Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment

John Locke argued that all people had the right to ________________. 

• Own slaves
• Choose their religious beliefs
• Pursuit of happiness
• Life, liberty, and property

Copernicus was the first modern scientist to think...

• The universe is geocentric.
• Gravity causes things to fall at the same rate.
• The earth is the center of the universe.
• The sun is the center of the universe.

Galileo was brought before the Church and charged with heresy because...

• He published a book agreeing with the heliocentric theory.
• He criticized the Pope because he wanted a divorce.
• He wanted to marry an English princess.
• He published a book about humanism. 

Sir Francis Bacon developed the idea that things could be proven through observation.  What was this called? 

• Scientific Method
• Divine Right of Kings
• Geocentric view of the universe
• Humanism

A period during the 1600s and 1700s when people used reason to guide people's thoughts about society. 

• Enlightenment
• Captialism
• Renaissance
• Reformation

Which French Enlightenment thinker promoted the idea of separation of power? 

• Mary Wollstonecraft
• Rene Descartes
• Charles-Louis Montesquieu
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

What was the series of events that led to the birth of modern science known as? 

• Enlightenment 
• Scientific Revolution
• Renaissance
• Scientific Method

Who came up with the idea that all people had natural rights? 

• Charles-Louis Montesquieu
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• John Locke
• Adam Smith

John Locke's central political value was

• the protection of individual rights.
• equal distribution of wealth.
• designing governments around biblical teachings.
• nullified by the exploration of central Africa.

A common theme among Enlightenment thinkers was

• there was not a common theme among the enlightenment thinkers
• faith in traditional religious beliefs.
• a belief in the inherent goodness of humanity.
• support for democratic forms of government.