Spring Final Exam Review

Which sources of knowledge were most central to the Scientific Revolution?

• Tradition and reliance on church teachings

• Observation and experimentation

• Classical learning and travel

• Divine Wisdom and biblical texts

The Heliocentric model, the development of inductive reasoning, and the work of Copernicus are all associated with -

• The Commercial Revolution

• The Agricultural Revolution

• The Scientific Revolution

• The Industrial Revolution

During the Enlightenment, European thinkers applied ______ to understand nature and society

• Church teachings

• Human reasoning

• Traditional societal beliefs

• The beliefs of their ruler

Jean-Jacques Rousseau both agreed that governments should be based on -

• Separation of nationalities

• The religious values of the people

• The equal distribution of wealth

• The consent of the governed

What did John Locke believe the people had the right to do if the government abused its power?

• Nothing, people are to remain loyal to their government

• stop paying taxes

• revolt

• none of the above

Locke and Rousseau would most likely support

• Return to feudalism

• Government supported by the divine right of kings

• Society ruled by a religious institution

• Society where the people elect their own leaders

How are the Enlightenment and Renaissance similar?

• Both eras produced new works of art and sculpture

• Both eras produced great advances in technology

• Both eras relied heavily on the scientific method

• Both eras encouraged the questioning of traditional beliefs of authority

Which quote would most likely h ave been made by an Absolute Monarch?

• "It is parliament that must make the laws"

• "The government must be eased on a constitution"

• "L'etat c'est moi, I am the State"

• "Lives of people in a state of nature are solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."

The Magna Carta demonstrated -

• The Lord's loyalty to King John

• The support of the Divine Right Theory

• That the Monarch's power could be limited

• The women could take an active role in government

The English Bill of Rights stated -

• The supremacy of Parliament and the rights of subjects

• The supremacy of the king

• The civil war has ended

• The concept of Divine Right was reaffirmed