Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment

According to Copernicus, the sun  

• Revolved around the earth
• Was the center of the Universe
• Was the biggest star
•  Had many moons

Galileo was tried for heresy because he argued  

• That heaven did not exist
• That Earth revolved around the sun
• Against the law of gravity
• That the sun revolved around the Earth

The idea that the earth is the center of the universe is the ___________ theory.

• geocentric
• heliocentric
• earthcentric
• world's worst

During the scientific  revolution people started using experiments to test theories rather than just believing the ___________

• King
• Family
• Church
• Sir Salami 

How did scientists begin challenging authority during the Scientific Revolution?  

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

Renaissance humanism greatly influenced the Scientific Revolution. It held that beliefs based upon what a person observed and experienced were more valid than beliefs based upon

• religious teachings
• pagan philosophy
• the dignity of man
• a person’s nature

Absolutist monarchs were ones who

• sought to control all aspects of public and private life.
• gathered all power under their personal control.
• governed as if the affairs of state should benefit the people.
• respect the laws passed by the representative institutions.

What is divine right?

• The right to rule was given to the monarch by God
• a Birth right
• soldiers for hire
• a monarch for hire

Louis XIV built this as a symbol of his power and wealth?

• Arc De Triumph
• Palace of Versailles
• Eiffel Tower
• El Escorial 

Who was the English Civil war a struggle between?

• England and France
• Parliament (power of the people) and the monarch
• English citizens and Louis XIV
• Parliament and France