The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment

This theory says the Sun is the center of the universe.

• Geocentric theory

• Elliptical theory

• Heliocentric theory

• Orbital theory

Who was the first to claim the Sun as the center of the universe?

• Johannes Kepler

• Ptolemy

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Isaac Newton

Who was the first to build a telescope so he could study the stars?

• Tycho Brahe

• Galileo Galilee

• Johannes Kepler

• Isaac Newton

Which Enlightenment Thinker believed the government gets its power from the people who agree to give up some rights to maintain order?

• Voltaire

• Hobbes

• Wollstonecraft

• Beccaria

This Thinker believed people are born with natural rights such as life, liberty, and property.

• Locke

• Rousseau

• Montesquieu

• Hobbes

This Thinker believed in a fair justice system, speedy trials, and fitting punishments.

• Locke

• Beccaria

• Voltaire

• Hobbes

This Thinker believed a Direct Democracy was the best government because it reflected the general will of the people.

• Rousseau

• Locke

• Beccaria

• Voltaire

Freedom of speech, religion, and expression were promoted by this Thinker.

• Hobbes

• Locke

• Voltaire

• Montesquieu

The Enlightenment is also know as

• The Age of Responsibility

• The Age of Nobility

• The Age of Religion

• The Age of Reason

Which does NOT reflect the ideas of the Enlightenment?

• Individuals can solve problems

• People have natural rights

• Government can serve the people

• Kings were chosen by God to rule