Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment

Philosophers of the Enlightenment wanted to use __________ in all areas of life.

• A. government
• B. economics
• C. politics
• D. reason

An agreement between people and the government to give up some rights for safety and protection

• Philosophers
• Democracy
• Social Contract
• Divine Right of Kings

 _____________________ was an Italian astronomer who developed the telescope, which then confirmed Copernicus’ Heliocentric Theory 

• Isaac Newton
• Galileo Galilei 
• Adam Smith
• Dennis Diderot

What did Francis Bacon contribute to the Scientific Revolution?

• the geocentric theory
• the scientific method
• the heliocentric theory
• the law of universal gravitation

Who founded the Methodist Church?

• Martin Luther
• John Wesley
• Adam Smith
• Voltaire

Who argued against harsh punishments and felt that punishment should be severe enough to outweigh the potenal benefits of the crime?

• Cesare Beccaria
• John Locke
• Montesquieu
• Thomas Hobbes

Who created the heliocentric theory?

• Copernicus
• Galileo 
• Ptolemy
• Kepler

What did Kepler add to Copernicus’ heliocentric theory?  

• That Jupiter had four moons
• The Flux Capacitor equation
• That the sun was the biggest star
• That the planets move in eliptical (oval shaped) orbits around the sun

According to Copernicus, the sun  

• Revolved around the earth
• Was the center of the Universe
• Was the biggest star
•  Had many moons

The idea that the sun is the center of the universe is the ____________ theory.

• geocentric
• heliocentric
• solar
• sunny