Unit 10 Lesson 40.1 Roots of the Enlightenment

What was the Scientific Revolution?

• A period of time when observation and reason were revealing natural laws
• A period of time when the Catholic Church was overthrown
• A period of time when Enlightenment thinkers questioned accepted beliefs
• A period of time when monarchs were overthrown

What did Enlightenment thinkers want to apply to human life and experience?

• Monarchical rule
• Superstition and myth
• Religious tradition and authority
• Observation and reason

What did the humanists of the Renaissance question?

• The value of reason
• The importance of monarchy
• Accepted beliefs
• The existence of God

What did Protestants rebel against during the Reformation?

• The Enlightenment
• The scientific method
• The Catholic Church
• The monarchy

What did Enlightenment thinkers uphold?

• The authority of monarchs
• The freedom of individuals to think for themselves
• The importance of superstition
• The authority of religious tradition

What did Enlightenment philosophers prefer?

• Superstition to rational thought
• Rational thought to faith based on the Bible
• Monarchical rule to rational thought
• Faith based on the Bible to rational thought

What did Enlightenment philosophers see the laws of nature as?

• The work of superstition
• The work of the devil
• The work of an intelligent Creator
• The work of chance

What did Enlightenment thinkers believe about everything?

• It must be re-examined in the light of reason
• It must be based on superstition
• It must be based on religious tradition
• It must be accepted without question

What did Enlightenment thinkers believe about humans?

• They were perfectly capable of discovering truth for themselves
• They were inherently evil
• They were inherently good
• They were incapable of discovering truth for themselves

What did Enlightenment thinkers believe about the existence of God?

• All believed in God based on the Bible
• Some questioned it, while others sought a “natural religion” based on reason
• All believed in God based on superstition
• All believed in God based on tradition