Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment Quiz

A model of the universe in which Earth is at the center of the revolving planets and stars.

• heliocentric

• geocentric

• individualism

• none of the above

The heliocentric model of the universe puts

• the sun at the center

• with the planets orbiting it

• both a and b

• none of the above

one of Newton's three rules of motion; it explains that planetary bodies continue in elliptical orbits around the sun because every object in the universe is attracted to every other object by a force called gravity.

• universal law of gravitation

• Keplers first law

• First law of heliocentrism

• First law of the planets

A belief or theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional response

• rationalism

• reason

• individualism

• none of the above

scientific reasoning is a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.

• true

• false

reasoning from detailed facts to general principles

• deductive reason

• inductive reason

• scientific method

• hypothesis

A testable prediction, often implied by a theory

• scientific method

• inductive reasoning

• deductive reasoning

• hypothesis

the division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government

• separation of powers

• checks and balances

• deism

• none of the above

system that each branch and level of government has checks on the other to make sure no one has too much power

• separation of power

• checks and balances

• deductive reasoning

• none of the above

The religion of the Enlightenment (1700s). Followers believed that God existed and had created the world, but that afterwards He left it to run by its own natural laws. Denied that God communicated to man or in any way influenced his life.

• protestantism

• lutheranism

• calvinism

• none of the above