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Chapter 5 section 1 & 2

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a religious movement that swept through the colonies in the 1730s and 1740s

a)

Great Awakening

b)

Enlightenment

c)

American Revolution

d)

Freedom of the Press

2.

A young preacher during the Great Awakening that traveled to all of the colonies and was the first Amerian “star”.

a)

Jonathan Edwards

b)

George Whitefield

c)

Ben Franklin

d)

John Peter Zenger

3.

a businessperson, scientist and inventor who became one of the best-known political thinkers in the colonies

a)

Jonathan Edwards

b)

George Whitefield

c)

Ben Franklin

d)

John Peter Zenger

4.

an English philosopher who argued that people have natural rights to life, liberty, and property

a)

John Locke

b)

Jonathan Edwards

c)

John Peter Zenger

d)

Ben Franklin

5.

a movement that emphasized reason and science as the paths to knowledge

a)

Great Awakening

b)

Freedom of Speech

c)

Enlightenment

6.

He was a preacher during the Great Awakening that used fear to revive religion in the colonies. We read his sermon in class.

a)

Jonathan Edwards

b)

George Whitefield

c)

John Peter Zenger

d)

Ben Franklin

7.

publisher of the New York Weekly Journal and fought for the right of freedom of the press

a)

John Peter Zenger

b)

Ben Franklin

c)

Jonathan Edwards

8.

The right of freedom of the press in the colonies was established by the trial of

a)

Ben Franklin

b)

John Peter Zenger

c)

Jonathan Edwards

9.

Benjamin Franklin, a man of reason and science, was a good example of the

a)

Enlightenment in the American colonies.

b)

Great Awakening in the American colonies.

c)

Glorious Revolution in the American colonies.

10.

What determined a person’s social class in the colonies in 1735?

a)

birth

b)

location

c)

wealth and land ownership

11.

What book did Benjamin Franklin published in 1732 that had a calendar, weather prediction, star charts, farming advice, and proverbs?

a)

Poor Richard's Almanack

b)

the Bible

c)

the Great Awakening

d)

the Social Book

12.

What did the Enlightenment emphasize as the paths to knowledge?

a)

Science and Reason

b)

Religion

13.

The great Enlightenment thinker John Locke argued that people have

a)

Religion

b)

Life, liberty and property

c)

science

14.

How did the Enlightenment influence American colonists?

a)

It introduced ideas of natural rights and government by the people.

b)

It abolished slavery in the colonies and ended the slave trade.

c)

It gave women the right to vote and own property.

d)

It inspired colonists to help others and start homes for orphans.

15.

Which choice was NOT part of the Great Awakening?

a)

Was a religious revival in the Colonies

b)

Used reason and science as paths to knowledge

c)

Had preachers such as Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield

d)

It happened in all of the colonies