The Enlightenment & Scientific Revolution

What is a deist?

• Believe in a supreme being, but not part of a religion
• Head of a religion
• Member of a religion
• A god

The idea of "Checks and Balances" in government came from

• Montesquieu
• Locke
• Smith
• Rousseau

Who thought that separation of power in government is the best way to protect human rights

• Smith
• Wollstonecraft
• Montesquieu
• Beccaria

This philosopher believed in freedom of speech and freedom of religion

• Montesquieu
• Hobbes
• Locke
• Voltaire

The United States has three branches of government due to this philosopher

• Rousseau
• Voltaire
• Locke
• Montesquieu

How did scientists begin challenging authority during the Scientific Revolution? 

• By testing old beliefs using logic, math and observation
• By reading classic literature
• By collecting samples of plant life
• By forming new government ideas

Copernicus wrote this theory.

• the heliocentric theory
• the geocentric theory
• the mercantilism theory
• the scientific method theory

What was Isaac Newton’s biggest contribution to the scientific revolution?

• The Universal Law of Gravity
• Heliocentric Model
• Scientific Method
• Geocentric Theory

A period of history from 1550 to 1700 when many important scientific advances were made

• The enlightenment
• The Scientific Revolution
• Age of Reason
• The English Civil War

Which Scientist was charged with heresy for supporting Copernicus’s teaching that Earth revolves around the Sun?

• Galileo
• Newton
• Kepler
• Bacon