Scientific Revolution/ Enlightenment

English physicist and mathematician who developed the Laws of Motion and the Law of Gravity.

• Sir Francis Bacon
• John Locke
• Thomas Hobbes
• Sir Isaac Newton

Believed that the government and religion should be separate bodies to prevent conflict.

• Montesquieu
• Locke
• Hobbes
• Voltaire

Argued that the natural state of mankind is cruel and evil, so they needed a government to keep them “in check.”

• Voltaire
• Hobbes
• Montesquieu
• Locke

Argued that there should be a separation of government powers to prevent a single person from becoming too powerful.

• Montesquieu
• Rousseau
• Voltaire
• Hobbes

Believed that everyone was born with inalienable rights that the government was responsible for protecting

• John Locke
• Sir Isaac Newton
• Montesquieu
• Hobbes

The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment were similar in that they:

• Strengthened the economy
• Led to the Civil War
• Rejected Civil Rights
• encouraged new ideas

Prior to the Scientific Revolution, what were the two main sources of thinking about the natural world?

• The words of Julius Caesar and the teachings of Buddha
• The words of Cleopatra and the Mayan calendar
• The words of the Bible and the teachings of Aristotle
• The teachings of Confucius and the U.S. Constitution

Which of the following is a central idea from the Age of Enlightenment?

• People should follow the Church
• Government should never be questioned
• The government needs to be an absolute monarchy
• Reason is the only way to find truth

_________ is credited with saying "I think, therefore I am."

• Rene Descartes
• Galileo Galilei
• John Locke
• Sir Francis Bacon

Mary Wollstonecraft fought for which of the following causes?

• American Independence
• Laissez-Faire Economics
• Rights for Minorities
• Rights for women