Scientific Rev. & Enlightenment Test - B2FS

____ was the first to argue that the sun, not the earth, was the center of the universe.

• Ptolemy
• Nicholas Copernicus
• Johannes Kepler

Discovered the universal law of gravitation that showed how one law could explain all motion in the universe

• Nicholas Copernicus
• Galilieo
• Isaac Newton

Francis Bacon, an English philosopher

• developed the scientific method
• wrote the Treaty on Government
• developed the law of planetary motion

John Locke’s ideas suggest that people were

• molded by their experiences.
• inherently self-centered.
• naturally inclined to be stupid.

Voltaire

• developed the scientific method
• developed laws of planetary motion
• believed in freedom of religion and speech

In Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s concept of a social contract,

• an entire society agrees to be governed by its general will.
• punishments are not exercises in brutality, and capital punishment is discarded.
• the government should not interfere in economic matters.

Developed laws of planetary motion

• John Locke
• Johannes Kepler
• Jean -Jacques Rousseau

John Locke wrote a book called

• Wealth of Nations
• Treaties on Government
• Social Contract

He believed in separation of powers

• Montesquieu
• John Locke
• Voltaire

____________ believed in Laissez-faire, which means the state should not regulate the economy

• Francis Bacon
• Nicholas Copernicus
• Adam Smith