Enlightenment & the Scientific Revolution

A revolution is a great change OR replacement of an established government by the people governed.

• True

• False

The time period when people started using experimentation and reasoning instead of taking philosophers thoughts as fact.

• Enlightenment

• Scientific Revolution

• American Revolution

• French Revolution

The scientific method was used during the Scientific Revolution.

• True

• False

Sir Francis Bacon, Copernicus, Descartes, Galileo, Kepler, Sir Isaac Newton are associated with the...

• Scientific Revolution

• Enlightenment

• none of the above

The Enlightment did not create an environment and mindset open to challenging governments.

• True

• False

The time period where scholars began to question the world around them; applying rational thought to study human life was the...

• Scientific Revolution

• Enlightenment

• American Revolution

• none of the above

This person was known for the Social Contract and belief that people are good- their society makes them bad...

• Adam Smith

• Hobbes

• John Locke

• Rousseau

____ Locke believed in natural rights and the social contract. His principles are used in the Declaration of Independence.

(Type his first name in the box)

This person believed in laissez-faire and limited government; the government should intervene as little as possible especially in economic matters

• Adam Smith

• Montesquieu

• Hobbes

• Rousseau

This person believed in the separation of powers, checks and balances, the three branches of government and inspired the Constitution.

• Adam Smith

• John Locke

• Montesquieu

• Hobbes