Enlightenment Ideas and Influences

How did the Scientific Revolution lead to the Enlightenment?

• It revived the scientific thinking of ancient Greece and Rome.

• It undermined the authority of the Church.

• It encouraged people to use reason to solve problems.

• It proved the existence of natural rights.

Which of the following was NOT a new idea about government stemming from the Enlightenment period?

• Absolutism
• Social Contract
• Checks and Balance
• Separation of Powers

What did Kepler add to Copernicus’ heliocentric theory?  

• That Jupiter had four moons
• That the planets revolved around the earth 
• That the sun was the biggest star
• That the planets move in eliptical (oval shaped) orbits around the sun

Where did most knowledge come from before the Enlightenment?

• The Bible

• Google

• The Encyclopedia

• Facebook

What was the name of the French social critics of the 18th Century?

• The Enlightened Thinkers

• The Philosophes

• The Philosophers

• The French Society

What was an idea found in the writings of both Locke and Rousseau?

• Government by the People

• The Social Contract

• Womenś Rights

• Equal Rights

What was the movement called that was caused by observation and inquiry?

• The social contract

• The Scientific Revolution

• The Enlightened Revolution

• The Renaissance

What is the use of a logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas is known as?

• The Scientific Method

• Heliocentric Revolution

• Geocentric Revolution

• An Experiment

The right to life, liberty, and property

• natural rights

• social contract

• natural beauty

• popular sovereignty

An intellectual movement focused on improving government and society using reason and thought.

• natural rights

• Scientific Revolution

• Enlightenment

• 10 Commandments