Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment

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 

According to Copernicus, the sun  

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

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

• Laws of Gravity
• Heliocentric theory
• Geocentric theory 
• Scientific Method

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

• Divine-right rulers  
• The middle class
• A strong military
• The people

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

•  Voltaire
• John Locke
• Baron de Montesquieu
• Rousseau

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

• Voltaire
• John Locke
• Baron de Montesquieu
• Diderot

Which of the following Enlightenment thinkers wrote extensively about his belief that people were born with “natural rights” (life, liberty, property)?    

• Voltaire
• John Locke
• Baron de Montesquieu
• Diderot

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

• The American Revolution
• Battle of Waterloo
• Feudalism
• The Renaissance

Who created the heliocentric theory?

• Copernicus
• Galileo 
• Ptolemy
• Kepler

What did Galileo Improve?

• The astrolabe
• the stars
• The Telescope
• cat food.