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Enlightenment & Scientific Revolution Vocabulary Review Game!

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This revolutionary person helped improve the telescope.

a)

Alexander Pope

b)

Nicolaus Copernicus

c)

Thomas Hobbes

d)

Galileo Galilei

2.

This thinker believed that the earth revolved around the sun.

a)

William Harvey

b)

Jonathan Swift

c)

Nicolaus Copernicus

d)

Isaac Newton

3.

This Russian leader was able to gain port access for Russia.

a)

Catherine the Great

b)

Mary Wollstonecraft

c)

Napoleon Bonaparte

d)

Ivan the Terrible

4.

This author used satire in his writings and also wrote Gulliver's Travels.

a)

Denis Diderot

b)

Montesquieu

c)

John Locke

d)

Jonathan Swift

5.

True or False: The Enlightenment was where the scientific method was first developed.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

True or False: The Geocentric Theory stated that the sun is the center of the universe.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Philosophe

a)

advanced medical understanding by creating accurate drawings through observation.

b)

used a pen name and was critical of the Catholic Church.

c)

was the French name for philosopher.

d)

used faith more than reason to explain how the world worked.

8.

This thinker was a great influence on the French and American Revolutions because he believed in things like liberty and fraternity.

a)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

b)

Alexander Pope

c)

David Hume

d)

Voltaire

9.

This author believed that all things on earth were ultimately for our good.

a)

John Locke

b)

Alexander Pope

c)

David Smith

d)

Cesare Beccaria

10.

This thinker's ideas were used to justify colonization and absolute monarchs!

a)

John Locke

b)

Adam Ferguson

c)

Voltaire

d)

Thomas Hobbes

11.

This powerful duo came up with the Scientific Method.

a)

Ferdinand and Isabella

b)

Sherlock Holmes & John Watson

c)

Francis Bacon & Rene Descartes

d)

None of the above.

12.

This author created many leather bound books, including a book called Encyclopedia.

a)

Francis Hutcheson

b)

Denis Diderot

c)

Alexander Pope

d)

Cesare Beccaria

13.

This author wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman in 1792, which urged women to get an education to become virtuous and useful.

a)

Catherine the Great

b)

David Hume

c)

Mary Wollstonecraft

d)

Alexandria Swift

14.

This great Prussian king granted religious freedom, reduced censorship, and improved education for his country.

a)

Joseph II

b)

Emilie du Chatelet

c)

Philip II

d)

Frederick II

15.

True or False: The type of art done during the Enlightenment was called neoclassical.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

This Enlightenment thinker strongly believed that God gave mankind natural rights like life and liberty.

a)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

b)

John Locke

c)

Thomas Hobbes

d)

Baron de Montesquieu

17.

This innovator wasn't afraid to dissect human cadavers to give us a better understanding of the human body.

a)

Andreas Vesalius

b)

Johannes Kepler

c)

Isaac Newton

d)

Robert Boyle

18.

True or False: The Scientific Method is used to give us a logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Just like Mark Twain this author had a pen name. He also ticked off the Catholic Church with his writings!

a)

Brick Tamland

b)

Baruch Spinoza

c)

Montesquieu

d)

Voltaire

20.

The ____________ Revolution was a time that emphasized reason rather than faith.

a)

Industrial

b)

Scientific

c)

Iranian

d)

None of the above.