Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment Review

Galileo Galilei used a telescope for scientific observation of what?

• Moon, stars, etc.

• Discovering Neptune

• Narwhals in their natural habitat

• Earth's crust

Nicolaus Copernicus created the heliocentric theory, in which the ____ was at the center of the universe.

• Earth

• Earth's moon

• Sun

• planet Venus

According to John Locke, what should people do if their natural rights are not protected?

• Life, Liberty & Property

• Overthrow the government

• Create separation of powers

• Favor absolute monarchy

What type of government did Thomas Hobbes favor?

• Direct democracy

• Republic

• Constitutional monarchy

• Absolute monarchy

Which TWO ideas did Montesquieu favor to keep one person or group from having too much power in government?

• Separation of powers

• Tolerance

• Abolishment of titles of nobility

• Checks & balances

What disease did Edward Jenner create a vaccine for?

• Chickenpox

• COVID

• Smallpox

• Leprosy

Which Amendment of the U.S Constitution relates closely to Voltaire’s philosophy of freedom of speech & religion?

• 1st Amendment

• 5th Amendment

• 13th Amendment

• 28th Amendment

What did Mary Wollstonecraft advocate for in her "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman"?

• Direct democracy

• Social contract

• Women's education

• Freedom of speech

What did the British physician William Harvey study?

• Circulation of blood

• Immunization

• Gall bladder

• The liver's role in circulating blood

Isaac Newton explained the movement of planets & moons through what theory?

• Heliocentric

• Elliptical orbits

• Calculus

• Universal gravitation