2WH 2.01-2.03 Review

Who first upended thinking by demonstrating that the Earth revolved around the sun?

• Galileo Galilei

• Tycho Brahe

• Johannes Kepler

• Nicolaus Copernicus

Who invented calculus & discovered the laws of motion?

• Sir Francis Bacon

• Isaac Newton

• Rene Descartes

• Johannes Kepler

Which enlightenment thinker thought the goal of government is protect inalienable human rights of life, liberty, & property?

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Voltaire

• Montesquieu

Which enlightenment thinker’s promotion of the separation of powers was very influential to the development of the US Constitution?

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Thomas Hobbes

• Voltaire

• Montesquieu

Which key turning point of the Revolution allowed the US to gain French support & win the war?

• Battle of Bunker HIll

• Battle of Princeton

• Battle of Saratoga

• Battle of Yorktown

Which of the following was NOT an accomplishment of Galileo Galilei?

• Confirmed that the earth revolves around the sun

• created a powerful telescope

• discovered microorganisms

• discovered the moons orbiting Jupiter

He is known as the father of modern mathematics & created the coordinate system used in geometry today?

• Rene Descartes

• Gottfried Wilhelm Liebniz

• Thomas Hobbes

• Antonie von Leuwenhoek

What was the goal of the Enlightenment?

• To solve mathematical problems

• To use science to discover truths about the natural world

• To resolve the conflict between Protestants & Catholics

• To use scient to improve human soceity