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2020-21 HCS 6th Grade 3d. Scientific Revolution and Enlighte

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

John Locke believed in what three natural rights?

a)

Life, Liberty, & Property

b)

Life, Equality, & Happiness

c)

Liberty, Equality, & Fraternite

d)

Live Free, Die Hard

2.
Enlightened thinkers based their philosophical beliefs on what two things?
a)
power and privilege
b)
money and fame
c)
good looks and charm
d)
reason and logic
3.

A period from the 1500s to the 1700s in which many scientific advances changed people's traditional beliefs.

a)

The Scientific Revolution

b)

The digital Revolution

c)

The French Revolution

d)

The Beatles Revolution

4.

Hobbes political system where one ruler should have all the power.

a)

Democracy

b)

Absolutism

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Monarchy

5.

During the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment, one similarity in the work of many scientists and philosophers was that they

a)

examined natural laws governing the universe

b)

favored an absolute monarchy as a way of improving economic conditions

6.

What is the philosophy that encouraged individual freedom and expression of logical thought?

a)

Humanism

b)

People-Centralism

c)

Logicalist

d)

Democracy

7.

Enlightenment thinkers like Locke and Montesquieu, stated government power should not be held by a single person/small group. Instead, they should be divided into 3 branches, including.... (Select ALL that are correct)

a)

Legislative

b)

Executive

c)

Judicial

d)

Mercantile

8.

Scientists like Galileo Galilee discovered new causes/explanations for how the universe worked. Such discoveries caused...

a)

Conflict between new ideas and the ideas of the establishment (Catholic Church)

b)

The average European to oppose the discoveries of science

c)

The Catholic Church to completely agree with scientists and their new information

d)

Other scientists to doubt their work and abandon scientific exploration

9.
Which idea was promoted by both the thinkers of the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment?
a)
Decisions and actions of governments should be based on past traditions.
b)
People should use reason and logic to understand the world.
c)
A strong military is necessary to keep society peaceful.
d)
Only God can grant an individual the authority to rule over others.
10.
Which Enlightenment philosopher believed that the government should be seperated into 3 branches?
a)
Locke
b)
Montesquieu
c)
Ptolemy
d)
Newton
11.

What factor sparked the start of the Scientific Revolution?

a)

the increasing popularity of Niccolo Machiavelli's writings

b)

the renewed interest in religious texts from Ancient Greece

c)

the scientific investigations of Leonardo da Vinci

d)

the humanist thought that developed in Europe during the Renaissance

12.
Enlightenment philosopher who believed to limit government, that it should be divided into separate branches that shared power.
a)
John Locke
b)
Montesquieu
c)
Rousseau
d)
Voltaire
13.
Enlightenment philosphers believe that if government abuses power the people should change it.
a)
True
b)
False
14.

Designed a Telescope to support Copernicus ideas, but for that he was imprisioned.

a)

Nicolaus Copernicus

b)

Descartes

c)

Baron de Montesquieu

d)

Galileo Galilei

15.

Designed a Telescope to support Copernicus ideas, but for that he was imprisioned.

a)

Nicolaus Copernicus

b)

Descartes

c)

Baron de Montesquieu

d)

Galileo Galilei

16.

He believed that the sun was the center of the universe. Earth and the other planets followed a circular path around the sun.

a)

Descartes

b)

Robert Hooke

c)

Nicolaus Copernicus

d)

Ptolomey