Module 12 Enlightened Leaders and Scientific Method

Who was the Russian queen that was an Enlightened Despot?

• Frederick the Great

• Catherine the Great

• Elizabeth

• Joseph II

Who was the enlightened leader of Austria?

• Catherine the Great

• Elizabeth I

• Joseph II

• Frederick the Great

The new scientific method of the 15th and 16th centuries relied on:

• Aristotle

• science that already existed

• natural philosophers

• direct observation and experiment

In the 16th and 17th centuries, the heliocentric theory became the centerpiece of debate between:

• capitalism and communism

• science and religion

• colonialism and nationalism

• isolationism and globalism

Examine the following statements and choose the statement that best embodies Enlightenment ideology.

• People need to be controlled

• the most efficient form of government is monarchy

• government planned economies produce economic stability and prosperity

• all people are born with natural rights and are equal before the law

Explain John Locke's meaning when he wrote about a social contract.

• People should give up some rights to a leader in exchange for safety.

• Th government should have all the power, the people just need to obey.

• If a government is corrupt the people should have the right to revolt.

• Both A and C are correct.

The Enlightenment encouraged people to use _______________ to solve social, economic and political problems.

• religion and faith

• government

• reason and science

• magic

Enlightenment philosophers' new ideas encouraged people to:

• remain firm in their support of absolute monarchs

• look for leaders who would exercise dictatorial powers

• engage in revolutions to establish democratic government

• call for church leaders to create theocracies

Who was the Polish leader who said the earth revolved around the Sun?

• Copernicus

• Kepler

• Galileo

• Newton

What ancient Greek thinker was often referred to as the source of true scientific knowledge?

• Hippocrates

• Leonidas

• Galen

• Aristotle