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Ch. 22 Short Test

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Define philosophe

a)

a social critic in Enlightenment France

b)

Philosophers

c)

A follower of the goddess Sofia

d)

the hero in the Greek tragedy The Orestia

2.

What was the Social Contract?

a)

people giving up power in exchange for order

b)

the Facebook User Agreement

c)

Kings were put in place by God

d)

The Church's justification for tithes

3.

"The Enlightenment" refers to ...

a)

An intellectual movement that stressed reason as a way to solve problems

b)

Martin Luther's 95 Theses

c)

The Church's response to The Reformation

d)

An intellectual movement that stressed all problems as ultimately unsolvable

4.

Montesquieu is best known for

a)

his beliefs about separating powers

b)

Arguing against freedom of religion

c)

Arguing against The Reformation

d)

His wide-brimmed feather hat, popular throughout Europe

5.

J. J. Rousseau was best known for

a)

believing in the value of individual freedom above all else

b)

arguing that laws ensured security

c)

Democracy was the worst government

d)

Class levels and hierarchies are necessary to keep order

6.

Mary Wollstonecraft

a)

argued that men and women should be given the same education

b)

argued that women should enter the male-dominated world of politics

c)

died giving birth to a daughter, Mary, who ended up writing Frankenstein

d)

all of these

7.
Places intellectuals went to discuss Enlightenment ideals
a)
Bars
b)
Salons
c)
Pubs
d)
Libraries
8.

When the government attempts to suppress speech or writing , it is called...

a)

salon

b)

censorship

c)

enlightenment

d)

neoclassical

9.

Monarchs who held absolute power but felt sympathetic with Enlightenment ideals and try to make reforms in their kingdoms.

a)

Absolute monarchs

b)

Tyrants

c)

Enlightened Despots

d)

Philosophes

10.
Enlightenment philosopher who edited the Encyclopedia to help educate the public.
a)
Voltaire
b)
Denis Diderot
c)
Mary Wollstonecraft
d)
Adam Smith
11.
The Enlightenment began on what continent?
a)
Asia
b)
Europe
c)
North America
d)
South America
12.

Who called himsef/herself the "first servant of the state"?

a)

Louis XIV

b)

Frederick II

c)

Joseph II

d)

Catherine II

13.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."Declaration of Independence, 1776In this passage of the Declaration, which Enlightenment philosopher's ideas are present? 
a)
John Locke's natural rights
b)
Montesquieu's separation of powers
c)
Thomas Hobbe's social contract theory
d)
Beccaria's end of cruel and unusual punishment
14.
This was the first Parliamentary Act that the American colonists began to boycott because of "no taxation without representation."
a)
Townshend Acts
b)
Navigational Acts
c)
Stamp Act
d)
Coercive Acts
15.
Which document was based on the Enlightenment ideals and established the separation of the colonies from Britain?
a)
English Bill of Rights
b)
US Constitution
c)
Declaration of Independence
d)
Declaration of the Rights of Man
16.
-Very little power was given to the Federal Government
-States had the majority of power
-Federal government could not tax or raise and army
All of these are examples of 
a)
Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
b)
Strengths of the Articles of Confederation
c)
Weaknesses of the U.S. Constitution
d)
Strengths of the U.S. Constitution
17.
What was added to the U.S.Constitution to guarantee that people's individual freedoms would be protected under the law?
a)
Bill of Rights
b)
Petition of Right
c)
Habeas Corpus
d)
Preamble
18.
In which battle did the American colonists defeat Britain and win the American Revolution?
a)
Yorktown
b)
Breed's Hill
c)
Saratoga
d)
Valley Forge
19.
What is Habeas Corpus?
a)
Right for prisoner to know charges against them
b)
Right to be able to bury a family member's body
c)
Right to protect your home against invasion
d)
Right to freedom of speech
20.

What is the defintion of Geocentric?

a)

Model of the universe with Earth at the center

b)

The Sun is the center of the universe.

c)

I am not sure

d)

Giving power to multiple branches of government to limit individual power

21.

What is the definition of Heliocentric?

a)

Model of the universe with the Sun at the center

b)

Model of the universe with Earth at the center

c)

Process of using scientific methods to discover truth about the world.

d)

I am not sure

22.
A series of steps used by scientists to solve a problem or answer a question. 
a)
scientific method
b)
recipe
c)
data collection
d)
metric system
23.

Who discovered the idea of gravity?

a)

Copernicus

b)

Galileo

c)

Newton

24.

What fell from the tree to prove gravity?

a)

Orange

b)

Pear

c)

Pineapple

d)

Apple

25.

What event was influenced by the Scientific Revolution?

a)

Enlightenment

b)

World War II

c)

Cold War

d)

Imperialism

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