WorksheetsScientific Rev, Age of Exp, and Enlightenment Review
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 24mins
Ptolemy developed which scientific theory?
The laws of motion
The heliocentric theory
The scientific method
The geocentric theory
What event brought about new ways of thinking that also brought gradual changes to scientific thinking?
The Age of Exploration
The Fall of the Byzantine Empire
The spread of Islam in Europe
The Renaissance
Check the 4 items that were exchanged in the Columbian Exchange.
African slaves
Livestock (horses, cows, pigs, sheep, chickens)
Native American slaves
Diseases (smallpox, influenza, typhoid)
Corn, coffee, sugar, tomatoes
Which of the following explorers did not sail for Spain?
Ferdinand Magellan
Christopher Columbus
Hernan Cortes
Francisco Pizarro
Which of the following was not developed by Isaac Newton?
Calculus
Laws of gravity
Discovery of Jupiter's moons
3 laws of motion
Why was Galileo Galilei charged with heresy by the Catholic Church?
For confirming the heliocentric theory which went against biblical teachings
For stating that the geocentric theory was true without providing evidence
For his experiments on gravity in Pisa
For discovering the craters on the moon and discovering Jupiter's moons
Which of the following was not a main motivator for people to explore during the Age of Exploration?
Gold
God
Glory
Grace
What is the philosophy of rationalism?
All answers in life can be answered through study of the Bible and other religious texts
The belief that only things that are real anything that can be seen, touched, or felt
All questions and problems should be approached with logic and reason
All are correct
Which tool was brought over from the Middle East and used to help people find their location through measuring the stars?
Compass
Astrolabe
Caravel
Triangular sails
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?
Treaty of Tordesillas
Encomienda System
Atlantic Slave Trade
Mercantilism
Hernan Cortes conquered which Native American Empire?
Iroquois
Aztec
Inca
Maya
Which explorer is credited as being the first person to circumnavigate the world?
Francis Drake
Christopher Columbus
Bartholomeu Dias
Ferdinand Magellan
What is mercantilism?
An economic theory believing that countries needed to control resources and trade in order to get wealthy
The belief that the sun is the center of the universe and all planets revolve around it
The exchange of goods, ideas, and diseases between the New World and the Old World
The use of theorizing, experimentation, analysis, and observation in order to deduce how the world works
What was the main purpose of bringing African slaves brought over to the New World?
To wage war against Native Americans
To help with exploration of the North and South American continents
To serve in the European manufacturing sector
To work on colonial plantations
Johannes Kepler discovered that the planets orbit in what shape around the sun?
Circular
Triangular
Figure 8
Elliptical
Francis Drake and Henry Hudson both sailed for what country?
Spain
England
France
Portugal
What caused the majority of deaths of Native Americans after first contact with Europeans?
Warfare against the Europeans
Exposure to Old World diseases such as typhoid, influenza, and smallpox
Inter-fighting between tribes competing for trade deals with the Europeans
Being forced into slavery by the Spanish
Which European country's economy most directly benefited from the mining described in this table?
France
Italy
Spain
England
Rene Descartes famously said "cogito, ergo sum," which translates to...
I live, therefore I die
I think, therefore I am
I am what I am
The sun will rise and the sun will set
Check the 3 Enlightenment thinkers who are correctly matched with the book or essay they authored.
Thomas Hobbes- Leviathan
Baron de Montesquieu- The Social Contract
Voltaire- Candide
Denis Diderot- Two Treatises on Government
Mary Wollstonecraft- A Vindication of the Rights of Women
What is absolutism?
The belief that god has chosen a king to rule over a kingdom
A philosophy and practice where an individual or small group has total control of the government
The belief that citizens must work together to form a government that does not violate individual rights
None are correct
Which of the following Enlightenment thinkers is correctly paired with their most well known philosophy?
John Locke- Everyone is born with 3 unalienable rights (life, liberty, property)
Voltaire- Freedom of speech and religion
Jean Jacques Rousseau- A social contract is formed between citizens and the government with majority rule and consent of the governed
Adam Smith- An economy grows with minimal government intervention. If the market is doing poorly, the "invisible hand" of the market will correct it.
All are correct
The belief that god has chosen a king to rule over a kingdom is called what?
Divine right
The social contract
Salon
Separation of powers
