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The Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment
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9th Grade
11/08/2012

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Identify the major writings of the following philosophers: Locke, Voltaire, Montesquieu, Hobbs, Rousseau, Montaigne, and Mary Wollstonecraft
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  • Locke: Two Treatises of Government
  • Voltaire: The Philosophical Dictionary
  • Montesquieu: The Spirit of the Laws
  • Hobbs: Leviathan
  • Rousseau: The Social Contact
  • Montaine: Essays
  • Mary Wollstonecraft: Vindication on the Rights of Woman
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What instrument did Galileo use to look at the heavens?
Definition
Telescope
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What did Galileo's experiments with falling objects proove?
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The Earth is rotating. Also, it is a sphere.
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Galileo got into trouble with what organization because of his writings?
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The Roman Catholic Church
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