Worksheets(U3.2) The Scientific Revolution / Enlightenment
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
What is the philosophy that encouraged individual freedom and expression of logical thought?
Humanism
People-Centralism
Logicalist
Democracy
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...
The Scientific Revolution
The Thinking Revolution
The Natural Revolution
The Reason Revolution
One of the key discoveries of the Scientific Revolution was Heliocentric Universe, that stated the universe revolves around...
The Sun
The Earth
The Moon
Mars
"The _________________" was a European movement (following the Renaissance) that emphasized logical reasoning and individualism to make the world a better place for everyone.
Enlightenment
Understandment
Revolution
Engagement
The Enlightenment saw the development/creation of which of the following social sciences? (Select ALL that are correct)
Sociology
Political Science
Psychology
Biology
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)
Legislative
Executive
Judicial
Mercantile
Prior to the discoveries of the Scientific Revolution, many people considered the Earth to be...
Flat
Round
Box-shaped
2-sided
Humanism would encourage a person to... (Select ALL that are correct)
Think independently of large groups
Use of logic and reasoning
Use things like the 'Scientific Method' to study/analyze a problem
Accept that the world just "is the way it is"
Avoid or ignore new ideas
Which of the following are Enlightenment thinkers/scientists?
Newton
Galileo
Voltaire
Luther
Columbus
Which group/organization of people most strongly DISAGREED with the activities of the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment?
The Catholic Church
The Islamic Mosques
The Protestant Church
The Orthodox Church
Scientists like Galileo Galilee discovered new causes/explanations for how the universe worked. Such discoveries caused...
Conflict between new ideas and the ideas of the establishment (Catholic Church)
The average European to oppose the discoveries of science
The Catholic Church to completely agree with scientists and their new information
Other scientists to doubt their work and abandon scientific exploration
