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Einstein's Special Relativity

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In what year did Einstein develop his theory of relativity?

a)

1880

b)

1905

c)

1914

d)

1921

2.

According to Einstein what quantity is subjective and variable?

a)

time

b)

energy

c)

matter

d)

God

3.

Where did Einstein migrate form and to when fleeing Nazi persecution?

a)

Germany : England

b)

Soviet Union : Germany

c)

Germany : US

d)

US : England

e)

Germany : Switzerland

4.

T/F Einstein was a good student.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

What was Charles Darwin's famous work?

a)

Mein Kampf

b)

Communist Manifesto

c)

Theory of Relativity

d)

Origin of Species

6.

Who voyage on the RMS Beagle to the Galapagos Islands greatly influenced his view?

a)

Charles Darwin

b)

Karl Marx

c)

Albert Einstein

7.

What mechanism did Darwin assert could explain evolutionary development?

a)

natural selection

b)

unified field theory

c)

quantum mechanics

d)

socialism

8.

Social Darwinism is the extension of "survival of the fittest" to what?

a)

the material world

b)

human society

c)

microbacteria

d)

animal kingdom

e)

plant kingdom

9.

Which is true of the new ideas of Marx, Darwin, and Einstein?

a)

They all proved to be false

b)

They challenged previously accepted ideas and questioned how many viewed the world

c)

They strengthened people's faith in the church and their cultural institutions

d)

They all proved to be true

10.

Who did Marx see as the greatest threat to human happiness? Who did he see as the it's greatest hope?

a)

capitalists : workers

b)

workers : capitalists

c)

lower classes : middle classes

d)

scientists : religious people

e)

religious people : scientists

11.

Who were the proletariat?

a)

workers

b)

business owners

c)

middle class

d)

nobility

12.

Who were the bourgeoisie?

a)

workers

b)

middle class

c)

nobility

d)

clergy

13.

What did Marx believe had to be destroyed to achieve equality?

a)

religion

b)

private property

c)

labor unions

d)

capitalism

e)

socialism

14.

Marx advocated that everything

a)

should be owned by individuals

b)

should be owned by the government

15.

Who proved to be the biggest advocates for Marx's ideas?

a)

clergy

b)

scientists

c)

dictators

d)

democracies

e)

workers