Quiz on Solar System and Political Philosophy

____ is the term associated with a Sun centered Solar system.

What are the “natural rights” proposed by John Locke?

• Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness

• Life, Liberty & Property

• Life, Freedom, & Happiness

• Lie, Litty, & Proper

Who is credited for proposing the sun centered solar system?

• Rene Descartes

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Galileo Galilei

• Isaac Newton

What is the Scientific Method?

• 3 step process for acquiring knowledge about the natural world that is based on observable and measurable evidence

• 5 step process for acquiring knowledge about the natural world that is based on observable and measurable evidence

• 7 step process for acquiring knowledge about the natural world that is based on observable and measurable evidence

• 9 step process for acquiring knowledge about the natural world that is based on observable and measurable evidence

Who wrote the book “The Leviathan”?

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Jean Jacques-Rousseau

What governing form does the book “The Leviathan” advocate as the best/most effective form of government?

• Democracy

• Absolutism

• Oligarchy

• Communism

What does Laissez-Faire stand for?

• I am the state

• Leave Alone

• Enlightenment

• Absolute rule

Which of the following references the earth at the center of the solar system?

• Heliocentric

• Geocentric

• Solar centered

• Elliptical

Who is the man responsible for revolutionizing the practice and analysis of human anatomy following the Greek Galen?

• John Locke

• Vesalius

• Aristotle

• Brahe

Who is responsible for making changes to the telescope thus making it able to view places in the solar system as far out as Saturn and its rings?

• Johannes Kepler

• Galileo Galilei

• Isaac Newton

• Albert Einstein