
Modern Ages Quiz. Diagnostic Activity
Authored by PAULA ORTIZ
History
8th Grade

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Who is considered the father of modern science due to his work on the laws of motion and universal gravitation?
Sir Isaac Newton
Albert Einstein
Galileo Galilei
Leonardo da Vinci
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What invention allowed for the spread of scientific knowledge during the Scientific Revolution?
Electric light bulb
Steam engine
Printing press
Telegraph
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which Enlightenment thinker is known for his advocacy of freedom of speech and religion, as well as separation of powers in government?
Thomas Hobbes
Adam Smith
John Locke
Karl Marx
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which Enlightenment thinker is known for his work on the social contract theory and the idea of natural rights?
Karl Marx
Voltaire
Adam Smith
John Locke
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Who is credited with starting the Protestant Reformation by nailing his 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Castle church?
John Calvin
Henry VIII
Pope Leo X
Martin Luther
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What invention allowed for the rapid dissemination of information during the Renaissance period?
Electric light bulb
Steam engine
Printing press
Telegraph
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Who is considered the pioneer of modern astronomy due to his work on the heliocentric model of the solar system?
Nicolaus Copernicus
Galileo Galilei
Johannes Kepler
Isaac Newton
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