The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment

Choose the correct answer for each question.


1	According to Leonardo da Vinci, what subject was the key to understanding the nature of things?
		astronomy
		art
		music
		mathematics
		the Bible

2	Copernicus was a native of
		Poland
		Austria
		Lithuania
		Prussia
		Italy

3	The Ptolemaic conception of the universe was also known as
		God's master plan
		the lunacentric conception
		the heliocentric theory
		the geocentric conception
		the expanding universe

4	Newton's mathematical discoveries included
		algebra and set theory
		geometry
		the calculus, a mathematical means of measuring rates of change
		atomic physics
		the whole number system

5	The first of the scientific societies appeared in
		Russia
		Poland
		Scotland
		England
		Italy

6	According to the Newtonian world model, the physical universe had all of the following characteristics EXCEPT
		asymmetry
		rationality
		balance
		uniformity
		harmony

7	Tycho Brahe
		was a major supporter of Copernicus' theory within the scientific community
		did most of his work in Italy
		was condemned by the Church and burned at the stake for his beliefs
		recorded astronomical data from the observatory he built in Denmark
		was a Protestant minister who attacked the new modes of scientific inquiry

8	Galileo's ideas on motion included
		the idea that a rush of air behind a projectile kept it in motion
		the principle of inertia
		the law of force times distance
		the spring reaction model
		objects fall at different speeds depending on their size

9	John Locke justified the Glorious Revolution on the grounds that
		monarchs hold power by divine right
		government is an unnecessary infringement on peoples' lives
		government is a contract entered into between the government and its subjects
		rulers are only responsible to the legislature
		Puritan rule is the best kind of government

10	The recognized capital of the Enlightenment was
		London
		Venice
		Berlin
		Paris
		Vienna

11	The best statement of laissez-faire and the value of competition was made by
		Thomas Jefferson
		Blaise Pascal
		John Locke
		Denis Diderot
		Adam Smith

12	For Rousseau, what was the main source of inequality and the chief cause of crime
		private property
		marriage
		religion
		education
		philosophic knowledge

13	The establishment of the modern novel as a vehicle for fictional writing ingenerally attributed to the
		English
		French
		Germans
		Dutch
		Italians

14	Which of the following works expressed Rousseau's political ideas on "the general will"?
		"Letters on the English"
		"System of Nature"
		"Encyclopedia"
		"Two Treatises on Government"
		"the Social Contract"

15	What was the subject of Rousseau's "Emile"?
		Science
		Astronomy
		Deism
		Education
		Politics