Enlightenment & Revolutions

Ruler who tried to apply Enlightened ideas to their ruler

• Enlightened Absolutism
• Constitutional Monarchy
• Democracy
• Enlightened Monarchy

All universal objects are attracted to one another

• separation of powers
• deism
• univeral law of gravitation
• inductive reasoning

The invention of what instruments made it possible for scientific discoveries?

• telescope and microscope
• gravity and telescope
• printing press and microscope
• periodic table and microscope

The scientific method grew out of the belief that the world is best understood through

• imagination
• a geocentric view of the universe
• the teachings of Aristotle
• direct observation

Francis Bacon believed that scientists should

• develop their own scientific methods
• use reasoning
• rely on ancient authorities
• study philosophy

Copernicus's, Kepler's, and Galileo's theories were important because they all contributed to proving that the universe was centered around the

• Moon
• Solar System
• Earth
• Sun

Belief that the state should not impose regulations but leave the economy alone

• Free Enterprise
• Laissez-faire
• Communism
• Capitalism

According to Rousseau's concept of the social contract, 

• the government should not interfere in economic affairs
• a government should exact harsh punishment for crime
• people should be governed by their individual morality
• a society agrees to be governed by its general will

Unlike baroque style, rococo art depicted

• social struggle
• religious figures
• the pursuit of pleasure, happiness, and love
• grandeur and power

What reasoning did Mary Wollstonecraft present for giving women equal rights?

• arbitrary power is wrong and women have the ability to reason
• women have the ability to reason and read
• women have natural rights and are intellectual
• women are more intellectual and emotional