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Scientific Rev, Age of Exp, and Enlightenment Review

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Ptolemy developed which scientific theory?

a)

The laws of motion

b)

The heliocentric theory

c)

The scientific method

d)

The geocentric theory

2.

What event brought about new ways of thinking that also brought gradual changes to scientific thinking?

a)

The Age of Exploration

b)

The Fall of the Byzantine Empire

c)

The spread of Islam in Europe

d)

The Renaissance

3.

Check the 4 items that were exchanged in the Columbian Exchange.

a)

African slaves

b)

Livestock (horses, cows, pigs, sheep, chickens)

c)

Native American slaves

d)

Diseases (smallpox, influenza, typhoid)

e)

Corn, coffee, sugar, tomatoes

4.

Which of the following explorers did not sail for Spain?

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Hernan Cortes

d)

Francisco Pizarro

5.

Which of the following was not developed by Isaac Newton?

a)

Calculus

b)

Laws of gravity

c)

Discovery of Jupiter's moons

d)

3 laws of motion

6.

Why was Galileo Galilei charged with heresy by the Catholic Church?

a)

For confirming the heliocentric theory which went against biblical teachings

b)

For stating that the geocentric theory was true without providing evidence

c)

For his experiments on gravity in Pisa

d)

For discovering the craters on the moon and discovering Jupiter's moons

7.

Which of the following was not a main motivator for people to explore during the Age of Exploration?

a)

Gold

b)

God

c)

Glory

d)

Grace

8.

What is the philosophy of rationalism?

a)

All answers in life can be answered through study of the Bible and other religious texts

b)

The belief that only things that are real anything that can be seen, touched, or felt

c)

All questions and problems should be approached with logic and reason

d)

All are correct

9.

Which tool was brought over from the Middle East and used to help people find their location through measuring the stars?

a)

Compass

b)

Astrolabe

c)

Caravel

d)

Triangular sails

10.

What system did the Spanish put in place in their colonies that would force Native Americans to pay taxes and into doing labor in exchange for protection from rival tribes?

a)

Treaty of Tordesillas

b)

Encomienda System

c)

Atlantic Slave Trade

d)

Mercantilism

11.

Hernan Cortes conquered which Native American Empire?

a)

Iroquois

b)

Aztec

c)

Inca

d)

Maya

12.

Which explorer is credited as being the first person to circumnavigate the world?

a)

Francis Drake

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Bartholomeu Dias

d)

Ferdinand Magellan

13.

What is mercantilism?

a)

An economic theory believing that countries needed to control resources and trade in order to get wealthy

b)

The belief that the sun is the center of the universe and all planets revolve around it

c)

The exchange of goods, ideas, and diseases between the New World and the Old World

d)

The use of theorizing, experimentation, analysis, and observation in order to deduce how the world works

14.

What was the main purpose of bringing African slaves brought over to the New World?

a)

To wage war against Native Americans

b)

To help with exploration of the North and South American continents

c)

To serve in the European manufacturing sector

d)

To work on colonial plantations

15.

Johannes Kepler discovered that the planets orbit in what shape around the sun?

a)

Circular

b)

Triangular

c)

Figure 8

d)

Elliptical

16.

Francis Drake and Henry Hudson both sailed for what country?

a)

Spain

b)

England

c)

France

d)

Portugal

17.

What caused the majority of deaths of Native Americans after first contact with Europeans?

a)

Warfare against the Europeans

b)

Exposure to Old World diseases such as typhoid, influenza, and smallpox

c)

Inter-fighting between tribes competing for trade deals with the Europeans

d)

Being forced into slavery by the Spanish

18.

Which European country's economy most directly benefited from the mining described in this table?

a)

France

b)

Italy

c)

Spain

d)

England

19.
Until the Scientific Revolution, the traditional authorities were
a)
the Catholic Church and ancient scholars
b)
Muslim scribes
c)
navigators and explorers
d)
Confuscious and Ghandi
20.

Rene Descartes famously said "cogito, ergo sum," which translates to...

a)

I live, therefore I die

b)

I think, therefore I am

c)

I am what I am

d)

The sun will rise and the sun will set

21.

Check the 3 Enlightenment thinkers who are correctly matched with the book or essay they authored.

a)

Thomas Hobbes- Leviathan

b)

Baron de Montesquieu- The Social Contract

c)

Voltaire- Candide

d)

Denis Diderot- Two Treatises on Government

e)

Mary Wollstonecraft- A Vindication of the Rights of Women

22.

What is absolutism?

a)

The belief that god has chosen a king to rule over a kingdom

b)

A philosophy and practice where an individual or small group has total control of the government

c)

The belief that citizens must work together to form a government that does not violate individual rights

d)

None are correct

23.

Which of the following Enlightenment thinkers is correctly paired with their most well known philosophy?

a)

John Locke- Everyone is born with 3 unalienable rights (life, liberty, property)

b)

Voltaire- Freedom of speech and religion

c)

Jean Jacques Rousseau- A social contract is formed between citizens and the government with majority rule and consent of the governed

d)

Adam Smith- An economy grows with minimal government intervention. If the market is doing poorly, the "invisible hand" of the market will correct it.

e)

All are correct

24.

The belief that god has chosen a king to rule over a kingdom is called what?

a)

Divine right

b)

The social contract

c)

Salon

d)

Separation of powers