Unit 7 Revolutions and Enlightenment

What is the meaning of the word “heretic”?

• Person with the Black Plague

• Person who goes against the Church and God

• Person who uses intellect to answer questions

• Person who studies astronomy

According to John Locke, what was the chief role of government?

• Protect the natural rights of citizens

• Fight territorial wars

• Ensure the wealth of citizens

• Redistribute land from the rich to the poor

Why was Galileo imprisoned?

• He used his findings to stir up anger against the monarchy

• He performed experiments on animals and humans

• His findings went against certain teachings of the Church

• He plagiarized his ideas from Kepler and Copernicus

Who was the first to explain that the planets revolve around the sun?

• Copernicus

• Kepler

• Brahe

• Newton

Why was the Enlightenment considered a turning point in world history

• Martin Luther broke away from the Roman Catholic Church

• Led to increased power for royal families in Europe

• Europeans changed their thinking about the role of government, philosophy and science

• The Columbian exchange occurred

Which statement represents a key idea directly associated with John Locke?

• Freedom of speech should be denied

• The king’s power on Earth comes from God

• All people are born with the right to life, liberty, and property

• Individuals acting in their own self-interest will achieve economic success

Locke’s Two Treatises of Government, Rousseau’s The Social Contract, and Montesquieu’s The Spirit of the Laws were works written during which time period?

• Middle Ages

• Enlightenment

• Renaissance

• Reformation

What political document dissolved colonial ties between the United States and Britain?

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution

• Declaration of Rights and Man

 King Louis XIV and other absolute monarchs would most likely agree with the expression

• “government should leave businesses alone”

• “government should leave businesses alone”

• “do not question government authority”

• “all men are created with natural rights”

This Scientific Revolution thinker developed the three laws of motion, discovered that gravity kept the planets in orbit around the sun, and unlike some of the others at his time, retained his Christian faith, calling God a “clockmaker”.

• Nicolas Copernicus

• Galileo Galilei

• Johannes Kepler

• Isaac Newton