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Chapter 8

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What theory believed that the sun was the center of the universe?
a)
Heliocentric
b)
Geocentric
c)
Newton
d)
Univeral
2.

Who showed that the heart was the starting point for the circulation of blood?

a)

Antoine Lavosier

b)

Robert Boyle

c)

William Harvey

d)

Andreas Vesalius

3.
According to Copernicus, the sun  
a)
Revolved around the earth
b)
Was the center of the Universe
c)
Was the biggest star
d)
 Had many moons
4.
The idea that the earth is the center of the universe is the ___________ theory.
a)
geocentric
b)
heliocentric
c)
earthcentric
d)
world's worst
5.
What did Kepler add to Copernicus’ heliocentric theory?  
a)
That Jupiter had four moons
b)
That the planets revolved around the earth 
c)
That the sun was the biggest star
d)
That the planets move in eliptical (oval shaped) orbits around the sun
6.

Which of the following was developed by Isaac Newton?

a)

the heliocentric theory

b)

the scientific method

c)

the theory of scientifc rationalism

d)

universal law of gravitation

7.
The idea that people should use reason to understand the world.
a)
Johannes Kepler
b)
Scientific Revolution
c)
rationalism 
d)
Rene Descartes
8.
During the Scientific Revolution the heliocentric view of the universe was first proposed by __.
a)
Ptolemy
b)
Francis Bacon
c)
Isaac Newton
d)
Nicolaus Copernicus
9.
The idea that the sun is the center of the universe is the ____________ theory.
a)
geocentric
b)
heliocentric
c)
solar
d)
sunny
10.
Who created the geocentric theory?
a)
Issac Newton
b)
Ptolemy 
c)
Copernicus
d)
Galileo
11.
The English philosopher who proposed the Scientific Method.
a)
Sir Francis Bacon
b)
Voltaire
c)
Thomas Hobbes
d)
hypothesis
12.

Who described the individual organs and general structure of human anatomy?

a)

William Harvey

b)

Galen

c)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

d)

Andreas Vesalius

13.
What did Francis Bacon contribute to the Scientific Revolution?
a)
the geocentric theory
b)
the scientific method
c)
the heliocentric theory
d)
the law of universal gravitation
14.
Who developed the Law of Gravity and Motion?
a)
Sir Francis Bacon
b)
Issac Newton
c)
John Locke
d)
Ptolemy
15.

Who confirmed Copernicus's ideas but then received backlash from the Church?

a)

Kepler

b)

Galileo

c)

Ptolemy

d)

Newton

16.

Who is credited with this system?

a)

Ptolemy

b)

Kepler

c)

Copernicus

d)

Newton

17.

What is this system called?

a)

Heliocentric

b)

Geocentric

c)

Sphere

d)

Paleocentric

18.

Who wrote that humans had no power over nature?

a)

Margaret Cavendish

b)

Maria Winkelmann

c)

Newton

d)

Einstein

19.

What is the belief that reason is the chief source of knowledge?

a)

Scientific Method

b)

Inductive Reasoning

c)

Rationalism

d)

Realism

20.

What is the idea that scientists should proceed from particular to the general?

a)

Inductive reasoning

b)

Deductive reasoning

c)

Scientific Method

d)

Rationalism

21.

Who is credited with discovering a comet?

a)

Maria Winkelmann

b)

Rene Descartes

c)

Newton

d)

Jay Leno

22.
The best government, said which of the following men, is achieved by the separation of powers?:
a)
Montesqiueu
b)
Voltaire
c)
Diderot
d)
Hobbes
23.
Who developed the idea of the three branches of government?
a)
John Locke
b)
Jean Jacques Rousseau
c)
Montesquieu
d)
Thomas Hobbes
24.
John Locke believed that the purpose of government was to protect people’s natural rights.
a)
True
b)
False 
25.
During the Enlightenment, many people placed their faith in ___.
a)
the church
b)
the military
c)
reason
d)
science
26.
Life, Liberty and Property or the Pursuit of Happiness
a)
Natural Rights
b)
Democracy
c)
Anarchy
d)
Divine Right of Kings
27.
This philosopher believed in freedom of speech and freedom of religion
a)
Montesquieu
b)
Hobbes
c)
Locke
d)
Voltaire
28.
Enlightenment philosopher who believed men and women should be equal
a)
Voltaire
b)
Denis Diderot
c)
Mary Wollstonecraft
d)
Adam Smith
29.

When the government agrees to protect natural rights and citizens agree to abide by the laws and respect their leaders, they have a:

a)

Separation of Church and State

b)

Separation of Powers

c)

Social Contract

d)

Right to Rebel

30.

Which enlightenment thinker came up with the idea of laissez-faire?

a)

John Locke

b)

Adam Smith

c)

Voltaire

d)

Rousseau

31.

The term "laissez-faire" literally means:

a)

hands on

b)

total control

c)

hands off

d)

zero control

32.

The writers during the Enlightenment, who popularized the new ideas of the era, are called:

a)

Economists

b)

Tyrants

c)

Enlightened Despots

d)

Philosophes

33.

Gatherings in which intellectual and political ideas were exchanged during the Enlightenment

a)

symposiums

b)

witch hunts

c)

shindigs

d)

salons

34.

(1689-1755) Wrote Spirit of the Laws, advocated separation of powers in government

a)

Thomas Hobbes

b)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

c)

Montesquieu

d)

Voltaire

35.

(1694-1778) Believed in freedoms of speech and religion as well as separation of church and state

a)

Voltaire

b)

Mary Wollstonecraft

c)

Miguel de Cervantes

d)

Eugene Delacroix

36.

(1712-1778) Wrote The Social Contract, believed government is a contract between rulers and the people

a)

Thomas Hobbes

b)

Cesare Beccaria

c)

Johann Sebastian Bach

d)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

37.

Belief in an all-powerful God, who’s a “cosmic watchmaker,” created the universe & set it in self-directed motion and never again tampered with it.

a)

Glorious Revolution

b)

Mercantilism

c)

Deism

d)

Romanticism

38.

Montesquieu

a)

people couldn't be trusted, they were nasty

b)

people had natural rights

c)

government should have separate branches

d)

argued for religious and civil liberty

39.

belief that a divinity set the universe in motion but does not interfere

a)

nationalism

b)

empiricism

c)

conservatism

d)

socialism

e)

deism

40.
What was the rich Austrian province that Prussia invaded?
a)
Silesia
b)
France
c)
Sweden
d)
Catherine the Great
41.
Matching: Who was the "enlightened monarch" of Russia, who made life worse for the serfs?
a)
Maria Theresa
b)
Catherine the Great
c)
Frederick the Great
42.
Matching: Who was the "enlightened monarch" of Austria, who tried to improve the lives of the serfs?
a)
Maria Theresa
b)
Catherine the Great
c)
Frederick the Great
43.
Matching: Who was the "enlightened monarch" of Prussia, who did not improve life for the serfs?
a)
Maria Theresa
b)
Catherine the Great
c)
Frederick the Great
44.
What is one new alliance that formed as war broke out around the globe?
a)
France allied with Austria, its former rival
b)
Russia allied with India against Britain
c)
Britain joined the United States to fight France
d)
Austria allied with Britain against Prussia
45.
What finally happened to Silesia as a result of the Seven Years' War?
a)
France claimed it
b)
Peter III claimed it for Russia
c)
Prussia permanently kept it
d)
It became a new, independent nation
46.
The colonies feared a strong _____.
a)
Revenue
b)
Washington
c)
Legislative
d)
Government
47.
The _____ created a weak central government that did not have the power to solve the country's problems.
a)
Revenue
b)
Washington
c)
Judicial
d)
Articles of Confederation (A.o.C.)
48.
The US Constitution outlined a __________ with three branches of government.
a)
Federal system
b)
Stamp Act
c)
Declaration of Independence
d)
Enlightenment
49.
Why did many European intellectuals admire the American Revolution & the US Constitution & Bill of Rights?
a)
The colonies' ideas came from the ideals of natural rights proposed during the Enlightenment.
b)
Europeans were the ancestors of the people who went to North America to found the colonies.
c)
The US Constitution was based on the constitutions of successful European countries.
d)
All of Europe wanted to be able to win a war as easily as the colonists had.
50.
What enlightened monarch considered himself a failure (even though he enacted real reforms)?
a)
Catherine the Great
b)
Frederick the Great
c)
Joseph II
d)
Louis XIV
51.
Which nation was allied with Britain during the Seven Years War?
a)
Prussia
b)
France
c)
Austria
d)
Russia
52.
What was a popular art style during the Enlightenment that was characterized by themes of love and pleasure alongside hazy, tranquil backgrounds?
a)
Rococo
b)
Cubism
c)
Baroque
d)
Impressionism

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