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Chapter 21 - Enlightenment and Revolutions REVIEW

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Chapter 21 - Enlightenment and Revolutions REVIEW
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

Francis Bacon believed that scientists should

use reasoning.
develop their own scientific methods.
study philosophy.
rely on ancient authorities.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 3 pts

Why did Descartes decide to set aside everything that he had learned and begin again?

He doubted everything he had learned.
Everything he had learned was wrong.
Science was based on new information only.
There were no science books.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

Which of the following made it possible for scientists to practice direct observation?

natural philosophers
Greek thinkers
the telescope and microscope
the printing press

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 3 pts

The French scientist Blaise Pascal experimented with how _____ behaved under pressure.

light
liquid
gas
Freshmen

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

Many intellectuals of the 1500s and 1600s did not take Margaret Cavendish’s work seriously because

she did not believe in rationalism.
her work was not logical.
her work was not signed.
she was a woman.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 3 pts

Copernicus argued that the planets revolved around the _____.

sun
motion
Kepler
Isaac Newton
Catholic Church

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

Newton’s universal law of gravitation was important because it could explain all the _____ in the universe.

sun
motion
Kepler
Isaac Newton
Catholic Church

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