Unit 4 - Age of Reason Review

Who formulated the scientific method, proposed that science is inductive by observation, and believed that science should improve people’s lives?

• Francis Bacon

• Rene Descartes

• Louis Pasteur   

• Andreas Vesalius   

Who figured out how blood circulates through the body?

• Andreas Vesalius   

• Edward Jenner   

• Louis Pasteur   

• William Harvey   

Who is the "Father of Modern Philosophy" that used reason and logic to find truth, that agreed with Bacon, but said everything can be proved by math and logic?

• Andreas Vesalius

• Rene Descartes   

• Edward Jenner   

• Louis Pasteur   

Who developed the smallpox vaccine, by experimenting on an eight-year-old and was able to successfully make that eight-year-old immune to smallpox because he inserted pus taken from a cowpox pustule and inserted it into an incision on the boy's arm?

• Francis Bacon  

• Rene Descartes   

• Edward Jenner

• Louis Pasteur   

Which English Scientist discovered the three laws of motion, the law of universal gravity, and developed calculus?

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Johannes Kepler

• Galileo

• Isaac Newton

Who discovered the Heliocentric Theory, which means that the sun is at the center of the universe and the stars and planets revolve around the sun?

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Johannes Kepler

• Galileo

• Isaac Newton

Who used his telescope to discover that Jupiter has four moons, the sun has dark spots, and earth’s moon has a rough, uneven surface, which proved that the Heliocentric Theory is correct?

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Johannes Kepler

• Galileo

• Isaac Newton

Which German astronomer believed that planets revolve around the sun in an elliptical (oval shape) orbit?

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Johannes Kepler

• Galileo

• Isaac Newton

Who wrote Leviathan, which states that since by nature, people are cruel, selfish, and greedy, people should hand over their rights to a strong ruler?

 

• Thomas Hobbs

• John Locke

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

Who wrote The Social Contract, which states that government is a contract between rulers & the people and if the government breaks contract, people can change their government?

 

• Thomas Hobbs

• John Locke

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau