The Scientific Revolution and The Enlightenment

Which group was most opposed to the scientific method during the 16th and 17th centuries?

• Clergy

• Peasants

• Merchants

• Political Leaders

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

• A return to feudalism

• A government ruled by a divine right monarchy

• A society ruled by the Catholic Church

• The right of citizens to decide the best form of government

One contribution John Locke made to the Enlightenment philosophy was the idea that

• Absolute monarchies should continue

• The punishment should fit the crime

• Individual rights should be denied

• Governments should be based on the consent of the people.

In Two Treatises of Government John Locke wrote that the purpose of government was to

• Keep kings in power

• Protect natural rights

• Expand territory

• Regulate the economy

Which pair of ideas were central to the Scientific Revolution?

• Social stability and economic self-sufficiency

• Technology and military expansion

• Scarcity and interdependence

• Observation and experimentation

Which Scientific Revolution-era invention led to an increased understanding of diseases?

• telescope

• barometer

• microscope

• thermometer

Which Enlightenment philosopher argued that girls should receive the same education as boys?

• Wollstonecraft

• Rousseau

• Locke

• Voltaire

First to observe mountains on the moon and moons surrounding Jupiter.

• Kepler

• Galileo

• Copernicus

• Newton

I discussed the separation of powers into branches of government in my books Spirit of the Laws.

• Montesquieu

• Locke

• Voltaire

• Rousseau

These two astronomers changed how people viewed the universe with their heliocentric theory

• Newton and Kepler

• Galileo and Montesquieu

• Galileo and Newton

• Kepler and Copernicus