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Enlightenment/American Revolution

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

Enlightenment writers often faced censorship because they

a)

challenged the old order

b)

supported absolute monarchs

c)

wrote short stories

d)

opposed new views of philosophes

2.

Monarchs used the concept of _______, or that they only answered to God in support of absolutism.

a)

freedom of religion

b)

separation of church and state

c)

divine right

d)

war for religious purposes

3.

Salons helped to spread

a)

geocentric theory

b)

Enlightenment thinking

c)

divine right ideology

d)

war for religious purposes

4.

The heliocentric, or sun-centered, theory was proposed by

a)

Galileo Galilei.

b)

Nicolaus Copernicus.

c)

Francis Bacon.

d)

Isaac Newton.

5.

What was the theory that the earth was the center of the universe?

a)

Geocentric Theory

b)

Heliocentric Theory

c)

Scientific Method

d)

Newton’s Law

6.

Which thinker developed the Heliocentric Theory (sun centered universe)?

a)

Copernicus

b)

Galileo

c)

Newton

d)

Kepler

7.

In her book, A Vindication of Rights of Woman, Mary Wollstonecraft argues that women and men should have equal

a)

job opportunities

b)

voting rights

c)

property

d)

education

8.

An enlightened despot was a ruler who:

a)

held absolute power

b)

Influenced political and social change by including enlightened thoughts into ruling

c)

Allowed limited voting rights among enlightened thinkers

d)

Wrote satire to expose corruption- an enlightened philosophy

9.

His ideas of separation of powers (3 branches of government) are found in the US constitution:

a)

Locke

b)

Hobbes

c)

Montesquieu

d)

Voltaire

e)

Rousseau

10.

He believed the best form of government should be direct democracy (public elections) based on his ideas in the Social Contract.

a)

Locke

b)

Montesquieu

c)

Hobbes

d)

Voltaire

e)

Rousseau

11.

His ideas of freedom of speech, religion, separation of church and state are found in the Bill of Rights

a)

Locke

b)

Hobbes

c)

Montesqiue

d)

Voltaire

e)

Rousseau

12.

His ideas of natural rights are found in the Declaration of Independence

a)

Locke

b)

Montesique

c)

Hobbes

d)

Voltaire

13.

Henry Fielding was a writer who

a)

turned out many popular poems in the 1700s.

b)

wrote a novel about the life of a young servant girl.

c)

developed many features of the modern novel.

d)

all of the above

14.

Salons helped to spread

a)

the geocentric theory.

b)

only the ideas of the philosophes.

c)

only the ideas of political scientists.

d)

Enlightenment thinking.

15.

The American Revolution was influenced by

a)

British policies.

b)

political scientists.

c)

the philosophes.

d)

all of the above.

16.

The idea of a direct democracy is explained in

a)

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.

b)

The Social Contract.

c)

Starry Messenger.

d)

On the Spirit of Laws.

17.

European art of the 1600s and early 1700s was dominated by a grand, ornate style called

a)

neoclassical.

b)

classical

c)

baroque.

d)

gothic

18.

The Bill of Rights was influenced by

a)

Voltaire

b)

John Locke

c)

Jean Jacques Rousseau.

d)

all of the above

19.

How did the Scientific Revolution influence the American Revolution?

a)

Willingness to question was fostered

b)

Enlightenment ideals appealed to artist, which made up the majority of colonist

c)

Salons spread in the colonies

d)

Heliocentricism revolutionized the world