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Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What Inventions were made during the scientific revolution?

a)

Telescope

b)

Plow

c)

Table

d)

Books

2.

Who was the first man brave enough to use logic and observation to disprove some classic Greek theories.

a)

Francis Bacon

b)

Nicholaus Copernicus

c)

Issac Newton

d)

Galileo Galilei

3.

What is Rationalism

a)

The belief that reason and experience must be present for the solution of problems.

b)

The belief that reason and logic should be use to solve problems

c)

The belief that humans have a say in government

d)

The belief that humans have the freedom of speech

4.

When did the industrial revolution take place?

a)

1729-1900

b)

1760-1860

c)

1730-1830

d)

1942-5674

5.

Which of the following were philosophers.

a)

Voltare

b)

Rousso

c)

da vinci

d)

mussolini

6.
The ideas of Locke and Rousseau are found MOST easily in which of these documents?
a)
The Declaration of Independence
b)
The Communist Manifesto
c)
The Gettysburg Address
d)
The United Nation's Charter
7.
Who developed the idea of the three branches of government?
a)
John Locke
b)
Jean Jacques Rousseau
c)
Montesquieu
d)
Thomas Hobbes
8.

A government leader who has all the power

a)

Democracy

b)

Anarchy

c)

Absolutism

d)

Separation of Powers

9.
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
10.

what does heliocentric mean?

a)

idk

b)

sun is center of everything/universe

c)

includes helium

d)

oval

11.

Who invented the telegraph?

a)

Samuel Adams

b)

Samuel Morse

c)

Robert Fulton

d)

Francis Lowell

12.

The powered loom made textile producton easier. What is the best synonym for "textile?"

a)

Steel

b)

Coal

c)

Cloth

d)

Cotton

13.

The time period in the 1700s during which many Europeans began to break away from tradition and rethink political systems and social norms

a)

Rationalism

b)

Absolutism

c)

Age of Enlightenment

d)

Social Contract

14.

An agreement between the people and their government

a)

Constitutional Monarchy

b)

Social Contract

c)

Absolutism

d)

Age of Enlightenment

15.

Law of Gravity

a)

Galileo

b)

Newton

c)

Copernicus

d)

Bacon

16.

Who made the Cotton Gin?

a)

Robert Fulton

b)

Sam Morse

c)

Eli Whitney

d)

John Deere

17.

Before the Industrial Revolution what percent of the worlds population engaged in farming to keep its self and the other 20% from starving?

a)

63%

b)

73%

c)

80%

d)

27%

18.

What is this?

a)

Plow

b)

Steamboat

c)

Spinning Jenny

d)

Mechanical Reaper.

19.

Is child labor bad?

a)

No

b)

Yes

20.

Strike is...

a)

A work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work.

b)

An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit rather than by the state.

c)

The raw materials and means of labor for producing goods.

d)

System when they made goods in a home versus a factory.

21.

Political system in which a ruler has total power

a)

Rationalism

b)

Absolutism

c)

Age of Enlightenment

d)

Social Contract

22.

Newton Galileo Bacon and Copernicus where in which of the following?

a)

Enlightnment

b)

Industrial Revolution

c)

Scientific Revolution

23.

Ptolemy's view of the earth being in the center of the universe is called...

a)

Centrical

b)

Temracentric

c)

Heliocentric

d)

Geocentric

24.

Which inventions were made during the scientific revolution.

a)

Thermometer

b)

Barometer

c)

Telescope

d)

Microscope

25.

Who was the father of modern astronomy who came up with a Heliocentric model?

a)

Copernicus

b)

Bacon

c)

Newton

d)

Galileo

26.

Who was the father of experimental science who was tried for heresy?

a)

Bacon

b)

Newton

c)

Copernicus

d)

Galileo

27.

Who came up with the scientific method?

a)

Copernicus

b)

Newton

c)

Galileo

d)

Bacon

28.

Where did people get knowledge before the scientific revolution?

a)

Writings of ancient Greeks and Romans

b)

Ancient Chinese writings

c)

Catholic Church teachings

d)

Daoism

29.

What was the name of the period during the 1500's when people begin to use logic and reasoning to understand the world?

a)

Enlightenment

b)

Industrial Revolution

c)

Scientific Revolution

30.

Who's ideas included a social contract, natural rights, protection of the people, and the right to overthrow the government?

a)

Locke

b)

Montesquieu

c)

Rousseau

d)

Voltaire

31.

Who's ideas were that human nature was good and corrupted by society, the government should protect the genial will of the public, and limited government?

a)

Voltaire

b)

Rousseau

c)

Montesquieu

d)

Locke

32.

Who's belief in freedom of speech and religion and separation of church and state inspired the bill of rights?

a)

Rousseau

b)

Locke

c)

Montesquieu

d)

Voltare

33.

Who were absolute monarchs who granted some rights and freedoms to their people?

a)

Dictators

b)

Presidents

c)

Constitutional Monarchs

d)

Enlightened Despots

34.

What were the effects of the Enlightenment?

a)

Oppression of the people

b)

Logic and reason

c)

Revolutions

d)

Changes in the way governments function

35.

A series of workers and machines in a factory by which a succession of identical items is progressively put together

a)

domestic system

b)

assembly line

c)

industrialism

d)

monopoly

36.

An economic system where machines do work that was once performed by humans

a)

mass production

b)

urbanization

c)

trade union

d)

industrialism

37.

An exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service

a)

monopoly

b)

mass production

c)

factory system

d)

division of labor

38.

A method of production that brought machines and workers together in one place

a)

domestic system

b)

interchangeable parts

c)

factory system

d)

trade union

39.

The manufacturing of large quantities of standardized products often using assembly lines or automated technology

a)

interchangeable parts

b)

capitalism

c)

strike

d)

mass production

40.

The raw materials and labor needed for producing goods

a)

means of production

b)

interchangeable parts

c)

trade union

d)

mass production

41.

The assignment of different parts of a manufacturing process or task to different people in order to improve efficiency

a)

means of production

b)

division of labor

c)

strike

d)

socialism

42.

An organized association of workers in a trade or group of trades formed to protect and further their rights and interests

a)

capitalism

b)

socialism

c)

means of production

d)

trade union

43.

An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit rather than by the state

a)

factory system

b)

trade union

c)

capitaliism

d)

socialism

44.

Any system in which the production and distribution of goods and services is a shared responsibility of a group of people

a)

socialism

b)

capitalism

c)

communism

45.

Which inventions were made in the industrial revolution?

a)

Interchangeable Parts

b)

Telescope

c)

Steam Boat

d)

Steel plow

e)

Spinning Jenny

46.

What were the effects of the Industrial Revolution?

a)

Modernization

b)

Increase in church's power

c)

Urbanization

d)

Poor working conditions

e)

Changes in transportation