Modern World History I Final Review

The Scientific Revolution, and a new way of thinking began in?

• 1700's

• 1400's

• Mid-1500's

• 1300's

The scientific method grew from the belief that the world is best understood through...

• Imagination

• Teachings of Aristotle

• The Church

• Direct Observation

Which revolutionary scientist was the first to argue about the heliocentric theory?

• Copernicus

• Kepler

• Ptolemy

• Voltaire

_____ was put under house arrest for challenging traditional teachings.

• Isaac Newton

• Galileo Galilei

• Copernicus

• Francis Bacon

The Enlightenment takes it's greatest hold on what city?

• England

• Boston

• Madrid

• Paris

Which philosopher believed in natural rights, and the governments purpose was to protect them?

• Thomas Hobbes

• Voltaire

• Baron de Montesquieu

• John Locke

The belief that the King is God's representative on Earth and chosen to rule?

• Rationalism

• Divine Right

• Absolutism

• Nationalism

Which philosopher believed the purpose of government was to provide order & obedience?

• John Locke

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Voltaire

• Thomas Hobbes

What did Enlightenment philosophers base their ideas on?

• Traditional teachings

• The Church

• Faith in human reasoning

• Science

From what did Mary Wollstonecraft base her argument that women should have equal rights?

• Teachings of the Catholic Church

• The work and discoveries of Rene Descartes

• Belief that God made her the spokesperson

• Women could reason just as well as men