Early Modern Europe Test

During the Scientific Revolution, people used observations to develop explanations that were

• political
• curious
• religious
• logical

The _____ was also known as the Age of Reason because of its focus on reason

• Renaissance
• Enlightenment
• Scientific Revolution
• Industrial Revolution

John Locke believed that government should be

• led by philosophers
• changed every few years
• an expression of God's will on Earth
• a contract between the ruler and the people

A major cause of the French Revolution was

• anger over differences between social classes
• heavy taxes on the rich
• unfair treatment of the First Estate
• Napoleon Bonaparte's unfair legal system

The French constitution which guaranteed some rights and made taxes fairer was

• the Magna Carta
• the Declaration of Independence
• the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
• the French Treatise

Why was Napoleon important in history?

• His military ideas still influence political thought today
• His democratic ideas spread across Europe.
• His armies conquered much of Europe.
• His family still rules France today.

The _____ was a period of rapid growth in machine-made goods

• Age of Exploration
• Scientific Revolution
• Industrial Revolution
• Reformation

During the Industrial Revolution, steam power increased the need for which natural resources?

• gold and silver
• fur and fish
• oil and natural gas
• coal and iron

Who was the scientist who contributed to math and physics (gravity)

• Isaac Newton

• Prince Henry

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Galileo

Who was the scientist who wrote that Earth orbited the sun?

• Isaac Newton

• Prince Henry

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Galileo