Absolutism, Scientific Revolution, and Enlightenment

What is an absolute monarch?

• lack of government all together

• a king or queen who has complete control over a country

• a monarchy that also has a congress or parliament

• a small group of people in control

In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, absolutism was a political theory that:

• encouraged rulers to turn over control of their governments to Parliament

• allowed rulers to govern by divine right and according to their own will

• discouraged military and economic competition among Europe states

• allowed countries, regardless of their form of government, to assume authority over its citizens

Louis XIV used the palace of Versailles to:

• create a touring art exhibitions

• withdraw from public life and spend time with friends and family

• demonstrate the grandeur of his rule and to control the French nobility

• create a place that all french people would feel comfortable visting

The Enlightenment is also known as the ______________

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

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.

Mary Wollstonecraft fought for which of the following causes?

• American independence
• Laissez-Faire economics
• Rights for minorities
• Rights for women

Until the Scientific Revolution, the traditional authorities were

• the Catholic Church and ancient scholars
• Muslim scribes
• navigators and explorers
• Confuscious and Ghandi

German mathematician and astronomer who discovered that planets move in elliptical orbits.

• Montesquieu
• Johannes Kepler
• Voltaire
• Galileo Galilei

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

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