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7th Scientific Revolution Enlightenment

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Bill of Rights was influenced by

a)

Voltaire

b)

John Locke

c)

Jean Jacques Rousseau

d)

all of the above

2.

What was Montesquieu's influence on the U.S. Constitution?

a)

public elections

b)

branches of government

c)

the Bill of Rights

d)

representatives

3.

How did the Declaration of Independence embody (reflect) Enlightenment ideals?

a)

It stated that all titles of nobility should be abolished.

b)

It protected the rights of the accused and prohibited cruel punishment.

c)

It set up a system of checks and balances for the U.S. government.

d)

It said that people have rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

4.

How did the Enlightenment Period change how people viewed the world/life? Choose all that apply

a)

Less religious/spiritual, more secular/worldly

b)

Less gothic/more classical

c)

Less baroque/more authoritarian

d)

Less philosophical/more scientific

5.

The Enlightenment influenced people to find answers through what two ways?

a)

Reason/Discovery

b)

Reason/Scientific Method

c)

Scientific Method/Observations

d)

Observations/Logic

6.

Montesquieu's main idea from the Enlightenment Period is known as

a)

direct democracy

b)

political freedom

c)

a fair and speedy trial

d)

separation of powers

7.

The Federal System, three branches of government and checks and balances are all ideas from which philosophe?

a)

Rousseau

b)

Voltaire

c)

Montesquieu

d)

Wollstonecraft

8.
According to Copernicus, the sun  
a)
Revolved around the earth
b)
Was the center of the Universe
c)
Was the biggest star
d)
 Had many moons
9.
The idea that the earth is the center of the universe is the ___________ theory.
a)
geocentric
b)
heliocentric
c)
earthcentric
d)
world's worst
10.
During the scientific  revolution people started using experiments to test theories rather than just believing the ___________
a)
King
b)
Family
c)
Church
d)
Sir Salami 
11.
How did scientists begin challenging authority during the Scientific Revolution?  
a)
 By testing old beliefs using logic, math and observations
b)
 By reading classic literature
c)
By collecting samples of plant life
d)
 By forming new government ideas 
12.
Enlightenment thinker who believed in natural rights (Life, liberty, property):
a)
Montesquieu
b)
Voltaire
c)
Locke
d)
Rousseau
13.
One of the earliest to ask for equal rights for women, what Enlightenment writer questioned the men’s ideas that women should only be educated enough to be good wives and mothers?
a)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
b)
Mary Wollstonecraft
c)
Mary Shelley
d)
Catherine the Great
14.
John Locke and Voltaire inspired the "Bill of Rights" which guarantee the ....
a)
Protection of individual rights
b)
Majority rule
c)
separation of powers
d)
idea of a perfect union
15.
What did Galileo Improve?
a)
The astrolabe
b)
the stars
c)
The Telescope
d)
cat food.
16.
John Locke argued that all people had the right to ________________. 
a)
Own slaves
b)
Choose their religious beliefs
c)
Pursuit of happiness
d)
Life, liberty, and property
17.
A period during the 1600s and 1700s when people used reason to guide people's thoughts about society. 
a)
Enlightenment
b)
Captialism
c)
Renaissance
d)
Reformation
18.
What book did Adam Smith write?
a)
Wealth of Nations
b)
Gulliver's Travels
c)
A Treatise of Human Nature
d)
The Spirit of the Laws
19.
What is Denis Diderot known for?
a)
Creating the first dictionary
b)
Creating the first encyclopedia
c)
Discovering moons of Neptune
d)
Writing a book which states the basic knowledge and skills all people should have
20.
___________________ believed that without government, people would fight each other all the time.
a)
A. Locke
b)
B. Hobbes
c)
C. Montesquieu
d)
D. Smith
21.
What is the French word for philosopher?
a)
A. philosophe
b)
B. natural rights
c)
C. separation of power
d)
D. checks and balances
22.
Who created the heliocentric theory?
a)
Copernicus
b)
Galileo 
c)
Ptolemy
d)
Kepler
23.
Which Enlightenment thinker produced plays and poems, as well as philosophical essays?
a)
Thomas Hobbes
b)
John Comey
c)
Voltaire 
d)
Montesquieu
24.
During the Scientific Revolution, European scientists focused their work on explaining
a)
how government affects the individual.
b)
Life
c)
advanced chemistry
d)
the workings of the natural world
25.
The idea that the sun is the center of our universe
a)
Hawkin Theory
b)
Heliocentric 
c)
Applied astronomy 
d)
Geocentric 
26.
In The Spirit of the Laws, Montesquieu argued that the best form of government included a separation of powers.
a)
True
b)
False
27.
The Heliocentric theory, proposed initially by Copernicus, contends the the Earth is at the center of the solar system.
a)
True 
b)
False 
28.
Until the Scientific Revolution, the traditional authorities were
a)
the Catholic Church and ancient scholars
b)
Muslim scribes
c)
navigators and explorers
d)
Confuscious and Ghandi
29.
Which is the last step of the scientific method?
a)
hypothesis
b)
conclusion
c)
problem
d)
experiment 
30.
Thomas Hobbes wrote this book about the structure of society and governments.
a)
Santa Maria
b)
Leviathan
c)
The Old Man and the Sea
d)
Carterican
31.
Thomas Hobbes believed that
a)
the enlightenment thinkers were naturally silly
b)
people are naturally greedy and selfish therefore should only be governed by an absolute monarch (king).
c)
people are for the most part good people but society corrupts us to be bad
d)
in the tabula rasa theory
32.
Which of the following people is NOT considered to be an Enlightenment thinker?
a)
Abraham Lincoln 
b)
John Locke
c)
Voltaire 
d)
Mary Wollstonecraft
33.

[p1] Which of the following made it possible for scientists to practice direct observation?

a)

the printing press

b)

the telescope & microscope

c)

natural philosophers

d)

Greek thinkers

34.

[p5] How did Andreas Vesalius make observations & accurately describe the organs & structure of the human body?

a)

By dissecting human bodies

b)

By digging up fossilized bones

c)

By looking in people's ears, eyes, & throats

d)

He didn't observe, he just got lucky

35.
Which idea is represented by this list?
a)
The heliocentric theory
b)
The geocentric theory
c)
The social contract
d)
The scientific method
36.
Theory that the planets and stars revolve around the earth.
a)
The heliocentric theory
b)
The geocentric theory
c)
The social contract
d)
The scientific method
37.
This man developed the idea that gravity acts on objects.
a)
Copernicus
b)
Galileo
c)
Ptolemy
d)
Newton
38.
Which Enlightenment philosopher coined the ideology "Life, Liberty, and Property"?
a)
Voltaire
b)
Machiavelli
c)
Hobbes
d)
Locke
39.
Which Enlightenment philosopher developed the idea of religious tolerance?
a)
Galileo
b)
Locke
c)
Voltaire
d)
Hobbes
40.
Which Enlightenment philosopher believed that there was a social contract between the government and the people?
a)
Copernicus
b)
Rousseau
c)
Montesquieu
d)
Hobbes
41.

He believed that absolute monarchs were a "leviathan" sent to punish evil people.

a)

Locke

b)

Galileo

c)

Voltaire

d)

Hobbes

42.
Isaac Newton studied 3 branches of SCIENCE:
a)
Legislative, executive, and judicial
b)
Church, school, factories
c)
Physics, gravity, motion
d)
Calculus, physics, and government
43.
What was the series of events that led to the birth of modern science known as? 
a)
Enlightenment 
b)
Scientific Revolution
c)
Renaissance
d)
Scientific Method
44.
What was a new way of thinking about the natural world based on observation & questions?
a)
Scientific Method
b)
Gravity
c)
Enlightment 
d)
Scientific Revolution
45.
What was the Social Contract?
a)
An agreement on the social reputation of the people living in the area
b)
A contract to change the government 
c)
An agreement between people and their government
d)
A agreement the citizens of an area all decided upon to catoragorize the people into social rankings
46.

What thinkers helped advance the use of the scientific method?

a)

Bacon & Descartes

b)

Galileo & Newton

c)

Jenner & Locke

d)

Montesquieu & Rousseau

47.

____ was an enlightened despot because religious freedom, improved schooling and reformed justices system was offered to the people

a)

Joesph II of Austria

b)

Catherine the Great

c)

Frederick the Great

d)

Ivan the Great

48.

Monarch from Prussia

a)

Frederick

b)

Catherine

c)

Joseph

49.
Monarch from Austria
a)
Fredrick
b)
Catherine
c)
Joseph
50.
Monarch from Russia
a)
Fredrick
b)
Catherine
c)
Joseph
51.
Abolished serfdom and required laborers be paid for their work
a)
Fredrick
b)
Catherine
c)
Joseph
52.
Influenced by the ideas of Voltaire
a)
Fredrick
b)
Catherine
c)
Joseph
53.
Serfs were not freed because they relied on the support of the wealthy landowners
a)
Fredrick
b)
Catherine
c)
Joseph
54.
Established a system of elementary schools
a)
Fredrick
b)
Catherine
c)
Joseph
55.
Corresponded with Diderot & Voltaire
a)
Fredrick
b)
Catherine
c)
Joseph
56.
Abolished torture 
a)
Fredrick
b)
Catherine
c)
Joseph
57.
Supported reforms for religious tolerance but excluded Jews
a)
Fredrick
b)
Catherine
c)
Joseph
58.
Serfdom was not abolished because the support of the aristocracy was needed
a)
Fredrick
b)
Catherine
c)
Joseph
59.
This monarch made reforms to increase their country’s strength and make themselves more powerful
a)
Fredrick
b)
Catherine
c)
Joseph
60.
This monarch was forced to revoke some of the changes made
a)
Fredrick
b)
Catherine
c)
Joseph

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