Enlightenment & Revolutions Unit Test

The Enlightenment was also known as the:

• Age of Questions
• Age of Knowledge
• Age of Reason
• Age of Revolutions

Scientist Matching: He improved upon the heliocentric theory through his discovery of elliptical (oval) planetary orbits around the sun. 

• Copernicus
• Sir Isaac Newton
• Galileo Galilei
• Johannes Kepler

Scientist began using _____________ and _______________ instead of placing their beliefs in faith.

• History and faith
• Math and Science
• Math and History
• reason and logic

Scientist Matching: He published a book on the Heliocentric Theory that the church viewed as inflammatory and heretical. This led to a forced confession and the sentence of a lifetime under house arrest. 

• Copernicus
• Sir Isaac Newton
• Galileo Galilei
• Johannes Kepler

Why did scientific rationalism erode the Catholic Church?

• It encouraged the founding of a new religion.
• It taught that there was only physical reality.
• It encouraged people to take control of the Church.
• It encouraged people to think for themselves.

How did the scientific revolution lead to the Enlightenment?

• religious toleration was more prevalent
• revolutions began
• traditional beliefs were questioned
• the feudal system ended

How did the philosophies of the Enlightenment influence people to want revolution?

• people wanted to learn more about science
• people wanted greater religious toleration
• people favored an absolute monarchy
• they began to question the current system

Thomas Hobbes said that people should enter a _______________ where they will give up their freedom for an organized society.

• natural rights
• moral law
• enlightened despot
• social contract

John Locke's ideas on government were revolutionary in that he believed that 

• power of the government comes from the consent of governed  
• absolute monarchies should remain in tact
• the church should govern 
• that slavery should be abolished

 The basic principles of Lockes theory could be summed up with the term 

• Divine Right 
• General Will 
• Separation of Power 
• Natural Rights