Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment

Who created the idea of three branches of government?

• Locke

• Montesquieu

• Kepler

• Copernicus

Who was the first person to promote a heliocentric model of the universe with circular orbits?

• Copernicus

• Kepler

• Galileo

• Newton

What is the name of Newton's book about gravity?

• Principia

• Discourse on Method

• Starry Messenger

• Scientific Rules

Who developed the scientific method?

• Newton

• Galileo

• Bacon

• Kepler

Who proved the heliocentric, but said that the orbits were actually elliptical?

• Copernicus

• Kepler

• Galileo

• Newton

Which Enlightenment thinker said we have natural rights that the gov. cannot take away?

• Rousseau

• Locke

• Montesquieu

• Newton

Which scientist was placed on house arrest by the church for his book Starry Messenger?

• Newton

• Galileo

• Locke

• Kepler

What does geocentric mean?

• Earth in the center

• Sun in the center

• Moon in the center

• Planets in the center

What does heliocentric mean?

• Earth in the center

• Sun in the center

• Moon in the center

• Planets in the center

Who is the father of rationalism?

• Bacon

• Newton

• Descartes

• Boyle