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(U3.2) The Scientific Revolution / Enlightenment

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the philosophy that encouraged individual freedom and expression of logical thought?

a)

Humanism

b)

People-Centralism

c)

Logicalist

d)

Democracy

2.

A European movement in the 16th (1500s) Century that encouraged the use of reason and scientific analysis to understand and explain the natural world was called...

a)

The Scientific Revolution

b)

The Thinking Revolution

c)

The Natural Revolution

d)

The Reason Revolution

3.

One of the key discoveries of the Scientific Revolution was Heliocentric Universe, that stated the universe revolves around...

a)

The Sun

b)

The Earth

c)

The Moon

d)

Mars

4.

"The _________________" was a European movement (following the Renaissance) that emphasized logical reasoning and individualism to make the world a better place for everyone.

a)

Enlightenment

b)

Understandment

c)

Revolution

d)

Engagement

5.

The Enlightenment saw the development/creation of which of the following social sciences? (Select ALL that are correct)

a)

Sociology

b)

Political Science

c)

Psychology

d)

Biology

6.

Enlightenment thinkers like Locke and Montesquieu, stated government power should not be held by a single person/small group. Instead, they should be divided into 3 branches, including.... (Select ALL that are correct)

a)

Legislative

b)

Executive

c)

Judicial

d)

Mercantile

7.

Prior to the discoveries of the Scientific Revolution, many people considered the Earth to be...

a)

Flat

b)

Round

c)

Box-shaped

d)

2-sided

8.

Humanism would encourage a person to... (Select ALL that are correct)

a)

Think independently of large groups

b)

Use of logic and reasoning

c)

Use things like the 'Scientific Method' to study/analyze a problem

d)

Accept that the world just "is the way it is"

e)

Avoid or ignore new ideas

9.

Which of the following are Enlightenment thinkers/scientists?

a)

Newton

b)

Galileo

c)

Voltaire

d)

Luther

e)

Columbus

10.

Which group/organization of people most strongly DISAGREED with the activities of the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment?

a)

The Catholic Church

b)

The Islamic Mosques

c)

The Protestant Church

d)

The Orthodox Church

11.

Scientists like Galileo Galilee discovered new causes/explanations for how the universe worked. Such discoveries caused...

a)

Conflict between new ideas and the ideas of the establishment (Catholic Church)

b)

The average European to oppose the discoveries of science

c)

The Catholic Church to completely agree with scientists and their new information

d)

Other scientists to doubt their work and abandon scientific exploration