Scientific Revolution Quest Study Guide

Which phrase summarizes what the author of this excerpt considers to be the fundamental reason why women should be treated as equals to men?

"... Go back to animals, consult the elements, study plants,...and..search..the sexes..everywhere they cooperate in harmonious togetherness..."

The author's concept of the "general will" could be manipulated and used as a justification for?

Dictatorship

Which of the following did NOT become a central element of European culture during Enlightenment?

Drinking in Taverns

All of the following is true of Rococo art EXCEPT

Typically centered on religious themes

Which of the following artistic styles does this picture represent?

Neoclassicism

A historian would best use this source to investigate

The continued debate in intellectual history over methods of scientific investigation

Based on the passage, Galileo and astronomers in the Scientific Revolution primarily focused on...

Systematically building on empirical discoveries to further knowledge of the universe, regardless of past learning

The excerpt above can best be described as a response to

Conflicts between the British monarchy, Parliament, and other elites over their respective roles in the political structure

Which of the following groups would be most supportive of the sentiments expressed in the second passage?

Indentured servants and slaves

Which of the following represents the author's major view of society?

Man is born in a pure state of nature, but is corrupted by society.

Which of the following beliefs is least supported by the first excerpt?

Only if women have the intelligence should they be allowed to pursue higher learning.

Galileo's response to the Bible-based arguments of his accusers reflects the system of thought called

Humanism

Which of the following individuals would be least supportive of the views expressed in this excerpt?

Queen Victoria of England

Which of the following article/topic would not be found in the work represented by the above excerpt?

Socialist political theories

Based on the passage, Galen's beliefs on the nature of man can best be summarized as

The belief in the importance of the humors as regulatory elements of the body

Thomas Hobbes and John Locke would most likely agree on which of the following statements?

Governments originate from the consent of the governed

Besides Galileo's discoveries in astronomy, what new scientific ideas and observations arose during the period 1450-1648?

Anatomical and medical discoveries presenting the body as an integrated system

According to the passage, which of the following correctly demonstrates how scientists like Galileo challenged the dominant model of scientific engagement at the time?

By questioning the traditional notions of the past based on new observations

According to the first excerpt, the source of human knowledge is?

Experience and observation

Which of the following is the best justification for the assertion that Galileo understood his precarious social position?

Galileo, in writing to the Duchess, sought noble patronage so he could defend himself if needed.

The author of the excerpt is describing his understanding of the government of which of the following countries?

Great Britain

In the debate revealed in the above excerpts, which of the following was a major assumption made by most Enlightenment thinkers at the time?

If women had equality with men, then European society, and especially the family, would suffer.

Which of the following developments most directly contributed to the dissemination of the type of education described in the above excerpt?

Inventions such as the printing press

Which of the following is NOT a valid interpretation for the significance of this art style?

It shows the begginings of humanism

What developments in the 16th and 17th centuries led Galileo to raise the concerns he expresses in the passage?

New ideas in science and astronomy began to emerge.

The French aristocracy moved away from the formal and austere court at Versailles to the intimate salons and comfortable country lodges starting in what city?

Paris

The ideas in the first excerpt were a direct challenge to which of the following thinkers of the era?

Rene Descartes

The transitional style which combined Baroque and Classical characteristics in early eighteenth-century France was known as all of the following except

Rococo

Which of the following was an implementation of the ideas described in these excerpts?

The U.S. Declaration of Independence

Which of the following was a major goal of the work reflected in this excerpt?

The accumulation of the works of classical writers into one large reference work.

Which of the following least supports the author's view?

The most important function of laws is to protect the private property of individuals.

The author's statement that...there is no liberty if the judicial power is not separated from the legislative and executive describes which of the following ideas?

The powers of government should be divided between its main branches.

Which of the following best reflects the type of education described by the author?

The study of literature and ancient texts

The argument made in the second excerpt challenged the opinions found in the first excerpt by suggesting that?

Women are just as capable as men of rational thought and intellectual pursuit.

Which of the following would most directly challenge the ideas of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke?

An absolute monarch

How does Bacon's focus on inductive reasoning show a break with previously accepted models of scholarship?

Bacon required observation to guide understanding, versus establishing rules and theories before the facts.

Based on the passage, which of the following treatments of disease were a direct result of Galen's traditional beliefs on the humors and disease?

Bleeding, leeching and sweating out sickness

William Harvey challenged the traditional beliefs of Galen

By presenting the human body as an integrated system not at the mercy of humors

The convictions expressed in the above Articles reflect the author's belief in all of the following EXCEPT:

Only single women had the right to own property

The type of education described in the excerpt above most directly contributed to which subsequent historical development?

The Scientific Revolution