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WorksheetsEnlightenment and Revolutions Review
Total questions: 72
Worksheet time: 41mins
Sir Isaac Newton defined what?
Three laws of motion
The Earth moved on an axis
Math is important
Blood flows in a complete circuit
In what area did the women who were involved in science work?
Chemistry
Astronomy
Medicine
Math
Who discovered the comet?
Jane Austen
Margaret Cavendish
Maria Winkelmann
Marie Curie
In what country did many women who were involved in science from?
Germany
Italy
Norway
France
Whose works were written and not taken very seriously?
Margaret Cavendish
Marie Curie
Maria Winkelmann
Jane Austen
When looking at human bodies and organs in the 16th century, what was discovered?
The heart pumps blood and organs are real
The heart is the beginning point for circulation and the heart pumps blood
The heart is the beginning point for circulation of blood and blood flowed through veins and arteries
Blood flows through a complete circuit and the heart pumps a lot of blood
Which two people dissected bodies and described organs more accurately?
William Harvey and Andreas Vesalius
Robert Boyle and Blaise Pascal
William Harvey and Antoine Lavoisier
Andreas Vesalius and Robert Boyle
Who discovered that there were mountains on the moon, four moons revolving around Jupiter, and sunspots?
Sir Isaac Newton
William Harvey
Galileo Galilei
Blaise Pascal
What subject played a really big and important role?
Reading
Math
Writing
Art
What invention during the scientific revolution helped news to spread faster and easier?
Radio
Television
Library
Printing press
What two things were invented made more scientific discoveries possible?
Radio and television
Telescope and microscope
Telescope and radio
Microscope and laptop
During the scientific revolution, what was encouraged?
Old ways of thinking
Great ways of thinking
New ways of thinking
Horrible ways of thinking
What two languages were mastered by many?
English and French
German and Italian
Greek and Latin
Latin and German
Why do new ideas often spark change? Think back to your notes from the previous two lessons.
What were the thinkers of the Enlightenment's four favorite words?
John Locke argued that...
Natural laws could be uncovered through investigations
Every person is born with a tabula rasa
The physical world and everything in it is like a giant world machine
Natural laws governed human society
Enlightenment thinkers began to believe that if _______ was changed and people were exposed to the right influences, then they could be changed to create a new and better society.
Societies
The world
Environments
Studies
Isaac Newton believed the world and everything in it was like a...
Giant clock
Big investigation
Natural law
Giant world machine
Philosophers were...
Writers, readers, artists, and government officials
Golfers, soccer players, football players, and artists
Writers, professors, journalists, economists, and social reformers
Professors, journalists, artists, and golfers
Where did most philosophers come from?
Upper class and nobility
Nobility and kings
Middle class and lower class
Middle class and nobility
To the philosophers, their role was to...
Change the world
Make the world a better place
Read to those who couldn't
Give money to the arts
Most philosophers at the time were French, but some were...
Greek
Italian
English
Latin
Montesquieu stated the government had what?
3 branches
Monarch
Courts of law
4 branches
According to Montesquieu, the government functioned through separation of powers with checks and balances.
True
False
What group of philosophers took Montesquieu's work and included its principles in their own constitution?
Italian philosophers
Greek philosophers
American philosophers
French philosophers
Who fought against religious intolerance in France?
Montesquieu
Diderot
Smith
Voltaire
Deism is based on...
Reason and religious philosophy
Reason and physical law
Reason and natural law
Deists viewed God as...?
A ruler
The creator or the universe
An artist
A clock
Deists viewed the universe as a...?
Creator
Clock
Clockmaker
Natural law
Who was the clockmaker that set the world in motion and allowed it to run without any help?
God
Voltaire
Montesquieu
Diderot
Whose most famous contribution was the encyclopedia?
Montesquieu
Diderot
Smith
Voltaire
What was sold mostly to doctors, clergymen, teachers, and lawyers?
Ideas
Thesaurus
Dictionary
Encyclopedia
He was viewed as the founder of the modern social science of economics.
Montesquieu
Smith
Voltaire
Diderot
The idea of the social contract was that...
An entire society agrees to be governed by its general even if you want to follow your own self-interests
An entire society agrees to all be happy
An entire society agrees not to fight anymore
An entire society agrees to give gifts to someone each day
Rousseau thought that _________ and __________ were important to human development.
Reason and natural law
Emotions and realism
Emotions and reason
Physical law and reason
Who was seen as the founder of the modern European and American movement for women's rights?
Maria Winkelmann
Catherine Medici
Marie Curie
Mary Wollstonecraft
What were directed at the new reading public of the middle class?
Newspapers
Books
Coffeehouses
Salons
Where did discussions between writers, artists, government officials, and wealthy middle-class people take place?
Salons and barber shops
Coffeehouses and outdoor venues
Coffehouses and salons
Backyards and salons
Most Europeans in the 18th century were ...
Catholic
Deists
Methodists
Christians
What new religious movement was the work of John Wesley?
Methodism
Deism
Catholicism
Christianity
Balthasar Neumann, a famous architect, had two masterpieces named __________ and ___________.
The Residence and the Church of the Thirteen Saints
Church of the Thirteen Saints and The Residence
Church of the Saints and the Residence
Church of the Fourteen Saints and the Residence
This new art style emphasized grace, charm, and gentle action.
Baroque
Rococo
Conceptual
Minimalism
Mozart gave his first concert at what age?
6
12
13
7
Mozart and Hadyn wrote what type of music?
Rock
Classical
Jazz
Folk
Philosophes believed in natural rights for all people. These rights included:
Equality before law, freedom of religious worship, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and rights to assemble, hold property, and pursue happiness
No laws, no freedom of religious worship, no freedom of speech, no freedom of press, no right to assemble
In this system, rulers tried to govern by Enlightenment principles while maintaining royal powers.
Enlightened monarchy
Absolutism
Enlightened absolutism
Enlightenment
What two Prussian kings made Prussia a major European power in the 18th century?
Frederick William II and Frederick I
William Frederick I and Frederick I
William Frederick I and Frederick II
Frederick William I and Frederick II
Although Prussia was a small state, they had the _____ largest army at the end of Frederick William's reign.
4th
3rd
5th
6th
Members of nobility in Prussia were the officers as a part of the _____.
English army
Prussian army
French army
Russian army
Frederick II was also known as _____.
Frederick the Great
Frederick II
Frederick the Most Noble
King Frederick
Empress Maria Theresa had a son named Joseph II. What did he do during his reign?
Kept the death penalty, freed the serfs, made religious reforms that alienated the Catholic Church
Got rid of the death penalty, did not free the serfs, made religious reforms that alienated the Catholic Church
Got rid of the death penalty, freed the serfs, did not make any religious reforms
Got rid of the death penalty, freed the serfs, made religious reforms that alienated the Catholic Church
Who ruled Russia after her husband was killed by nobles?
Catherine II
Catherine I
Catherine the Noble
Catherine of Russia
Both Catherine II and Frederick II liked to talk about the enlightened reforms, but their priority was ______.
Beginning a brand new rule
Maintaining the existing system
Starting over and building an army
Changing most but not all things
Did the philosophes like war?
Yes
No
Who invaded the Austrian Silesia and hoped to add it to land in Prussia?
Frederick II
Empress Maria Theresa
Charles VI
Frederick I
The War of the Austrian Succession was fought in how many areas of the world?
1
2
3
4
Who refused to give up Silesia after the war was over?
Prussia
Russia
Germany
France
During the French-Austrian rivalry, France abandoned Prussia to form an alliance with Austria.
True
False
Austria, Russia, and France were allies during the French-Austrian rivalry.
True
False
What Russian czar withdrew Russian troops from the conflict with Austria toward the end of the Seven Years' War?
Peter I
Peter II
Peter III
Peter IV
During the Seven Years' War in India, what country was India left to?
Austria
France
Britain
Russia
During the Seven Years' War, what two countries fought for the waterways of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the unsettled Ohio River valley?
Britain
England
Russia
France
Britain seized Montreal, the Great Lakes area, and the Ohio River valley in North America.
True
False
In North America, the British controlled what parts?
Canada and 13 colonies on the western coast
Mexico and 13 colonies on the eastern coast
Canada and 13 colonies on the eastern coast
Mexico and 13 colonies on the western coast
By 1750, the British colonies contained how many people?
2 million
1 million
3 million
2.5 million
Fighting erupted between colonists and the British army in April 1775 in _____________.
Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts
Saratoga, New York
Ticonderoga
Washington
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
John Adams
When General Cornwallis was forced to surrender to the American and French forces under Washington at Yorktown in 1781, what did the British decide to do?
Fight back again
Rest and then fight again
End this war but begin a new one
End the war
The United States' first constitution was called ____.
Articles
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
Treaty of Paris
The proposed Constitution of the United States created a federal system in which the national and state governments shared power.
True
False
The 10 amendments the states approved were called what?
Bill of Rights
Constitution
Articles of Confederation
Federal system
Many of the rights in the Bill of Rights were taken from the natural rights proposed by who?
17th century philosophes
18th century philosophes
John Locke
16th century philosophes
