Enlightenment Thinkers and Scientists
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- Q 1/11Score 0This Enlightenment scientist is known for his laws of gravity and motion.29Adam SmithIsaac NewtonDescartesCopernicus
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- Q1This Enlightenment scientist is known for his laws of gravity and motion.Adam SmithIsaac NewtonDescartesCopernicus30s
- Q2This Enlightenment scientist is known for improvements in the telescope which allowed us to see our planets much more clearly.John LockeVoltaireFrancis BaconGalileo Galilei30s
- Q3This Enlightenment mathematician and astronomer is best known for his Heliocentric theory.MontesquieuIsaac NewtonCopernicusJohannes Kepler30s
- Q4This Enlightenment thinker contributed the idea of separation of powers in government (Spirit of Laws).KeplerNewtonMontesquieuRousseau30s
- Q5This Enlightenment thinker contributed the idea of deism meaning that God created the universe and let it run, much like a clock.WollstonecraftSmithVoltaireHobbes30s
- Q6This Enlightenment thinker believed in laissez faire, meaning leave them alone.Adam SmithLockeHobbesRousseau30s
- Q7This Enlightenment thinker believed that government was a social contract between the people and their government.Jean Jacques RousseauCopernicusThomas HobbesDescartes30s
- Q8This Enlightenment thinker believed that women are reasoned thinkers too so they should be considered equal.John LockeMary ShelleyVoltaireMary Wollstonecraft30s
- Q9This Enlightenment thinker felt that people become corrupted by society and therefore needed government to provide security.Francis BaconThomas HobbesJean Jacques RousseauJohn Locke30s
- Q10This Enlightenment thinker believed in "Natural Rights" of life, liberty, and property, and that people have the right to abolish government if it ignores their rights.John LockeRene DescartesVoltaireAdam Smith30s
- Q11This enlightenment thinker believed that people exist because they are rational thinkers. "I think, therefore I am".GalileoBaron de MontesquieuJohn LockeRene Descartes30s
