WorksheetsEnlightenment
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 28mins
Johannes Kepler was able to help prove the Heliocentric Theory by showing that ...?
Venus had phases, just like our moon
Four moons were orbiting Jupiter
The planets orbited the sun in an elliptical path
All things with mass have gravity
Galileo's observations were widely accepted by the church in the 1600's.
True
False
According to Adam Smith and the Physiocrats, the government should NOT get involved in the economy. Instead the laws of supply and demand would take care of everything.
True
False
Isaac Newton is most associated with the ...?
Discovery of the sun-centered universe
Origins of modern chemistry
Universal law of gravitation
Invention of a cookie with a fig center
Prior to the Scientific Revolution, much of what we knew about the Earth's place in the universe came from?
The Bible and the teachings of the church
What we could observe personally
The findings of ancient Greek and Roman Scholars
All of these
European thinkers who hoped to use reason to improve man and society were known as the?
Philosophes
Round Heads
Scholastics
Eccentrics
This man believed that, "to avoid living in a state of chaos, man enters into a social contract to protect his natural rights."
Montesquieu
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Voltaire
Diderot
This man believed that every man was born with 3 unalienable rights; life, liberty and property?
Diderot
Montesquieu
John Locke
Voltaire
This man is quoted as saying, "I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend your right to say it!"?
Voltaire
Montesquieu
Diderot
John Locke
This man's encyclopedia contained 28 volumes?
Montesquieu
Diderot
Voltaire
Jean Jacques Rousseau
This man believed that the powers of government should be separated into 3 bodies; legislative, executive, and judicial.
Montesquieu
Diderot
Voltaire
John Locke
According to the laissez faire philosophy ...?
the government should establish fair wages for workers
the government should create high tariffs to protect a nation's industries
the government should take a "hands off" approach to it's nation's economy
the government should establish minimum wage laws
Which is true concerning Galileo?
He observed the moons orbiting Jupiter
He was given a sentence of life in prison by the inquisition
His findings helped support the heliocentric theory
All of these
What is the process that involves 5 steps: 1) ask a question, 2) develop a hypothesis, 3) conduct an experiment, 4) study the results, 5) draw a conclusion?
An incredible waste of time
The Rational Process
The Scientific Method
Systematic Analysis
This man was known as the father of Rationalism and stated, "I think, therefore I am"?
Rene Descartes
Ptolemy
William Harvey
Nicolaus Copernicus
He is an Ancient Greek scientist who believed the Earth was the center of the universe?
Nicolaus Copernicus
Ptolemy
Rene Descartes
Galileo Galilei
Another word for philosopher is...
doctor
thinker
minister
actor
Enlightenment philosophers directly criticized the power of _______ Monarchs
Absolute
Enlightened
Malevolent
Russian
What is a Salon?
a place to have your hair styled
A gathering of people primarily to discuss ideas of the philosophes
place where people gathered to share paintings of animals in tiny hats
place where people gathered to worship
In the Age of Enlightenment, philosophers moved away from __________ and championed ______________
Absolutism and Colonization
Science and Superstition
Absolutism and Democracy
Democracy and Absolutism
Define "social contract"
an entire society of Imperial Stormtroopers
The document that allows the people to vote for their kings
an entire society agrees to be governed by its king
The thought that the government doesn't come from the king's divine right but from the will of the people
John Locke believed that there are some rights that cannot be taken away and that people are born with them. what are these laws/rights referred to as?
Cheetos law/rights
Natural laws/rights
Civil laws/rights
Untouchable laws/rights
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Thomas Jefferson (Declaration of Independence)
The excerpt above illustrates which key Enlightenment idea?
Natural Rights
Due Process
Social Contract
Separation of power
What was the Enlightenment?
Term referred to the complete control that the European kings and queens had over their countries during the 15th through 18th centuries
Refers to the period of philosophical changes that promoted democracy, human rights, and the political participation of the public
Refers to a monarchy that still has absolute power but generally rules in the best interest of the people
Another term for the Scientific Revolution
What is absolutism?
The idea that the right for a king to rule his or her country comes from heaven
This term refers to a monarchy that still has absolute power but generally rules in the best interest of the people
This term refers to the complete control that a European king or queen had over their countries during the 15th through 18th centuries
All of the above
