Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment

What was the name of the period when European Scientists began to question old ideas about the world?

• Scientific Method
• Scientific Revolution
• French Revolution
• Russian Revolution

What is the term that means the earth is the center of the universe?

• heliocentric
• geocentric
• sun-centric
• geography

What is the term that means the sun is the center of the universe?

• heliocentric
• geocentric
• sun-centric
• geography

What scientist believed in the heliocentric theory?

• Galileo
• Copernicus
• Newton
• All of the above

What did the Catholic Church force Galileo to do with his findings?

• print them using the printing press
• publish them in magazines
• publicly take back his findings
• prove his findings over and over

What scientist used the knowledge of Galileo and Copernicus to prove the orbits of the planets around the sun?

• Ptolemy
• Louis XIV
• Isaac Newton
• Peter the Great

Laws that govern human behavior are known as __________________?

• human laws
• natural laws
• natural rights
• branches of government

What enlightenment writer believed in branches of government and separation of powers?

• Baron de Montesquieu
• John Locke
• Voltaire
• Rousseau

What enlightenment writer believed in the natural rights of life, liberty and property?

• Baron de Montesquieu
• John Locke
• Voltaire
• Rousseau

What did John Locke say that citizens could do if a government did not protect its natural rights?

• overthrow the government
• listen to the government
• go to jail
• obey the king