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WorksheetsF19 Week 7 Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 7mins
In which continent did the Enlightenment inspire revolutionary ideas such as democracy & individual rights?
Europe
Asia
Africa
South America
The legendary American orator Patrick Henry famously stated in 1775, "give me liberty or give me ..."
death
taxes
freedom
free college
This scientist came up with the heliocentric theory (that the planets were going around the sun):
Copernicus
Galileo
Isaac Newton
Aristotle
Why did the Catholic church threaten to punish Galileo?
Galileo believed in providing birth control to unmarried young people
Galileo believed women should have the right to choose an abortion
Galileo believed the Earth was going around the sun
Galileo believed gay couples have the right to marry
This vocab term is defined as "a logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas".
heliocentric theory
scientific revolution
scientific method
law of gravity
Which scientist published the Law of Gravity?
Isaac Newton
Rene Descartes
Johannes Kepler
Nicolaus Copernicus
T or F: In 1992 the Catholic church officially acknowledged that Galileo was right?
True
False
Smallpox killed a very high number of people infected. How did people battle this disease?
Moved to an island where no one had smallpox
cut their arm & wipe smallpox pus in the cut
get their free flu shot at Wal-Mart
offer a human sacrifice to the volcano god
T or F: the Rocky Mountains had the biggest early snowstorm this year since the 1930s?
True
False
SpaceX's "Starship" is hoping to accomplish what?
Launch & land without exploding
get a robot to the Moon
get human beings to Mars
distract humans from the misery of being trapped on a planet where human life only has 10 years left to survive
Week 7's CNN Hero offers what support to hurricane & natural disaster victims in & near the USA?
free solar cell phone chargers
a master cooked bbq meal
extra boxes of baby wipes & toilet paper
free soccer balls for the kids to play
Which Communist government is celebrating its 70th birthday this week?
Cuber (Cuba, but in JFK voice)
China
Venezuela
Soviet Union
CNN10 showed us a guy doing what in Mumbai?
cleaning drug addicts' heroine needles off of the streets
picking up rat-infested trash in homeless shelters
cleaning massive amounts of trash off of the beach
inventing home air purifiers to battle intense air pollution
How is CA challenging the NCAA?
CA wants the NCAA to pay more taxes each year to our state
CA wants the NCAA to allow athletes to earn money beyond just their scholarships
CA wants the NCAA to build safer sports arenas to prevent concussions
CA wants the NCAA to be more inclusive of multiple genders
CNN10: What is the latest company to have to close stores as the economy evolves to online shopping?
Wal-Mart
Target
Forever 21
GAP
