Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment

According to Copernicus, the sun  

• Revolved around the earth
• Was the center of the Universe
• Was the biggest star
•  Had many moons

Galileo was tried for heresy because he argued  

• That heaven did not exist
• That Earth revolved around the sun
• Against the law of gravity
• That the sun revolved around the Earth

The idea that the earth is the center of the universe is the ___________ theory.

• geocentric
• heliocentric
• earthcentric
• world's worst

During the scientific  revolution people started using experiments to test theories rather than just believing the ___________

• King
• Family
• Church
• Sir Salami 

A period during the 1600s and 1700s when people used reason to guide people's thoughts about society. 

• Enlightenment
• Captialism
• Renaissance
• Reformation

Which of the Enlightenment philosophers believed the three branches of government should check the powers of one another?

• Montesquieu
• Voltaire
• Rousseau
• Locke

What book did Adam Smith write?

• Wealth of Nations
• Gulliver's Travels
• A Treatise of Human Nature
• The Spirit of the Laws

What is Denis Diderot known for?

• Creating the first dictionary
• Creating the first encyclopedia
• Discovering moons of Neptune
• Writing a book which states the basic knowledge and skills all people should have

What is the French word for philosopher?

• A. philosophe
• B. natural rights
• C. separation of power
• D. checks and balances

Who created the heliocentric theory?

• Copernicus
• Galileo 
• Ptolemy
• Kepler