15- Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment Full

What is the system of organization that has property owners conduct commerce or produce goods with the overall goal being increased profit?

• Socialism
• Communism
• Feudalism
• Capitalism

What is the main result of the rise of a new merchant class?

• The creation of the modern middle class

• Decreased trade and economic decline
• Rise of a new warrior class
• Stagnation of the economy

Describe mercantilism.

• A political theory that advocates for the abolition of trade and the establishment of self-sufficient economies.
• An economic theory that promotes the idea of free trade and minimal government intervention in the economy.
• A social theory that emphasizes the importance of communal ownership of wealth and resources.
• An economic theory that emphasizes the importance of accumulating wealth through trade and the establishment of colonies by the state, for the benefit of the state.

Describe absolutism.

• A form of government where the ruler has absolute power and authority over the state and its people.
• A form of government where the ruler's power is limited by a constitution
• A type of government where the ruler is elected by the citizens
• A system of government where power is shared equally among the people

What was the Scientific Revolution?

• The Scientific Revolution was a literary movement
• The Scientific Revolution was a period of new understanding and development of new ways of gaining knowledge

• The Scientific Revolution was a religious reformation
• The Scientific Revolution was a political movement in Europe

What is the heliocentric cosmos theory?

• The heliocentric cosmos theory states that the planets revolve around the Moon.
• The heliocentric cosmos theory states that the Sun is the center of the universe and everything revolves around it.

• The heliocentric cosmos theory states that the Earth is the center of the universe.
• The heliocentric cosmos theory states that the Sun revolves around the Earth.

Who was the first in this period to argue the Earth wasn’t the center of the universe?

• Nicolaus Copernicus
• Isaac Newton
• Johannes Kepler
• Galileo Galilei

Who is the father of modern physics?

• Albert Einstein
• Galileo Galilei
• Marie Curie
• Isaac Newton

Who is the father of the scientific method?

• Albert Einstein
• Sir Francis Bacon
• Isaac Newton
• Galileo Galilei

Who created the laws of mechanics?

• Sir Isaac Newton
• Leonhard Euler
• Galileo Galilei
• Albert Einstein