WORLD HISTORY-Chapter 17

Monarchs who practiced ______ tried to govern by Enlightenment principles.

• social contract law

• deism

• separation of powers

• enlightened absolutism

A systematic procedure for collecting and analyzing evidence is known as the ________.

• inductive

• scientific

• rational

• gravitational

The ______ system is the sun-centered concept of the universe.

• geocentric

• Ptolemaic

• heliocentric

• Newtonian

The translation of ______ means to let (people) do (what they want).

• laissez-faire

• rousseau

• salon

• philosophe

The was an elegant drawing room where intellectuals discussed enlightenment ideas.

• deism

• salon

• rococo

• Hanoverian

Galileo's observations disproved one aspect of Ptolemy's universe by showing for the first time which characteristic of heavenly bodies?

• They revolve around the sun.

• They are made of material substance.

• They revolve in elliptical orbits.

• They are pure orbs of light.

Who discovered that blood completes a circuit through the body?

• Andreas Vesalius

• Galen

• William Harvey

• Robert Boyle

Which philosopher is noted for the statement "I think, therefore I am"?

• Francis Bacon

• Aristotle

• René Descartes

• John Locke

Who argued that every person was born with a tabula rasa, assessment or blank mind?

• Voltaire

• John Locke

• Adam Smith

• Denis Diderot

What was Montesquieu's most lasting contribution to political thought?

• Deism

• Laissez-faire doctrine

• System of checks and balances through separation of powers

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