The Enlightenment & Scientific Revolution

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The idea of "Checks and Balances" in modern government came from

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Montesquieu

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How did scientists begin challenging authority during the Scientific Revolution?

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By testing old beliefs using logic, math and observation.

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Copernicus came up with this theory.

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the heliocentric theory

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What was Isaac Newton’s biggest contribution to the scientific revolution? Options: Geocentric Theory, Heliocentric Model, Scientific Method, The Universal Law of Gravity

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The Universal Law of Gravity

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A period of history from 1550 to 1700 when many important scientific advances were made

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The Scientific Revolution

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The Enlightenment is also referred to as the 

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Age of Reason

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This Enlightened thinker was for women's rights and equal education

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Wollstonecraft

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This philosopher believed in freedom of speech and freedom of religion.

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Voltaire

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The United States has three branches of government due to this philosopher: Rousseau, Voltaire, Locke, Montesquieu

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Montesquieu

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Which scientist was charged with heresy for supporting Copernicus’s teaching that the Earth revolves around the Sun?

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Galileo