The Enlightenment & Scientific Revolution

The Enlightenment & Scientific Revolution

9th - 10th Grade

25 Qs

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The Enlightenment & Scientific Revolution

The Enlightenment & Scientific Revolution

Assessment

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History

9th - 10th Grade

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CCSS
RI.8.1, RI.8.8, RL.11-12.1

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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John Locke argued that all people had the right to ________________. 

Own slaves
Choose their religious beliefs
Pursuit of happiness
Life, liberty, and property

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Copernicus was the first modern scientist to think...

The universe is geocentric.
Gravity causes things to fall at the same rate.
The earth is the center of the universe.
The sun is the center of the universe.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Galileo was brought before the Church and charged with heresy because...

He published a book agreeing with the heliocentric theory.
He criticized the Pope because he wanted a divorce.
He wanted to marry an English princess.
He published a book about humanism. 

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Isaac Newton studied 3 branches of SCIENCE:

Legislative, executive, and judicial
Church, school, factories
Physics, gravity, motion
Calculus, physics, and government

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Why did the Roman Catholic Church take so long to embrace the heliocentric theory?

Jesus walked the Earth; therefore Earth must be the most important and at the center.
Ptolemy was a famous priest who donated a lot of money to the Church.
Catholic leaders did not want people questioning what was true because it may lead to people questioning the Church. 
They were angry at Galileo and never wanted to admit he was correct. 

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Sir Francis Bacon developed the idea that things could be proven through observation.  What was this called? 

Scientific Method
Divine Right of Kings
Geocentric view of the universe
Humanism

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A period during the 1600s and 1700s when people used reason to guide people's thoughts about society. 

Enlightenment
Captialism
Renaissance
Reformation

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