Enlightenment and Revolutions - Chapter 8

British tax on newspapers and other printed materials

• Stamp Act

• Articles of Confederation

• rococo

• Bill of Rights

• laissez-faire

America's first constitution

• Articles of Confederation
• U.S. Constitution
• Bill of Rights
• Declaration of Independence

How did new technology and new theories of the Enlightenment lay the foundation of the Scientific Revolution?

• The government used them to make scientific laws.
• Scientists used them to create more new inventions and theories.
• Ordinary people used them in their everyday life.
• Philosophers used them to think about ancient Greek ideas.

Why wasn't Margaret Cavendish’s work taken seriously?

• she did not believe in rationalism.
• her work was not logical.
• her work was not signed.
• she was a woman.

Education spread widely during the enlightenment because

• books were written by the elite.
• schools were free for everyone.
• churches promoted education.
• reading material was aimed at the masses.

Which description best fits the rococo style?

• pursuit of pleasure, happiness, and love
• grandeur and power
• social struggle
• religious focus

Which describes a federal system of government?

• shared between the new nation and the British empire
• given exclusively to the executive branch
• given to the judicial branch
• shared between national and state governments

Francis Bacon’s scientific method used

• deductive reasoning to solve nature’s puzzles
• the wisdom of ancient scientists
• inductive reasoning to find specific truth from basic facts
• assumptions that were not observed

The scientific method grew out of the belief that the world is best understood through

• imagination.

• direct observation.

• the teachings of Aristotle.

• a geocentric view of the universe.

Rationalism is the belief that

• the human mind is divine.
• matter matters.
• the human mind is perfect.
• reason is the chief source of knowledge.