Enlightenment/Rev

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

The Enlightenment philosophers believed that the power of the government should be derived from….?

• The people
• The elite nobles
• small group of rulers
• kings and queens

Which Enlightenment philosopher argued for freedom of religion and free speech?   

• Rousseau
• Locke
• Montesquiue
• Voltaire

Enlightenment thinker to first suggest the separation of powers & checks and balances in government?

• Voltaire
• Locke
• Rousseau
• Montesquieu

Who wrote extensively about his belief that people were born with “natural rights” (life, liberty, property)?  

• John Locke
• Rousseau
• Montesquieu
• Voltaire

Which historical event was inspired by the ideas of Enlightenment philosophers?

• The American Revolution
• WWI
• WWII
• Vietnam 

Which document was inspired to be written by the Enlightenment Thinkers?

• The Magna Carta
• The US Constitution
• The English Bill of Rights
• Hammurabi's Code

The Scientific Method was created by which of the following?

• Benjamin Banneker
• Francis Bacon
• Isaac Newton
• Galileo