The Enlightenment Review

Government in which leaders rule without restrictions.

• Autocratic
• Unlimited
• Republic
• Limited

The Age of Enlightenment began

• Before Exploration
• During Prehistoric Times
• After the American Revolution
• In the 17th Century

Enlightened thinkers based their philosophical beliefs on what two things?

• power and privilege
• money and fame
• good looks and charm
• reason and logic

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Whose authority was challenged by the new scientific theories during the 16th and 17th centuries? 

• Catholic Church
• Roman Gods
• Baptist ministers
• The Queen of Spain

Which of the following is an example of an “unlimited government?”

• Democracy
• Republic
• Absolute Monarch
• Constitutional Monarchy

Many rulers came to power believing that their right to lead came from God. This is an example of: 

• Supreme Law
• Divine Right
• Their Opinion
• Poor Judgement

The Scientific Revolution can best be described as:

• A period when scientists embraced the teachings of the Church
• The time when the Catholic Church empathized most with scientists 
• period when scientists began to question the old teachings of the Church
•  Scientific property invented by astrophysicists to explain the rotation of the Earth

The procedure for testing theories that starts with a question

• Methods of Operation
• Scientific Method
• Procedural Operations
• Steps in a process 

The Enlightenment is

• a time of rebirth
• a time when science ruled
• a time with people used reason and logic to explain the world
• a time when technology ruled

Most Enlightenment thinkers were speaking out against

• Democracy
• Absolute Monarchy