Scientific Revolution - 2024

Scientific Revolution - 2024

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History

10th Grade

Hard

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

The Enlightenment philosophers believed that the power of the government should be derived from….?

Back

The people

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Why did the Church oppose Galileo?

Back

His ideas opposed their teachings.

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Why is the Enlightenment considered a major turning point in history?

Back

People applied observation and reason to question traditional beliefs

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which Enlightenment thinker believed that people had the right to life, liberty, and property?

Back

John Locke

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Enlightenment thinker to first suggest the separation of powers and checks and balances in government?

Back

Montesquieu

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

How did scientists begin challenging authority during the Scientific Revolution? Options: By testing old beliefs using logic, math and observation, By reading classic literature, By collecting samples of plant life, By forming new government ideas

Back

By testing old beliefs using logic, math and observation

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which scientist was charged with heresy for supporting Copernicus’s teaching that Earth revolves around the Sun?

Back

Galileo

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