Monarchs who practiced [x] tried to govern by Enlightenment principles.

• Enlightened absolutism

• Divine right

• Feudalism

• Absolutism

A systematic procedure for collecting and analyzing evidence is known as the [x] method.

• Scientific method

• Empirical method

• Inductive method

• Deductive method

The [x] system is the sun-centered concept of the universe.

• Heliocentric

• Geocentric

• Copernican

• Astronomical

The translation of [x] means 'to let (people) do (what they want).'

• laissez-faire

• social contract

• utilitarianism

• communism

Galileo's observations disproved one aspect of Ptolemy's universe by showing for the first time which characteristic of heavenly bodies?

• Sun is the center

• Planets orbit in ellipses

• Gravity affects all objects equally

• Stars are distant suns

Who discovered that blood completes a circuit through the body?

• William Harvey

• Isaac Newton

• Robert Boyle

• Anton van Leeuwenhoek

Which philosopher is noted for the statement 'I think, therefore I am'?

• Rene Descartes

• John Locke

• Voltaire

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Who argued that every person was born with a tabula rasa, or blank mind?

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Immanuel Kant

What was Montesquieu's most lasting contribution to political thought?

• Separation of powers

• Social contract

• Natural rights

• General will

Which of the following leaders sought truly radical changes based on Enlightenment ideas?

• Maximilien Robespierre

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Louis XVI

• George Washington