Scientific Revolution/Enlightenment Thinkers
Practice for our Scientific Revolution/Enlightenment quiz.
- 1.Which of the following is known for discovering that the orbits of the planets were elliptical, not circular?
- A.
Copernicus
- B.
Galileo
- C.
Keplar
- D.
Vesalius
- E.
Ptolemy
- 2.Which of the following was known for his work in the field of anatomy?
- A.
Vesalius
- B.
Boyle
- C.
Keplar
- D.
Locke
- E.
Descartes
- 3.Which of the following is associated with the idea of a separation of powers within government?
- A.
Locke
- B.
Montesquieu
- C.
Bacon
- D.
Hobbes
- E.
Keplar
- 4.Which of the following is known for his support of deism?
- A.
Hobbes
- B.
Locke
- C.
Voltaire
- D.
Rosseau
- E.
Montesquieu
- 5.Which of the following is known for the use of the scientific method?
- A.
Hobbes
- B.
Locke
- C.
Keplar
- D.
Bacon
- E.
Vesalius
- 6.Which of the following is known for editing the first encyclopedia?
- A.
Voltaire
- B.
Locke
- C.
Copernicus
- D.
Hobbes
- E.
Diderot
- 7.Which of the following is most known for his heliocentric theory of the universe?
- A.
Ptolemy
- B.
Copernicus
- C.
Hobbes
- D.
Descartes
- E.
Locke
- 8.Which of the following is known for rationalism and his famous quote: "I think, therefore I am."?
- A.
Rosseau
- B.
Locke
- C.
Descartes
- D.
Voltaire
- E.
Keplar
- 9.Which of the following is known for his social contract theory?
- A.
Hobbes
- B.
Rosseau
- C.
Locke
- D.
Keplar
- E.
Ptolemy
- 10.Which of the following is known for his work in the field of Chemistry?
- A.
Boyle
- B.
Harvey
- C.
Vesalius
- D.
Rosseau
- E.
Beccaria
- 11.Which of the following was an proponent of the idea that punishment for crimes should not be cruel or unusual?
- A.
Locke
- B.
Keplar
- C.
Vesalius
- D.
Beccaria
- E.
Rosseau
- 12.Which of the following was a religious reformer responsible for founding the Methodist church?
- A.
Locke
- B.
Bacon
- C.
Wesley
- D.
Rosseau
- E.
Keplar
- 13.Which of the following was known for his belief in "laissez faire" and the "free hand of the marketplace?"
- A.
Adam Smith
- B.
Diderot
- C.
Copernicus
- D.
Rosseau
- E.
Locke
- 14.Which of the following was a female writer who spoke out on the issue of equality for women?
- A.
Locke
- B.
Smith
- C.
Wollstonecraft
- D.
Cavendish
- E.
Galileo
- 15.Which of the following is known for his theory of universal gravitation?
- A.
Wesley
- B.
Newton
- C.
Smith
- D.
Galileo
- E.
Keplar
- 16.Which of the following is known for discovering how the ciruclation system works?
- A.
Vesalius
- B.
Harvey
- C.
Keplar
- D.
Galileo
- 17.Which of the following was known as a critic of the theory that man was the "master of nature" through science?
- A.
Keplar
- B.
Cavendish
- C.
Wollstonecraft
- D.
Wesley
- E.
Diderot
- 18.Which of the following was known for making some of the first astronomical observations using a telescope?
- A.
Galileo
- B.
Vesalius
- C.
Keplar
- D.
Ptolemy
- E.
Locke
- 19.Which of the following is often referred to as the "father of self-government"?
- A.
Locke
- B.
Montesquieu
- C.
Hobbes
- D.
Bacon
- E.
Keplar
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