The Age of Reason Questions :)

1. What two tools literally changed the way that people saw their world?

 The microscope and the telescope 

2. What institutions and systems of belief did many philosophers and scientists rebel against?

 Obstructing the path of human thought

3. What previous cultural movement gave rise to the Age of Reason?

 The Renaissance 

4. What invention allowed ideas to spread more easily?

 The Printing Press

5. What is a "logical date" for the start of the Age of Reason?

 1642

6. What was Newton's most famous work?

 The Mathematical Principle of Natural Philosophy 

7. What system of government was forcefully overthrown by upstart republics?

 Monarchy 

8. What branch of mathematics did Newton "discover"?

 Calculus

9. What "method" did Newton formalize?

 The Scientific Method

10. What other "revolution" had its start in the scientific revolution?

 The Industrial Revolution