Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment

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.

The Catholic Church considered some thinkers of the Scientific Revolution to be heretics because they

• loved anatomy
• traveled frequently to Africa
• questioned claims made in biblical passages.
• valued natural resources.

The work of which scientist was most strongly condemned by the church?

• Galileo 
• Kepler
• Lloyd 
• John Adams

The idea that the earth is the center of the universe is called

• heliocentricity
• planetary alignment
• geocentric
• cell theory 

The idea that the sun is the center of our universe

• Hawkin Theory
• Heliocentric 
• Applied astronomy 
• Geocentric 

Francis Bacon is known for his invention of the

• laws of motion
• telescope
• scientific method
• gravity 

Until the Scientific Revolution, the traditional authorities were

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

Which Enlightenment thinker said "If women be educated for dependence; that is, to act according to the will of another fallible being, and submit, right or wrong, to power, where are we to stop?"

• Mary Wollstonecraft
• Mike Jones
• Tommy Hobbes
• Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Hobbes believed that

• the enlightenment thinkers were naturally silly
• people are naturally greedy and selfish therefore should only be governed by an absolute monarch (king).
• people are for the most part good people but society corrupts us to be bad
• in the tabula rasa theory