECT.

Multiple Choice

Definition of the Scientific Revolution

Statement 1

The Scientific Revolution develops as an offshoot of the Renaissance.

Statement 2

The Scientific Revolution was a new way of thinking about the natural world.

• Statement 1 is correct

• Statement 2 is correct

• Both statements are correct

• Both are incorrect

Multiple Choice

The causes of the Scientific Revolution

Statement 1

The Scientific Revolution develops because of the economic policy called Mercantilism.

Statement 2

Age of Exploration fueled a great deal of scientific research because of the technology needed for navigation.

• Statement 1 is correct

• Statement 2 is correct

• Both statements are correct

• Both are incorrect

Multiple Choice

The Enlightenment

Statement 1

The Enlightenment was an intellectual movement in Europe during the 18th century that led to a whole new world view.

Statement 2

The Enlightenment grew largely out of the new methods and discoveries achieved in the Industrial Revolution.

• Statement 1 is correct

• Statement 2 is correct

• Both statements are correct

• Both are incorrect

Multiple Choice

The Enlightenment Principles

Statement 1

Accept knowledge based on feelings, guesses, and faith.

Statement 2

Scientific and academic thought should be secular.

• Statement 1 is correct

• Statement 2 is correct

• Both statements are correct

• Both are incorrect

Multiple Choice

The Scientists

Statement 1

Nicholas Copernicus stated the sun was the center of the Universe.

Statement 2

Galileo Galilei believes Copernicus's idea that the Earth was not the center of the universe.

• Statement 1 is correct

• Statement 2 is correct

• Both statements are correct

• Both are incorrect

Multiple Choice

The Scientists

Statement 1

Galileo's theory: Heavier objects fall faster than lighter ones.

Statement 2

Aristotle's theory:

Finds objects of different weights will fall at the same speed (in a vacuum).

• Statement 1 is correct

• Statement 2 is correct

• Both statements are correct

• Both are incorrect

Multiple Choice

Isaac Newton

Statement 1

“For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction”

Statement 2

Newton reasoned that the earth must have a power that pushes objects away from it.

• Statement 1 is correct

• Statement 2 is correct

• Both statements are correct

• Both are incorrect

Multiple Choice

Rene Descartes

Statement 1

The first of the modern rationalists and has been dubbed the 'Father of Liberalism'.

Statement 2

"Cogito ergo sum" is a Latin word that means, "I think therefore I am".

• Statement 1 is correct

• Statement 2 is correct

• Both statements are correct

• Both are incorrect

Multiple Choice

Thomas Hobbes

Statement 1

Attacked the concept of divine right, yet supported a strong monarchy.

Statement 2

People must voluntarily give an authoritarian figure the power to rule.

• Statement 1 is correct

• Statement 2 is correct

• Both statements are correct

• Both are incorrect

Multiple Choice

François Marie Arouet (Voltaire)

Statement 1

“I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it”.

Statement 2

People are naturally wicked and selfish (bad).

• Statement 1 is correct

• Statement 2 is correct

• Both statements are correct

• Both are incorrect

Multiple Choice

John Locke

Statement 1

If Government doesn’t govern justly the people must overthrow it and establish a government that is just.

Statement 2

He is known as the "Father of Liberalism”

• Statement 1 is correct

• Statement 2 is correct

• Both statements are correct

• Both are incorrect

Multiple Choice

Social Contract Theory

Statement 1

Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau agree humans form societies for some kind of mutual benefit.

Statement 2

John Locke agreed that there should be an official government, but only to protect the "natural rights" of life, liberty, and property - and any State which violated those limits could be overthrown.

• Statement 1 is correct

• Statement 2 is correct

• Both statements are correct

• Both are incorrect