Democratic Rev. Unit 2

The change in the worldview of Europeans brought about by scientific discoveries and technological advancements during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries is often referred to as the ________________________.

• technology revolution

• Glorious revolution

• Age of Discovery

• Scientific revolution

The new scientific method of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries relied on

• direct observation and experiment

• scientific knowledge that already existed

• natural philosophers

• Aristotle

The Universal Law of Gravitation was proposed by which scientist of the scientific revolution?

To the philosophes, the role of philosophy was to ______.

• change the world and make society better

• prohibit scientific theories

• identify all aspects of the universe

• promote organized religious beliefs

Montesquieu developed the idea of

• separation of powers.

• laissez-faire.

• philosophe.

• social contract.

According to the Enlightenment, if government deprives people of their rights, the people have the right to overthrow the government.

• True

• False

Enlightened philosophers believed in all of the following, except:

• Education

• Free speech

• Superstition

• Human progress

European monarchs claimed that their authority to rule was given to them by _____________ and that any opposition to them was a sin.

• Moses

• King John

• Divine-right

• Mohammad

Why was it called the Glorious Revolution?

• Because the parliament finally got all the power.

• Because it was very inexpensive.

• Because they finally got the Protestant king.

• Because it is known as a bloodless revolution

Why did Parliament and the English monarchy struggle and end up in conflicts like the civil war?

• They both wanted power

• Neither wanted power

• Parliament wanted to elect a president

• The king wanted to be president