WorksheetsEnlightenment/American Revolution
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
Enlightenment writers often faced censorship because they
challenged the old order
supported absolute monarchs
wrote short stories
opposed new views of philosophes
Monarchs used the concept of _______, or that they only answered to God in support of absolutism.
freedom of religion
separation of church and state
divine right
war for religious purposes
Salons helped to spread
geocentric theory
Enlightenment thinking
divine right ideology
war for religious purposes
The heliocentric, or sun-centered, theory was proposed by
Galileo Galilei.
Nicolaus Copernicus.
Francis Bacon.
Isaac Newton.
What was the theory that the earth was the center of the universe?
Geocentric Theory
Heliocentric Theory
Scientific Method
Newton’s Law
Which thinker developed the Heliocentric Theory (sun centered universe)?
Copernicus
Galileo
Newton
Kepler
In her book, A Vindication of Rights of Woman, Mary Wollstonecraft argues that women and men should have equal
job opportunities
voting rights
property
education
An enlightened despot was a ruler who:
held absolute power
Influenced political and social change by including enlightened thoughts into ruling
Allowed limited voting rights among enlightened thinkers
Wrote satire to expose corruption- an enlightened philosophy
His ideas of separation of powers (3 branches of government) are found in the US constitution:
Locke
Hobbes
Montesquieu
Voltaire
Rousseau
He believed the best form of government should be direct democracy (public elections) based on his ideas in the Social Contract.
Locke
Montesquieu
Hobbes
Voltaire
Rousseau
His ideas of freedom of speech, religion, separation of church and state are found in the Bill of Rights
Locke
Hobbes
Montesqiue
Voltaire
Rousseau
His ideas of natural rights are found in the Declaration of Independence
Locke
Montesique
Hobbes
Voltaire
Henry Fielding was a writer who
turned out many popular poems in the 1700s.
wrote a novel about the life of a young servant girl.
developed many features of the modern novel.
all of the above
Salons helped to spread
the geocentric theory.
only the ideas of the philosophes.
only the ideas of political scientists.
Enlightenment thinking.
The American Revolution was influenced by
British policies.
political scientists.
the philosophes.
all of the above.
The idea of a direct democracy is explained in
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.
The Social Contract.
Starry Messenger.
On the Spirit of Laws.
European art of the 1600s and early 1700s was dominated by a grand, ornate style called
neoclassical.
classical
baroque.
gothic
The Bill of Rights was influenced by
Voltaire
John Locke
Jean Jacques Rousseau.
all of the above
How did the Scientific Revolution influence the American Revolution?
Willingness to question was fostered
Enlightenment ideals appealed to artist, which made up the majority of colonist
Salons spread in the colonies
Heliocentricism revolutionized the world
