Absolutism, Revolutions, & Enlightenment

Which Enlightenment thinker believed that freedom of speech is the most important weapon that individuals could use against a bad government?

• Voltaire

• Thomas Hobbes

• Rousseau

• Montesquieu

Which scientist discovered the circulatory system of the human body?

• Galileo Galilei

• Isaac Newton

• Johannes Kepler

• William Harvey

During the Age of Absolutism, European monarchs looked to

• Develop better relations with muslim rulers

• Centralize political power in their nations

• Encourage the growth of political farms

• Increase human rights for citizens

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Jethro Tull

What does the heliocentric theory state is at the center of the universe?

• The Earth

• Jupiter

• Heaven

• The Sun

Who was the father of modern physics, as well as the creator of calculus and the discoverer of gravity.

• William Harvey

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Galileo Galilei

• Isaac Newton

Which of these events came first?

• The American Revolution

• The French Revolution

• Napoleon Bonaparte taking power in France

• The Mexican Revolution

What is the power of the human mind to think and understand in a logical way?

• reason

• philosophies

• natural rights

• contract

A bishop (city church leader) belonged to which Estate?

• First

• Second

• Third

• None

This astronomer confirmed the Heliocentric Model of the Universe by observing the moons of Jupiter through his telescope.

• Galileo Galilei

• Issac Newton

• Johannes Kepler

• Nicolaus Copernicus