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WorksheetsScientific Revolution & Enlightenment Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
In a Vindication of the Rights of Women, this political thinker presented an argument for the education of women. She also declared that women should have the same political rights as men.
Voltaire
Rousseau
Wollstonecraft
Locke
What reflects the correct sequence of steps used in the scientific process?
observation, question, hypothesis, experimentation, conclusion
question, experimentation, hypothesis, observation, conclusion
question, observation, hypothesis, experimentation, conclusion
observation, question, experimentation, hypothesis, conclusion
This political thinker felt that people are reasonable beings. He supported self-government and argued that the purpose of government is to protect the natural rights of people. If government fails to protect these natural rights, he said, citizens have the right to overthrow it.
Rousseau
Voltaire
Locke
Beccaria
The heliocentric, or sun-centered, theory was first proposed by?
Isaac Newton
Galileo Galilei
Nicolaus Copernicus
Francis Bacon
What was Newton’s law of universal gravitation?
All physical objects are affected equally by the same force.
The earth and other planets revolve around the sun.
A falling object accelerates at a fixed and predictable rate.
The physical world consists of four elements--earth, air, fire, and water.
This philosopher strongly disagreed with other philosophers on a number of matters. For instance, although most philosophers believed that reason, science, and art improve the lives of all people, he argued that civilization corrupts peoples' natural goodness.
Voltaire
Rousseau
Montesquieu
Locke
This philosopher's masterful use of satire got him into frequent trouble with the clergy, the aristocracy, and the government of France. Despite serving two prison terms and being exiled, he never stopped fighting for tolerance, reason, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech.
Volatire
Rousseau
Montesquieu
Locke
This political thinker believed that all humans are naturally selfish and wicked. He argued therefore, that strong governments are necessary to control human behavior. To avoid chaos, he said, people enter into a social contract. They give up their rights in exchange for law and order.
Locke
Hobbes
Volatire
Montesquieu
This philosopher's ideas greatly influenced criminal law reformers in Europe and North America. He argued against the use of torture and other common abuses of justice.
Voltaire
Beccaria
Rousseau
Locke
This aristocratic philosopher was devoted to the study of the political liberty. He proposed that separation of powers would keep any individual or group from gaining total control of a government.
Voltaire
Rousseau
Locke
Montesquieu
Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven were all Enlightenment __________.
writers
composers
philosophes
monarchs
"I do not agree with a word you say but will defend to the death your right to say it.” What governmental theory does this quote relate to?
Freedom of Speech
Checks and Balances
Social Contract
Popular Sovereignty
Catherine the Great
Ruled Russia as an enlightened despot
Ruled Prussia as an enlightened despot
Ruled Austria as an enlightened despot
Composed classical music
Frederick the Great
Composed classical music
Ruled Russia as an enlightened despot
Ruled Prussia as an enlightened despot
Ruled Austria as an enlightened despot
Joseph II
Composed classical music
Ruled Russia as an enlightened despot
Ruled Prussia as an enlightened despot
Ruled Austria as an enlightened despot
