Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment

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Which writer opposed political absolutism?

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John Locke

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Which idea is central to John Locke’s Two Treatises of Government?

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A government’s power comes from the consent of the people.

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The English Bill of Rights and the political philosophy of John Locke both support the idea of a

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limited government

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau and John Locke both agreed that a government should be based on the

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consent of the governed

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Which statement best expresses the ideas of the Scientific Revolution? Options: Religious authorities are responsible for understanding and interpreting new information. Superstition and magic are important aspects of the natural world. Scientific ideas should be made to conform with existing thought systems. People should use reason and experimentation to draw scientific conclusions.

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People should use reason and experimentation to draw scientific conclusions

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The scientific theories developed by Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton resulted in

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challenges to the traditional teachings of the Catholic Church

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The heliocentric model of the universe developed by Copernicus and Galileo was considered heresy during their lives because it

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conflicted with the official doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church

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This set of ideas from the Scientific Revolution gave Europeans a new way to

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view humankind’s place in the universe

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The ideas of Enlightenment philosophers were based on

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faith in human reason

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One way in which the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment are similar is that both questioned traditional values and past practices.

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questioned traditional values and past practices