The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment

Who was angered by the Scientific Revolution?

• constitutional monarchy

• Roman Catholic Church

• limited government

• scientists

Who wrote Leviathan and believed a ruler should have absolute power?

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

The ability of one branch of government to limit the power of the other is called

• checks and balances

• natural law

• social contract

• laissez- faire

Who wrote Spirit of the Laws?

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

• Voltaire

• Hobbes

Which of the following was not a natural right, according to Locke?

• Life

• Liberty

• Property

• Happiness

What new form of literature was developed during the Enlightenment?

• Novel

• Poem

• Chapter Book

• Mystery

Freedom of religion and separation of church and state are beliefs of which Enlightenment thinker?

• Rousseau

• Montesquieu

• Locke

• Voltaire

During the Scientific Revolution the heliocentric view of the universe was first proposed by __.

• Ptolemy
• Francis Bacon
• Isaac Newton
• Nicolaus Copernicus

Who created the heliocentric theory?

• Copernicus
• Galileo 
• Ptolemy
• Kepler

During the scientific  revolution people started using experiments to test theories rather than just believing the ___________

• King
• Family
• Church
• Sir Salami