REVIEW: The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment

Isaac Newton is responsible for which contribution to the Scientific Revolution?

• the law of gravity

• anatomy

• the telescope

• sun-centered universe theory

Vernacular language can also be called...

• common language of a group of people

• Latin

• language of the higher classes

• Greek

The three natural rights (life, liberty, and property) were described by this philosopher.

• Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• John Smith

Baron de Montesquieu believe governments should be divided into three branches: legislative, executive, and...?

• Social

• Federal

• Religious

• Judicial

Mercantilism is an economic system in which ... ?

• countries isolate themselves and work alone.

• countries have colonies to supply resources and make profits

• countries have no government.

• countries rely on others for loans

What is NOT one of the basic rules of Rousseau's "social contract" idea?

• It is an implied agreement between a ruler and their people

• Rulers must protect and represent their people.

• The ruler has the divine right to control the people, and the people must obey.

• People must follow the laws of their ruler.

William and Mary agreed to sign the English Bill of Rights, which made them the first ... ?

• Constitutional Monarchs

• Judicial Monarchs

• Legislative Monarchs

• Executive Monarcs

Politically active people in would use which strategy to make fun of serious political topics to draw attention to them?

• Drama

• Poetry

• Horror

• Satire

Thomas Hobbes believe people were born...?

• small and kind

• short, nasty, and brutish

• as a blank slate

• as a full personality

Which one of these women was an 18th century feminist who believed in educational equality?

• Jane Austen

• Emily Bronte

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• Charlotte Brontee