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    1) Three influential scientific thinkers from the Age of Enlightenment were Galileo, who proved Copernicus' heliocentric theory and used the scientific method; Newton, who developed the theory of gravity and analyzed light; and Lavoisier, who discovered gases and how fire burns oxygen. 2) Hobbes would argue that students need strong authority without natural rights, while Locke would argue students have natural rights and government requires social contract. 3) Louis XIV would insist on being in charge and being the center of attention, while Peter the Great would try to modernize and reform the school through aggressive means. 4) The 1700s were called the Age of Enlightenment because people began using

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    1) Three influential scientific thinkers from the Age of Enlightenment were Galileo, who proved Copernicus' heliocentric theory and used the scientific method; Newton, who developed the theory of gravity and analyzed light; and Lavoisier, who discovered gases and how fire burns oxygen. 2) Hobbes would argue that students need strong authority without natural rights, while Locke would argue students have natural rights and government requires social contract. 3) Louis XIV would insist on being in charge and being the center of attention, while Peter the Great would try to modernize and reform the school through aggressive means. 4) The 1700s were called the Age of Enlightenment because people began using

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    Enlightenment and 1500 – 1800 Review Questions Name: _____________

    __ 1. Copernicus a) English, mathematician, theory of gravity and analyzed light


    __ 2. Kepler b) French, mathematician who developed rationalism or use of reason
    __ 3. Galileo c) Irish, proved all matter is made up of elements
    __ 4. Newton d) Polish, Developed the heliocentric theory, book published late
    __ 5. Robert Boyle e) German, used ellipses and figured out relative speeds
    __ 6. Lavoisier f) French mathematician, developed first calculator, held on to faith
    __ 7. Descartes g) English thinker, developed scientific method
    __ 8. Pascal h) French, discovered gases and how fire burns oxygen, executed in Terror
    __ 9. Bacon i) Italian, inventor, proved Copernicus, used pendulums, tried for heresy
    ____________ 1. Some aspect of the universe
    ____________ 2. About what you have seen.
    ____________ 3. Something based on your guess.
    ____________ 4. Your predictions through experiments.
    ____________ 5. Your guess in light of results.
    ___ 1. Hobbes a) Wrote on the Vindication of the Rights of Women, equality of sexes
    ___ 2. Locke b) In Treatises of Government, argued for social contract, natural rights
    ___ 3. Montesquieu c) Fought for separation of the powers into the three branches
    ___ 4. Voltaire d) Fought for the right of free speech, free beliefs
    ___ 5. Wollstonecraft e) Life was solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short – without Leviathan
    ___ 6. Rousseau f) Wrote that gov’t rests on the will of the people, freedom of nature
    __ 1. Louis XIV a) Austrian Hapsburg, urged for reforms and helped the serfs
    __ 2. Frederick b) France’s Sun King, built Versailles, said “I am the State”.
    __ 3. Theresa c) German Princess who ruled Russia, supported Enlightenment until a revolt
    __ 4. Peter d) Greatest Russian Czar, conquered to Baltic Sea, modernized Russia
    __ 5. Catherine e) Prussian enlightened absolute monarch, pushed reforms and science
    1) Compare three different scientific thinkers from the Age of Enlightenment. Who did the most?

    2) Imagine Hobbes and Locke were two new teachers at our school. How would they act?

    3) Imagine Louis XIV and Peter the Great were two new students. How would they act?

    4) Why were the 1700’s called the Age of Enlightenment? Give three reasons.

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