Name the Greek philosopher who developed a model of the universe that Christians promoted for 2000 years.
Aristotle
100
I created a ship's clock that allowed sailors to calculate longitude.
John Harrison
100
His accomplishments in the Scientific Revolution convinced the philosophes that reason could be applied to society.
Isaac Newton
100
“Revolt is the right of the people.”
John Locke
100
Francis Bacon was responsible for this type of analysis?
Scientific Method
200
Which European scientist was the first to promote a heliocentric solar system?
Copernicus
200
I was the first European to develop the concept of gravity and the calculus necessary to prove it.
Isaac Newton
200
The Enlightenment was an attempt to apply ______ to society?
Reason
200
"Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains."
Rousseau
200
The Scientific Revolution caused people to compare the workings of the universe to a ___________.
Watch
300
Who discovered the elliptical orbits of the planets?
Johannes Kepler
300
I developed the first microscope which led to the emergence of germ theory?
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
300
What did the Philosphes say was the key to achieving the goals of the Enlightenment?
Freedom
300
"Man will not be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest."
Diderot
300
Which French aristocrat was famous for hosting salons every Wednesday?
Madame Geoffrin
400
What technology did Galileo improve upon to demonstrate that the solar system was heliocentric?
The telescope
400
I wrote the first extensive, European description of human anatomy and then bound the text in human skin.
Andreas Vesalius
400
Rene Descartes supported this Enlightenment characteristic by doubting his own existence.
Skepticism
400
“There is as yet no liberty if the power of judging be not separated from legislative power and the executive power.”
Montesquieu
400
Which kinds of laws were identified during the Enlightenment?
Natural Laws
500
Who built an observatory and established tables of data regarding planetary motion?
Tycho Brahe
500
I was responsible for the development of the metric system.
Antoine Lavoisier
500
This policy of the French government helped to fuel the Enlightenment.
Censorship
500
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
Voltaire
500
Copernicus and other early astronomers erroneously believed that the planets had several small orbits within their larger orbits. What did they call these small orbits?