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Chapter 8 Review 2022

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Copernicus argued that the planets revolved around the _____.

a)

Earth

b)

Sun

c)

Moon

d)

Stars

2.

_____ was a mathematician who showed that the orbits of the planets were elliptical.

a)

Kepler

b)

Galileo

c)

Copernicus

d)

Newton

3.

The Church attacked Galileo because he defended the system that said the _____ revolved around the sun.

a)

moon

b)

sun

c)

earth

d)

stars

4.

Newton’s universal law of gravitation was important because it could explain all the _____ in the universe.

a)

motion

b)

matter

c)

planets

d)

math

5.

Copernicus’s, Kepler’s, and Galileo’s theories were important because they all contributed to proving that the universe was centered around _____.

a)

sun

b)

earth

c)

mars

d)

the stars

6.

explains why planetary bodies stay in orbit around the sun

a)

universal law of gravitation

b)

Nicolaus Copernicus

c)

Articles of Confederation

d)

laissez-faire

7.

first European to explore the universe with a telescope

a)

Nicolaus Copernicus

b)

Galileo Galilei

c)

René Descartes

d)

John Locke

8.

America's first constitution

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Articles of Confederation

c)

laissez-faire

d)

Bill of Rights

9.

argued that people are born with a blank mind

a)

Nicolaus Copernicus

b)

Galileo Galilei

c)

René Descartes

d)

John Locke

10.

style that emphasized grace and charm

a)

rococo

b)

baroque

c)

laissez-faire

d)

tabula rasa

11.

father of modern rationalism

a)

Kepler

b)

Diderot

c)

Rousseau

d)

Descartes

12.

believed that the universe was heliocentric

a)

John Locke

b)

Nicolaus Copernicus

c)

Galileo Galilei

d)

René Descartes

13.

ten amendments that guarantee certain freedoms

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Articles of Confederation

c)

Constitution

d)

Bill of Rights

14.

argued that people are born with a blank mind

a)

John Locke

b)

Isaac Newton

c)

Rene Descartes

d)

Montesquieu

15.

idea that the state should not interfere with the economy

a)

universal law of gravitation

b)

rococo

c)

laissez-faire

d)

social contract

16.

British tax on newspapers and other printed materials

a)

Boston Tea Party

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Revolution

d)

scientific method

17.

The scientific method grew out of the belief that the world is best understood through

a)

imagination

b)

direct observation.

c)

the teachings of Aristotle.

d)

a geocentric view of the universe.

18.

Which idea of Baron Montesquieu has been incorporated into the U.S. Constitution?

a)

social contract

b)

economic laissez-faire

c)

religious tolerance

d)

separation of governmental powers

19.

Voltaire championed the religious philosophy of deism, which was based on

a)

reason and natural law.

b)

superstition.

c)

human nature and social conflict.

d)

biblical text.

20.

According to Rousseau's concept of the social contract

a)

a society agrees to be governed by its general will.

b)

a government should exact harsh punishment for crime.

c)

the government should not interfere in economic affairs.

d)

people should be governed by their individual morality.

21.

Which founding document was the first constitution of the United States?

a)

Bill of Rights

b)

Treaty of Paris

c)

Articles of Confederation

d)

Declaration of Independence

22.

How did new technology such as the telescope and new theories such as Pascal’s Law lay the foundation of the Scientific Revolution?

a)

The government used them to make scientific laws.

b)

Scientists used them to create more new inventions and theories.

c)

Ordinary people used them in their everyday life.

d)

Philosophers used them to think about ancient Greek ideas.

23.

Which of the following made it possible for scientists to practice direct observation?

a)

natural philosophers

b)

Greek thinkers

c)

the telescope and microscope

d)

the printing press

24.

Many intellectuals of the 1500s and 1600s did not take Margaret Cavendish’s work seriously because

a)

she did not believe in rationalism.

b)

her work was not logical.

c)

her work was not signed.

d)

she was a woman.

25.

Francis Bacon believed that scientists should

a)

use reasoning.

b)

develop their own scientific methods.

c)

study philosophy.

d)

rely on ancient authorities

26.

The goal of the Enlightenment thinkers was to use the scientific method to keep society the same.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Montesquieu studied a system of government in which separation of powers caused the parts of the government to control and limit each other.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

Deism was a religious philosophy based on faith and the rule of God.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

Laissez-faire is an economic doctrine that says the state should control the economy.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

Rousseau argued that society should be governed by the military.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

Diderot’s Encyclopedia was used to

a)

attack religious superstition.

b)

overturn capital punishment.

c)

support the Catholic Church.

d)

suppress Enlightenment ideas.

32.

According to Rousseau, general will represents what is best for the

a)

government.

b)

peasants and lower classes.

c)

entire community.

d)

aristocratic and middle classes.

33.

Mary Wollstonecraft’s ideas about the rights of women were based on

a)

women’s need to live the same conditions as men.

b)

the idea that women have reason, like men.

c)

the unfairness of women not having the same rights as men.

d)

the government’s unfair ideas about women’s rights.

34.

Education spread widely during the enlightenment because

a)

books were written by the elite.

b)

schools were free for everyone.

c)

churches promoted education.

d)

reading material was aimed at the masses.

35.

Unlike baroque style, rococo art depicted

a)

the pursuit of pleasure, happiness, and love.

b)

grandeur and power.

c)

religious figures.

d)

social struggle

36.

Great Britain passed the Stamp Act in order to collect __________ from the colonies.

a)

money

b)

freedom

c)

land

d)

government

37.

__________ was the commander in chief of the Continental Army.

a)

Alexander Hamilton

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

George Washington

d)

John Adams

38.

The colonies feared a strong __________.

a)

central government

b)

king

c)

legislative

d)

economy

39.

The __________ created a weak central government that did not have the power to solve the country’s problems.

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Constitution

c)

The Articles of Confederation

d)

Laws of Motion and Gravitation

40.

The U.S. Constitution outlined a federal system with these three branches of government: __________, __________, and __________.

a)

executive, legislative, judicial

b)

Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria

c)

King, Queen, and Prince

d)

congress, senate, house of representatives

41.

Because of the Stamp Act, what had to carry a stamp?

a)

tea

b)

weapons

c)

printed materials

d)

all imported products

42.

By approving the Declaration of Independence, a whole people had officially declared their right to

a)

form a militia.

b)

choose their government.

c)

meet in public.

d)

print their own materials.

43.

The federal system is a form of government in which power is

a)

shared between the new nation and the British empire.

b)

given exclusively to the executive branch.

c)

given to the judicial branch.

d)

shared between national and state governments.

44.

Why did many European intellectuals admire the U.S. Revolution and its Constitution and Bill of Rights?

a)

The colonies’ ideas came from the ideals of natural rights proposed in the Enlightenment.

b)

Europeans were the ancestors of the people who went to North America to found the colonies.

c)

The U.S. Constitution was based on the constitutions of successful European countries.

d)

All of Europe wanted to be able to win a war as easily as the colonists’ had.

45.

Earth-centered

a)

Geocentric

b)

Heliocentric

46.

Sun-centered

a)

Geocentric

b)

Heliocentric

47.

French for “philosopher”

a)

Philosophe

b)

Philosopher

c)

Intellectual

d)

Deism

48.

the elegant urban drawing rooms where, in the eighteenth century, writers, artists, aristocrats, government officials, and wealthy middle-class people gathered to discuss the ideas of the philosophes

a)

salon

b)

rococo

c)

baroque

d)

enlightenment