Age of Reason

In the Age of Reason, many philosophers and scientists began to treat human reason as the supreme authority.

• True
• False

Which of following developed the heliocentric theory?

• Nicolaus Copernicus
• Johannes Kepler
• Andreas Vesalius
• Edward Jenner

Which of the following articulated the law of gravity?

• Johannes Kepler
• Galileo Galilei
• Isaac Newton
• William Harvey

Which of these articulated the law of inverse gas pressure?

• Joseph Priestly
• Robert Boyle
• William Harvey
• Johannes Kepler

Which of the following developed the smallpox vaccination?

• Joseph Priestly
• Edward Jenner
• William Harvey
• Andreas Vesalius

Who determined that the earth has an elliptical orbit around the sun?

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

Who is known as the Father of Anatomy?

• Andreas Vesalius
• Galileo Galilei
• William Harvey
• Edward Jenner

Which French Philosophe promoted the separation of government into three branches (executive, judicial, legislative)?

• Voltaire
• Montesquieu
• Diderot
• Rousseau

Which French Philosophe was the editor of the Encylopedie, a collection of Enlightenment writings?

• Diderot
• Rousseau
• Montesquieu
• Voltaire

John Locke was a political philosopher from

• France
• England
• Germany
• Sweden