1. How did Renaissance thinkers use classical ideas from Greece and Rome during the Enlightenment?

2. What did Enlightenment philosophers believe reason could accomplish for politics, economics, and society?

3. What is the scientific method and how did it challenge traditional ideas about astronomy, nature, and biology?

1. What intellectual approaches replaced traditional medieval patterns of thought during the Enlightenment?

2. How did the printing press contribute to the spread of Enlightenment ideas?

3. How did Enlightenment theories on politics and economics threaten absolutism and mercantilism?

4. How did the Scientific Revolution change European views on religion and religious tolerance?

1. What specific changes did the Scientific Revolution bring to European populations, medicine, and commerce?

2. How did improved medicine and new marriage patterns affect European families and their quality of life?