Quiz on the Scientific Revolution, The Political Revolution and the Enlightenment

1. What was the significance of Copernicus’ heliocentric theory?

2. How did Galileo’s discoveries confirm Copernicus’s theories and change our understanding of the nature of the heavens?

3. What is Hobbes’ version of the social contract?

4. What was Locke’s theory of natural rights?

5. How did the philosophes apply Newton’s discovery of universal laws governing motion to the problems of society and government?

6. How does Locke’s epistemology refute the Church’s idea of original sin?