Enlightenment / Age of Reason MCQs Part 1

Which earlier era “set the scene” for the Enlightenment?

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Age of Exploration

Caravels and galleons symbolized the rise of:

• Global empires and exploration

• Religious pilgrimages

Which exchange reshaped life in both hemispheres?

• The Columbian Exchange

• The Silk Road

What was the horrific middle leg of the Atlantic Slave Trade called?

• The Atlantic Crossing

• The Middle Passage

The Atlantic Slave Trade created what for Europe’s elites?

• Religious unity

• Enormous wealth

Which three movements laid the groundwork for the Enlightenment?

• Renaissance, Reformation, and Scientific Revolution

• Industrial Revolution, Romanticism, and Feudalism

The Scientific Revolution showed that the universe followed:

• Universal natural laws

• Rules created by kings

Gravity proved that natural laws apply:

• Equally to everyone

• Only to rulers

If all humans can reason, then all humans deserve:

• Basic rights

• Government permission

Who argued that all people are born with life, liberty, and property?

• Voltaire

• John Locke