Unit 2 Vocabulary Quiz

1. Based on the belief that the sun is the center of the universe

• Geocentric
• Divine Right
• Heliocentric
• Isaac Newton

2. A voluntary agreement among individuals to secure their rights and welfare by creating a government and abiding by its rules.

• Scientific Method
• Geocentric
• Divine Right
• Social Contract

3. The intellectual movement in Europe, initially associated with planetary motion and other aspects of physics, that by the seventeenth century had laid the groundwork for modern science.

• Spanish Inquisition
• Roman Inquisition
• Protestant Reformation
• Scientific Revolution

4. Constitutional division of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.

• Scientific Method
• Isaac Newton
• Separation of Powers
• Council of Trent

5. An organization of priests in Spain that looked for and punished anyone suspected of secretly practicing their old religion instead of Roman Catholicism.

• Scientific Revolution
• Roman Inquisition
• Spanish Inquisition
• Counter Reformation

6. French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment. He wrote against absolutism and the church.

• John Locke
• Voltaire
• Adam Smith
• Galileo

7. A Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements

• Absolutism
• Humanism
• Social Contract
• Capitalism

8. A movement that emphasized science and reason as guides to help see the world more clearly

• Renaissance
• Enlightenment
• Counter Reformation
• Thomas Hobbes

9. Arguments written by Martin Luther against the Catholic Church's sale of indulgences.

• Printing Press
• Council of Trent
• 95 Theses
• Isaac Newton

10. German theologian who led the Reformation

• Johann Gutenberg
• Denis Diderot
• Martin Luther
• Adam Smith