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WorksheetsCh. 8 The Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
From what did Mary Wollstonecraft base her argument that women should have equal rights?
Teachings of the Catholic Church
The work and discoveries of Rene Descartes
Belief that God made her the spokesperson for women's rights.
Women could reason just as well as men
What is one similarity between the Scientific Revolution & the Enlightenment?
Had the support of the Catholic Church
Put an end to serfdom
Emphasized the importance of human reasoning
Followed the traditional teachings & beliefs
Until the Scientific Revolution, all of the following were traditional authorities EXCEPT:
Ancient scholars
Monarchs
The Church
The common people
The Scientific Revolution, and a new way of thinking began in?
Mid-1500's
1700's
1400's
1300's
"New Science" was based on all of the following EXCEPT:
Experimentation
Church teachings
Observation
Scientific reasoning
Which scientist urged people to doubt everything until it could be proven by reason?
Isaac Newton
Francis Bacon
Rene Descartes
Galileo Galilei
Which revolutionary scientist was the first to argue about the heliocentric theory?
Ptolemy
Copernicus
Kepler
Voltaire
The application of reason to the natural world resulted in the 1700’s being known as what?
The Age of Revolution
The Great Awakening
The Renaissance
The Age of Enlightenment
Which scientist is most closely associated with the scientific method?
Galileo Galilei
Copernicus
Francis Bacon
Isaac Newton
Who has rightly been called the father of modern rationalism?
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Rene Descartes
_____ was put under house arrest for challenging traditional teachings.
Isaac Newton
Galileo Galilei
Copernicus
Francis Bacon
____ viewed the universe as a "mechanical clock" and discovered laws of gravity.
Keppler
Copernicus
Francis Bacon
Isaac Newton
Which scientist was the first to dissect human bodies to better understand our anatomy?
Rene Descartes
William Harvey
Andreas Vesalius
Edward Jenner
The Enlightenment takes it's greatest hold on what city?
Vienna
Paris
Boston
Madrid
All of the following are Enlightenment Ideas EXCEPT:
Kings should rule with absolute power
People have natural rights
Governments should serve the people
Powers of the government should be separated
The theory that people are a blank slate and molded by their experiences?
Rationalism
Enlightenment
Social Strain Theory
Tabula Rasa
Which philosopher believed in natural rights, and the governments purpose was to protect them?
Thomas Hobbes
Voltaire
Baron de Montesquieu
John Locke
The political belief that one ruler should hold all the power?
Feudalism
Constitutional Monarchy
Absolutism
Democracy
The belief that the King is God's representative on Earth and chosen to rule?
Divine Right
Absolutism
Rationalism
Declarations of Right
Which philosopher believed the purpose of government was to provide order & obedience?
John Locke
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Voltaire
Thomas Hobbes
Which philosopher wrote the Social Contract, which said the gov. was guided by the general will
Baron de Montesuieu
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
John Locke
Voltaire
Which philosopher believed in the separation of powers & checks/ balances in gov.?
Baron de Montesquieu
Voltaire
Diderot
Thomas Hobbes
The theory that Earth is the center of the universe?
Heliocentric Theory
Geocentric Theory
Tabula Rasa
Divine Right
The new ideas of the Enlightenment encouraged people around the world to?
Support their absolute ruler
Call for church leaders to rule
Engage is revolutions to establish democracies
Look for leaders with dictatorial powers
Which of the following is not a characteristic of Enlightenment beliefs?
Focus on the individual
Progress in humankind
Nature is good and resonable
Divine Right
