Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment Review

The idea that men are born equal with natural rights and that it's the government's job to protect those rights are prominent in the Declaration of Independence. That document was based MOST on the ideas of which of the following?

• Machiavelli

• Locke

• Montesquieu

• Darwin

John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau would be most likely to support

• A society ruled by the Catholic Church

• A government ruled by a divine right monarch

• A society in which the people chose the ruler

• return to feudalism in Europe

The writers and philosophers of the Enlightenment believed the government decisions should be based on

• Laws of nature and reason

• The concept of divine right of kings

• Traditional values

• Fundamental religious beliefs

Which of the following is known for discovering that the orbits of the planets were elliptical, not circular?

• Vesalius

• Newton

• Kepler

• Locke

With which of the following statements would Adam Smith most agree?

• The government should stay out of economic issues whenever possible.

• The government should provide tax breaks to cover childcare costs

• The national government should fund public schools.

• The government should provide unemployment benefits.

With which of the following would an Enlightenment thinker MOST agree?

• The only important part of a society is its economy

• The right to rule comes from the consent of the people

• A strong military government is needed to keep the people in line

• The right to rule comes from God

Which of the following documents was MOST influenced by the ideas of Montesquieu?

• The Bill of Rights

• The Constitution

• The Declaration of Independence The Articles of Confederation

He helped popularize the famous tale about Sir Isaac Newton and the apple

• Voltaire

• Locke

• Montesquieu

• Galileo

Means the sun is the center of the universe

• Heliocentrism

• Geocentrism

• Ethnocentrism

Believed natural state of humans was war and chaos

• Voltaire

• Locke

• Homer

• Hobbes