This is the idea that people are born to rights of life, liberty, and property
What are natural rights
100
This man discovered the laws of planetary motion and the law of gravity.
Who is Isaac Newton?
100
This term refers to the Enlightenment thinkers who promoted the use of reason and logic.
What is "philosophes"?
100
This is a settlement controlled or dominated by an outside government or ruler.
What is a colony?
100
This man was put on trial by the Catholic Church for supporting the idea that the sun was the center of the universe.
Who is Galileo Galilei?
200
According to Locke, the purpose of the government was to do what?
What is protect our natural rights
200
This man was the first to propose that the sun, not the earth, was the center of the universe.
Who is Nicolas Copernicus?
200
These were the two main ideas or beliefs promoted by the Enlightenment thinkers.
What are: the use of reason and logic and to challenge governments and the church?
200
The idea that the sun is the center of the universe is known as ______________.
What is heliocentric?
200
Nearly all of the major Enlightenment thinkers came from these two place.
What are France and Great Britain?
300
The actions people could take if the government fails to protect their natural rights
What is overthrow and replace the existing government
300
This man created the scientific method.
Who is Francis Bacon?
300
This Enlightenment thinker created the idea of a social contract between the government and the people.
Who is Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
300
The _____________ were places where Enlightenment thinkers met to discuss and share new ideas.
What are salons?
300
This Italian man explored northern North America on behalf of England.
Who is John Cabot?
400
Locke's most famous quote
What is people are born with natural rights to life, liberty, and ownership of property
400
Using the statement "I think, therefore I am", this man emphasized the importance of using one's own mind and reason.
Who is Rene Descartes?
400
This Scottish thinker studied money and the role of the government in the economy.
Who is Adam Smith?
400
The idea that the earth is the center of the universe is known as ______________.
What is geocentric?
400
This system says that the earth is fixed at the center of the universe and that the planets move around earth in concentric, or even, circles.
What is the Ptolemaic system?
500
This man's ideals were the exact opposite of Locke
Who is Thomas Hobbes
500
This man was a physician who realized that the heart is the starting point for blood circulation.
Who is William Harvey?
500
This Enlightenment thinker was one of the first people to promote the idea of more equal rights for men and women.
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?
500
This term refers to the agreement of the people to be governed by the "general will" and says that the behavior of the people will determine how they are governed.
What is a social contract?
500
This explorer was the first European to go around the southern tip of Africa and make it to India.