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The concept of ________ stated that God chose the 'absolute ruler.'

• Divine right

• freedom of religion

• separation of church and state

• mercantilism

What was the importance of the English Bill of Rights?

• It established the group of government ministers known as the cabinet.

• It allowed for the bloodless overthrow of King James II.

• It made clear the limits of royal power.

• It restored power to the monarch.

The heliocentric, or _________, theory was proposed by Copernicus.

• Earth centered

• Sun centered

• Moon centered

• Mountain centered

Francis Bacon helped to develop the process called …

• the microscope

• the law of the pendulum

• the scientific method

• the barometer

Isaac Newton explained the…

• law of universal gravity

• anatomy of the human body.

• chemical composition of matter.

• function of blood vessels.

The new intellectual movement that stressed reason and thought and the power of the individual to solve problems was the

• Scientific Revolution

• Enlightenment

• Great Awakening

• geocentric theory

The willingness of people to hand over their rights to a ruler in exchange for law and order in society was called the…

• scientific method

• Magna Carta

• Enlightenment

• social contract

The philosopher who believed that all people are born free and equal, with the rights to life, liberty and property was…

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Galileo Galilei

• Baron de Montesquieu

How did Zacharias Janssen make Anton van Leeuwenhoek's discoveries possible?

• He invented the microscope.

• He offered Leeuwenhoek financial support.

• He provided valuable research information to Leeuwenhoek.

• He invented the thermometer.

This great man lived the last years of his life under house arrest because his scientific findings did not go along with the Church and the Bible…

• Isaac Newton

• Francis Bacon

• Edward Jenner

• Galileo Galilei