Unit 7: Enlightenment and Revolution - Practice

During the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment, many scientists and philosophers works:

• Relied heavily on the ideas of medieval thinkers

• Favored an absolute monarchy as a way of improving economic conditions

• Received support from the Catholic Church

• Examined natural laws governing the universe

The Catholic Church opposed the theories of the Scientific Revolution on the basis that they:

• contradicted the traditional teachings of Greco-Roman philosophers

• contradicted traditional Church teachings

• could have caused changes in the way the masses thought about science and the creation of life and the world

• did not want to admit they were wrong

A process of stating a problem, a hypothesis, a research process, and conclusion

• formal logic

• ellipse

• experiment

• scientific method

Before Copernicus introduced his theory, what was the accepted view of the Universe?

• The Earth and Sun revolved around the Moon

• The Earth and Sun spun around each other

• The Sun was the center of the universe and the Sun spun around the Earth

• The Earth was the center of the universe and the Earth spun around the Sun

How did the Scientific Revolution influence the American Revolution?

• Questioning assumptions led to challenging ideas about government.

• Scientific discoveries influenced British foreign policies.

• The heliocentric theory caused unrest among the colonists.

• The salons influenced the French and Indian War.

The Enlightenment was the age of applying...?

• Democratic ideals to government

• The concept of social equality to a tax-free state

• Reason to the human and natural worlds

• Religious superiority to society

Enlightenment thinkers questioned...?

• The need for social classes.

• Absolute authority.

• The role of sports in society.

• Whether a tax system was moral.

The Social Contract says that...?

• Freedom is a privilege given by the government

• Government is an agreement between the ruler and the people where people give up their freedom for an organized society

• People have the right to elect a government

• Democracy is the ultimate form of government

Which of the following did the Enlightenment promote?

• a belief in progress

• a more secular outlook

• faith in science

• all of the above

A major concept promoted by philosophers of the Enlightenment was the need for

• A return to traditional medieval ideas

• The use of reason for rational and logical thinking

• Overseas expansion by western European nations

• Strengthening the power of the organized religions