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Quiz on the Age of Enlightenment

Authored by Alyssa Millington

Social Studies

9th Grade

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Quiz on the Age of Enlightenment
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the Age of Enlightenment also known as?

The Age of Darkness

The Age of Reason

The Age of Exploration

The Age of Empires

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which city was known for hosting salons where philosophical ideas were discussed during the Enlightenment?

Italy

Rome

Paris

Berlin

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which revolution was significantly influenced by the Enlightenment?

The Russian Revolution

The Industrial Revolution

The American Revolution

The Chinese Revolution

4.

CATEGORIZE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Identify and categorize the opportunities and limitations for women to pursue the sciences in the 17th & 18th centuries.

Groups:

(a) Limitations

,

(b) Opportunities

Judged by appearance and not ideas

Gender roles: childbirth/rearing & maintaining the household

were able to publish books

discriminated against by men: hard to join scientific organizations (Academies & Societies)

completed work of translation

wealthy women were commonly educated by men in family

able to work alongside husbands

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was a leading figure of the French Enlightenment known for advocating freedom of religion and press?

John Locke

Voltaire

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Mary Wollstonecraft

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which concept emphasizes the belief in human equality, especially in political, social, and economic rights?

Empiricism

Deism

Egalitarianism

Enlightened Despotism

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the belief in a creator who does not intervene in the universe, emphasizing reason and observation of the natural world?

Rationalism

Deism

Enlightenment

Republicanism

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