Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment Review

One belief held by John Locke during the age of the Enlightenment was…

• Monarchies should be upheld across Europe

• Citizens must enter into a strict social contract to provide law and order in society

• Governments exist to protect the natural rights of citizens

• Separation of powers was necessary to the success of the government

What result did the scientific method have on religious, political and cultural institutions?

• It encouraged monarchies

• It provided a logical procedure for testing ideas

• It supported church teachings

• It limited rights and freedoms of the citizens

Which group held ultimate authority before the Enlightenment?

• The philosophers

• The governed

• The nobility

• The Catholic Church

Which of the following are examples of Enlightenment thinking?

• I believe that humans are naturally evil and selfish.

• I believe in a strict social contract that limits rights and freedoms.

• I believe that humans are naturally good and can progress.

• I believe in increasing the power of the church and monarchy

Who proposed the Heliocentric system?

• Copernicus

• Ptolemy

• Aristotle

• Galileo

The Declaration of Independence protects natural rights such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This document is evidence that the colonists were influenced by...

• the strict monarchial rule in Europe

• the system of Mercantilism

• the philosophies of the European Enlightenment

• the Bible's teachings of the Geocentric Theroy

Mary Wollstonecraft advocated for women's rights during the Enlightenment. She believed that women had more to offer to society than domestic care and responsibilities. Which of the following did she believe all citizens including women should be eligible to receive?

• a free market

• an education

• religious freedoms

• free shelter and food

Which of the Enlightenment philosophers believed the three branches of government should check the powers of one another?

• Montesquieu

• Voltaire

• Rousseau

• Locke

What is Divine Right?

• a set of rules used by the greeks

• the God given right to rule

• Hitler's reason to exterminate Jewish people

• Machiavelli's theory on power

John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau wrote about the government’s obligation to uphold people’s rights and how the government should be based on the consent of the governed. The new ideas encouraged people to do which of the following?

• Look for leaders that would use dictatorial powers

• Continue to support absolute monarchs

• Engage in revolutions to establish democratic governments

• Call for church leasers to create theocracies