The Enlightenment Test

Italian physicist, mathematician, and astronomer who invented an accurate telescope and supported Copernicus's ideas.

• Galileo Galilei
• Johannes Kepler
• Sir Francis Bacon
• Sir Isaac Newton

English philosopher and scientist who is considered the Father of the Scientific Revolution after his development of the Scientific Method.

• Sir Francis Bacon
• Johannes Kepler
• Voltaire
• Sir Isaac Newton

Argued that the natural state of mankind is cruel and evil, so they needed a government led by a absolute monarch to keep them “in check.”

• Voltaire

• Montesquieu

• Hobbes

• Locke

Argued that there should be a separation of government powers to prevent a single person from becoming too powerful.

• Montesquieu
• Voltaire
• Rousseau
• Hobbes

Believed that everyone was born with three natural rights (life, liberty, and property) that the government was responsible for protecting

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Sir Isaac Newton

• Montesquieu

The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment were similar in that they:

• strengthened the economy.
• led to the Cold War.
• rejected civil rights.
• encouraged new ideas.

_________ is credited with saying "I think, therefore I am."  

• Rene Descartes
• John Locke
• Galileo Galilei
• Sir Francis Bacon

The Enlightenment is also known as the ______________

• Age of Exploration
• Age of Reason
• Renaissance
• Scientific Revolution

According to John Locke, what are the three natural rights that everyone is said to be born with?

• Life, liberty, and money

• Liberty, money, and property

• Life, liberty, and property

• Cellphones, cars, and clothes

What does it mean if the earth is heliocentric?

• The earth is the center of the universe
• The earth is round
• The earth is flat
• The Sun is the center of the universe