Ch. 2: Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution

The new way of thinking that emerged in the mid-1500s that resulted in many new discoveries was called the

• Enlightenment
• Scientific Revolution
• Federal Republic
• Scientific Method

Who were the traditional authorities before the Scientific Revolution?

• Greek Gods and Godesses 
• Philosophers such as Locke, Hobbes, and Montesquieu
• The Church and ancient scholars
• Navigators and explorers

Which person had theories that brought him in to conflict with the church and Inquisition?

• Aristotle
• Ptlolemy
• Kepler
• Galileo

Which person argued that the people had a right to overthrow a government that did not protect their natural rights?

• Hobbes
• Locke
• Rousseau
• Voltaire

Why did American colonists object to the Stamp Act and other acts like it?

• They resented the draft in the British military to fight the Seven Years' War.
• It restricted their trade
• They thought stamps were necessary
• They did not have representation.

Who invented the first periodic table?

• Kepler
• Lavoisier
• Bacon
• Descartes

The idea that the sun is the center of the solar system is 

• heliocentric theory
• geocentric theory
• scientific method
• enlightened absolutism

The French and Indian War led to increased taxes on Britain's American colonies because

• Britain had to pay for the war, so they taxed the colonists.
• The colonists caused a lot of damages fighting in the war.
• The British feared revolt from the colonists, so they taxed them to keep them poor and avoid revolution.
• The French won the war wanted to punish the colonists. 

What new approach allowed scholars to gain new scientific knowledge?

• financing the church
• the Inquisition
• the Scientific Method
• Universal public education

"No taxation without Representation" was a slogan of the 

• French and Indian War
• Seven Years' War
• French Revolution
• American Revolution