WH9 Ch 6 Test C

He pioneered the use of the scientific method in chemistry and is considered to be the founder of modern chemistry

• Edward Jenner

• Anders Celsius

• Robert Boyle

Who was the first to argue that the sun, not the earth, was the center of the universe?

• Aristotle

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon helped to develop

• the microscope

• the law of the pendulum

• the scientific method

The law of universal gravitation was explained by

• Francis Bacon

• Isaac Newton

• Benjamin Franklin

Which of the following was an effect of the Scientific Revolution?

• The belief that the earth was at the center of the universe

• Improvements in medicine and scientific instruments

• Reliance on ancient authorities to explain the physical world

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• John Locke

• Thomas Jefferson

• Samuel Adams

Which of the following was a major reason for the colonists' victory over Britain in the Revolutionary War?

• More experienced generals

• Superior (better) weapons

• A stronger motivation to fight

Womens' contributions to the Enlightenment included all of the following EXCEPT

• Running for office

• Writing about the inequalities between men and women.

• Urging women to enter male-dominated fields

This philosopher believed that all people are born with Natural Rights, which include life, liberty, and property, and that the government's authority was based on the "consent of the people."

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

An 18th-century European movement in which thinkers attempted to apply the principles of reason and the Scientific Method to all aspects of society

• Great Awakening

• Enlightenment

• American Revolution