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Enlightenment and Revolutions Review

Total questions: 72

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Sir Isaac Newton defined what?

a)

Three laws of motion

b)

The Earth moved on an axis

c)

Math is important

d)

Blood flows in a complete circuit

2.

In what area did the women who were involved in science work?

a)

Chemistry

b)

Astronomy

c)

Medicine

d)

Math

3.

Who discovered the comet?

a)

Jane Austen

b)

Margaret Cavendish

c)

Maria Winkelmann

d)

Marie Curie

4.

In what country did many women who were involved in science from?

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

Norway

d)

France

5.

Whose works were written and not taken very seriously?

a)

Margaret Cavendish

b)

Marie Curie

c)

Maria Winkelmann

d)

Jane Austen

6.

When looking at human bodies and organs in the 16th century, what was discovered?

a)

The heart pumps blood and organs are real

b)

The heart is the beginning point for circulation and the heart pumps blood

c)

The heart is the beginning point for circulation of blood and blood flowed through veins and arteries

d)

Blood flows through a complete circuit and the heart pumps a lot of blood

7.

Which two people dissected bodies and described organs more accurately?

a)

William Harvey and Andreas Vesalius

b)

Robert Boyle and Blaise Pascal

c)

William Harvey and Antoine Lavoisier

d)

Andreas Vesalius and Robert Boyle

8.

Who discovered that there were mountains on the moon, four moons revolving around Jupiter, and sunspots?

a)

Sir Isaac Newton

b)

William Harvey

c)

Galileo Galilei

d)

Blaise Pascal

9.

What subject played a really big and important role?

a)

Reading

b)

Math

c)

Writing

d)

Art

10.

What invention during the scientific revolution helped news to spread faster and easier?

a)

Radio

b)

Television

c)

Library

d)

Printing press

11.

What two things were invented made more scientific discoveries possible?

a)

Radio and television

b)

Telescope and microscope

c)

Telescope and radio

d)

Microscope and laptop

12.

During the scientific revolution, what was encouraged?

a)

Old ways of thinking

b)

Great ways of thinking

c)

New ways of thinking

d)

Horrible ways of thinking

13.

What two languages were mastered by many?

a)

English and French

b)

German and Italian

c)

Greek and Latin

d)

Latin and German

14.

Why do new ideas often spark change? Think back to your notes from the previous two lessons.

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15.

What were the thinkers of the Enlightenment's four favorite words?

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16.

John Locke argued that...

a)

Natural laws could be uncovered through investigations

b)

Every person is born with a tabula rasa

c)

The physical world and everything in it is like a giant world machine

d)

Natural laws governed human society

17.

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.

a)

Societies

b)

The world

c)

Environments

d)

Studies

18.

Isaac Newton believed the world and everything in it was like a...

a)

Giant clock

b)

Big investigation

c)

Natural law

d)

Giant world machine

19.

Philosophers were...

a)

Writers, readers, artists, and government officials

b)

Golfers, soccer players, football players, and artists

c)

Writers, professors, journalists, economists, and social reformers

d)

Professors, journalists, artists, and golfers

20.

Where did most philosophers come from?

a)

Upper class and nobility

b)

Nobility and kings

c)

Middle class and lower class

d)

Middle class and nobility

21.

To the philosophers, their role was to...

a)

Change the world

b)

Make the world a better place

c)

Read to those who couldn't

d)

Give money to the arts

22.

Most philosophers at the time were French, but some were...

a)

Greek

b)

Italian

c)

English

d)

Latin

23.

Montesquieu stated the government had what?

a)

3 branches

b)

Monarch

c)

Courts of law

d)

4 branches

24.

According to Montesquieu, the government functioned through separation of powers with checks and balances.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

What group of philosophers took Montesquieu's work and included its principles in their own constitution?

a)

Italian philosophers

b)

Greek philosophers

c)

American philosophers

d)

French philosophers

26.

Who fought against religious intolerance in France?

a)

Montesquieu

b)

Diderot

c)

Smith

d)

Voltaire

27.

Deism is based on...

a)

Reason and religious philosophy

b)

Reason and physical law

c)

Reason and natural law

28.

Deists viewed God as...?

a)

A ruler

b)

The creator or the universe

c)

An artist

d)

A clock

29.

Deists viewed the universe as a...?

a)

Creator

b)

Clock

c)

Clockmaker

d)

Natural law

30.

Who was the clockmaker that set the world in motion and allowed it to run without any help?

a)

God

b)

Voltaire

c)

Montesquieu

d)

Diderot

31.

Whose most famous contribution was the encyclopedia?

a)

Montesquieu

b)

Diderot

c)

Smith

d)

Voltaire

32.

What was sold mostly to doctors, clergymen, teachers, and lawyers?

a)

Ideas

b)

Thesaurus

c)

Dictionary

d)

Encyclopedia

33.

He was viewed as the founder of the modern social science of economics.

a)

Montesquieu

b)

Smith

c)

Voltaire

d)

Diderot

34.

The idea of the social contract was that...

a)

An entire society agrees to be governed by its general even if you want to follow your own self-interests

b)

An entire society agrees to all be happy

c)

An entire society agrees not to fight anymore

d)

An entire society agrees to give gifts to someone each day

35.

Rousseau thought that _________ and __________ were important to human development.

a)

Reason and natural law

b)

Emotions and realism

c)

Emotions and reason

d)

Physical law and reason

36.

Who was seen as the founder of the modern European and American movement for women's rights?

a)

Maria Winkelmann

b)

Catherine Medici

c)

Marie Curie

d)

Mary Wollstonecraft

37.

What were directed at the new reading public of the middle class?

a)

Newspapers

b)

Books

c)

Coffeehouses

d)

Salons

38.

Where did discussions between writers, artists, government officials, and wealthy middle-class people take place?

a)

Salons and barber shops

b)

Coffeehouses and outdoor venues

c)

Coffehouses and salons

d)

Backyards and salons

39.

Most Europeans in the 18th century were ...

a)

Catholic

b)

Deists

c)

Methodists

d)

Christians

40.

What new religious movement was the work of John Wesley?

a)

Methodism

b)

Deism

c)

Catholicism

d)

Christianity

41.

Balthasar Neumann, a famous architect, had two masterpieces named __________ and ___________.

a)

The Residence and the Church of the Thirteen Saints

b)

Church of the Thirteen Saints and The Residence

c)

Church of the Saints and the Residence

d)

Church of the Fourteen Saints and the Residence

42.

This new art style emphasized grace, charm, and gentle action.

a)

Baroque

b)

Rococo

c)

Conceptual

d)

Minimalism

43.

Mozart gave his first concert at what age?

a)

6

b)

12

c)

13

d)

7

44.

Mozart and Hadyn wrote what type of music?

a)

Rock

b)

Classical

c)

Jazz

d)

Folk

45.

Philosophes believed in natural rights for all people. These rights included:

a)

Equality before law, freedom of religious worship, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and rights to assemble, hold property, and pursue happiness

b)

No laws, no freedom of religious worship, no freedom of speech, no freedom of press, no right to assemble

46.

In this system, rulers tried to govern by Enlightenment principles while maintaining royal powers.

a)

Enlightened monarchy

b)

Absolutism

c)

Enlightened absolutism

d)

Enlightenment

47.

What two Prussian kings made Prussia a major European power in the 18th century?

a)

Frederick William II and Frederick I

b)

William Frederick I and Frederick I

c)

William Frederick I and Frederick II

d)

Frederick William I and Frederick II

48.

Although Prussia was a small state, they had the _____ largest army at the end of Frederick William's reign.

a)

4th

b)

3rd

c)

5th

d)

6th

49.

Members of nobility in Prussia were the officers as a part of the _____.

a)

English army

b)

Prussian army

c)

French army

d)

Russian army

50.

Frederick II was also known as _____.

a)

Frederick the Great

b)

Frederick II

c)

Frederick the Most Noble

d)

King Frederick

51.

Empress Maria Theresa had a son named Joseph II. What did he do during his reign?

a)

Kept the death penalty, freed the serfs, made religious reforms that alienated the Catholic Church

b)

Got rid of the death penalty, did not free the serfs, made religious reforms that alienated the Catholic Church

c)

Got rid of the death penalty, freed the serfs, did not make any religious reforms

d)

Got rid of the death penalty, freed the serfs, made religious reforms that alienated the Catholic Church

52.

Who ruled Russia after her husband was killed by nobles?

a)

Catherine II

b)

Catherine I

c)

Catherine the Noble

d)

Catherine of Russia

53.

Both Catherine II and Frederick II liked to talk about the enlightened reforms, but their priority was ______.

a)

Beginning a brand new rule

b)

Maintaining the existing system

c)

Starting over and building an army

d)

Changing most but not all things

54.

Did the philosophes like war?

a)

Yes

b)

No

55.

Who invaded the Austrian Silesia and hoped to add it to land in Prussia?

a)

Frederick II

b)

Empress Maria Theresa

c)

Charles VI

d)

Frederick I

56.

The War of the Austrian Succession was fought in how many areas of the world?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

57.

Who refused to give up Silesia after the war was over?

a)

Prussia

b)

Russia

c)

Germany

d)

France

58.

During the French-Austrian rivalry, France abandoned Prussia to form an alliance with Austria.

a)

True

b)

False

59.

Austria, Russia, and France were allies during the French-Austrian rivalry.

a)

True

b)

False

60.

What Russian czar withdrew Russian troops from the conflict with Austria toward the end of the Seven Years' War?

a)

Peter I

b)

Peter II

c)

Peter III

d)

Peter IV

61.

During the Seven Years' War in India, what country was India left to?

a)

Austria

b)

France

c)

Britain

d)

Russia

62.

During the Seven Years' War, what two countries fought for the waterways of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the unsettled Ohio River valley?

a)

Britain

b)

England

c)

Russia

d)

France

63.

Britain seized Montreal, the Great Lakes area, and the Ohio River valley in North America.

a)

True

b)

False

64.

In North America, the British controlled what parts?

a)

Canada and 13 colonies on the western coast

b)

Mexico and 13 colonies on the eastern coast

c)

Canada and 13 colonies on the eastern coast

d)

Mexico and 13 colonies on the western coast

65.

By 1750, the British colonies contained how many people?

a)

2 million

b)

1 million

c)

3 million

d)

2.5 million

66.

Fighting erupted between colonists and the British army in April 1775 in _____________.

a)

Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts

b)

Saratoga, New York

c)

Ticonderoga

d)

Washington

67.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

George Washington

d)

John Adams

68.

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?

a)

Fight back again

b)

Rest and then fight again

c)

End this war but begin a new one

d)

End the war

69.

The United States' first constitution was called ____.

a)

Articles

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Articles of Confederation

d)

Treaty of Paris

70.

The proposed Constitution of the United States created a federal system in which the national and state governments shared power.

a)

True

b)

False

71.

The 10 amendments the states approved were called what?

a)

Bill of Rights

b)

Constitution

c)

Articles of Confederation

d)

Federal system

72.

Many of the rights in the Bill of Rights were taken from the natural rights proposed by who?

a)

17th century philosophes

b)

18th century philosophes

c)

John Locke

d)

16th century philosophes