The Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolution

Which Enlightenment thinker was best known for believing that people did not have the right to change their government once they chose safety over total freedom

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

Which Enlightenment philosopher believed that people are allowed to replace or even overthrow a bad government

• Thomas Hobbes
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• John Locke

Which Enlightenment philosopher believed government corrupted people and they were better off in their own state of nature

• Thomas Hobbes
• John Locke
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

What two governmental and societal terms do all three philosophers use

• state of nature

• natural rights
• civil society
• social contract

Who is considered the father of modern astronomy and known for the heliocentric theory of the universe

• Nicolaus Copernicus
• Johannes Kepler
• Isaac Newton
• Galileo Galilei

What organization supported the geocentric theory of the universe and threatened scientists for their findings about the world around us?

• The United Nations
• The Catholic Church
• The Scientific Community
• The Royal Society

Who is considered to be the father of modern physics? He established the three laws of motion

• Albert Einstein
• Galileo Galilei
• Niels Bohr
• Isaac Newton

Which scientist was first to dissect the human body, making him the father of biology?

• Newton

• Descartes
• Vesalius

• Aristotle

Who was the father of analytical geometry, connecting math to science?

• Isaac Newton
• Galileo Galilei
• René Descartes
• Albert Einstein

Who was the scientist given credit for establishing the scientific method?

• Galileo Galilei
• Albert Einstein
• Francis Bacon
• Isaac Newton