Enlightenment and Revolution Quiz

What is the main focus of rationalism?

• Reason

• Intuition

• Sensory perception

• Experience

Which philosophical movement emphasizes the importance of sensory experience in the pursuit of knowledge?

• Deism

• Rationalism

• Empiricism

• Atheism

Who is credited with the discovery of the heliocentric worldview?

• Galileo Galilei

• Isaac Newton

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Johannes Kepler

What is the belief system of deism?

What is the geocentric worldview?

• The belief in a flat Earth

• The belief in multiple centers of the universe

• The belief that the Sun is at the center of the universe

• The belief that the Earth is at the center of the universe

Who formulated the basic laws of planetary motion and demonstrated that the Earth rotates on its axis?

• Johannes Kepler

• Nicolaus Copernicus

• Isaac Newton

• Galileo Galilei

What is the governing principle of absolutism?

• Democratic governance

• Unlimited royal power

• Shared power among the nobility

• Limited royal power

What is the feudal system based on?

• Mutual private legal relationships

• Private ownership of land

• Centralized government

• Collective ownership of land

What document proclaimed the rights of individuals and citizens during the French Revolution?

• Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

• Magna Carta

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Bill of Rights

What was the principle of popular sovereignty during the Enlightenment?