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Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How did new technology such as the telescope and new theories such as Pascal's Law lay the foundation of the Scientific Revolution?
a)
The government used them to make scientidic laws
b)
Scientists used them to make new inventions and theories
c)
Ordinary people used them in their everyday life
d)
Philosophers used them to think about anchient Greek ideas
2.
Which of the following made it possible for scientists to practice direct observation?
a)
natural philosophers
b)
Greek thinkers
c)
the telescope and microscope
d)
the printing press
3.
Many intellectuals of the 1500s and 1600s did not take Margaret Cavendish's work seriously because
a)
she did not believe in rationalism
b)
her work was not logical
c)
her work was not signed
d)
she was a woman
4.
Why did Desartes decide to set aside everything he had learned and begin again?
a)
He doubted everything he had learned
b)
Everything he had learned was wrong
c)
Science was based on new information only
d)
There were no science books
5.
Francis Bacon believed that scientists should
a)
use reasoning
b)
develop their own scientific methods
c)
study philosophy
d)
rely on ancient authorities
6.
True or False: The goal of the Enlightenment thinkers was to use the scientific method to keep society the same
a)
true
b)
false
7.
True or False: Montesquieu studied a system of government in which separation of power caused the parts if the government to control and limit each other
a)
true
b)
false
8.
True or False: Deism was a religous philosophy based on faith and the rule of God
a)
true
b)
false
9.
True or False: Laissez-faire is an economic doctrine that says the state should control the economy
a)
true
b)
false
10.
True or False: Rousseau argued that society should be governed by the military
a)
true
b)
false
11.
Frederick ll of Prussia promoted greater freedom of speech, the press, and religion; however, he did not improve life for
a)
foreign travelers
b)
women
c)
serfs
d)
the army
12.
How did the conclusion of the War of the Austrian Succession and its Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle set the stage for the Seven Years' War?
a)
Europe, Asia and North America became involved in the war
b)
Charles VI died without a male heir, so his daughter succeeded him.
c)
After seven years, all parties to the war were exhausted
d)
Prussia refused to return Silesia to Austria
13.
What is one new alliance that fromed as war broke out around the globe?
a)
Frane allied with Austria, which had previously been its rival
b)
Russia joined with India to fight against Britain
c)
Britain joined the United States against France
d)
Austria allied with Britain against the Prussians, who had always been Austria's rival
14.
What finally happened to Silesia as a result of the Seven Years' War
a)
France claimed it
b)
Peter III claimed it for Russia
c)
Prussia permanently kept it
d)
It became a new, indpendent nation.
15.
Why did France, Spain and the Dutch Republic support the colonists against the British?
a)
These natins planned to colonize the Americas for their rule
b)
These nations strongly supported the separation of powers.
c)
These nations wanted revenge against the British for earlier defeats
d)
These nations strongly supported the Scientific Revolution
16.
By approving the Declaration of Independence, an entire people had officially declared their right to
a)
form a militia
b)
meet in public
c)
choose their government
d)
print their own materials
17.
The federal system is a form of government in which power is
a)
shared between the new nation and the British empire
b)
given exclusively to the executive branch
c)
given to the judicial branch
d)
shared between national and state governments
18.
Why did many European intellectuals admire the American Revolution and the U.S. Constitution and the U.S. Bill of Rights
a)
The colonies' ideas came from the ideals of natural rights proposed during the Enlightenment
b)
Europeans were the ancestors of the people who went to North America to found the colonies
c)
The U.S. Constitution was based ont eh constitutions of successful European countries
d)
All of Europe wanted to be able to win a war as easily as the colonist had.
19.
Diderot's Encyclopedia was used to
a)
attack religious superstitions
b)
overturn capital punishment
c)
support the Catholic Church
d)
suppress Enlightenment ideas
20.
According to Rousseau, the general will represents what is best for the
a)
government
b)
peasants and lower classes
c)
entire community
d)
aristocratic and middle classes
21.
Education spread widely during the Enlightenment because
a)
books were written by the elite
b)
schools were free for everyone
c)
churches promoted education
d)
reading material was aimed at the masses
22.
Unlike the baroque style, rococo art depicted
a)
the pursuit of please, happiness and love
b)
grandeur and power
c)
religious figures
d)
social struggle.
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