Age of Reason

The Age of Reason is also known as the ____ .  

• Scientific Revolution 
• Age of Awakening
• Age of Enlightenment 
• Intellectual Revival 

Name the French philosopher & mathematician who is referred to as the "Father of Rationalism." 

• Denis Diderot 
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau 
• Baron de Montesquieu
• Rene Descartes

The Polish astronomer who presented the heliocentric theory of the universe, refuting an earlier theory by Greek scientist Ptolemy. 

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

The Flemish scientist whose contribution to anatomy earned him the distinction as "Father of Anatomy." 

• Edward Jenner 
• Paracelsus 
• Andreas Vesalius 
• William Harvey 

The English physician and scientist who developed the smallpox vaccine, the world's first vaccine. 

• Edward Jenner 
• Paracelsus 
• Joseph Priestley 
• William Harvey 

Known as the "Father of Modern Chemistry," this French nobleman and chemist also formulated the law of conservation of matter. 

• Galileo Galilei 
• Antoine Laurent Lavoisier 
• Edward Jenner 
• Joseph Priestley 

It is a method of gaining knowledge whereby specific truths are derived from a general rule. 

• Scientific method
• Inductive reasoning 
• Deductive reasoning 
• Rational thinking 

It is a belief that the universe was created by a supernatural being who is unconcerned or does not interfere with human affairs. 

• Deism 
• Pantheism 
• Animism 
• Theism 

The separation of governmental powers into executive, legislative and judicial is based on the idea of this Enlightenment thinker. 

• Baron de Montesquieu
• Jean-Jacques Hobbes
• Thomas Hobbes
• John Locke 

The English philosopher who espoused the idea of "tabula rasa" or blank slate which underscored the role of experience and education in human development. 

• John Locke 
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau 
• Baruch Spinoza
• Baron de Montesquieu