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The Age of Reason Review Quizizz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
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1.

What is the MAIN difference between the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment?

a)

The Scienific Revolution happened mainly in Germany, but the Enlightenment spread everywhere in Europe

b)

The Enlightenment was about art, the Scientific Revolution was about Science

c)

The Scientific Revolution was aout science, the Enlightenment was more about politics

d)

There is no difference.

2.

What idea was common to both the Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolution?

a)

Using reason and facts to come to conclusions

b)

The use of unalienable rights to defend new ideas

c)

Using inspiration from the Bible to develop new theories

d)

Using common sense to come to conclusions

3.

What is "deductive reasoning?"

a)

Using experimentation and observation to form a conclusion

b)

Using facts and evidence to form a conclusion

c)

Using ideas and thoughts to come to a conclusion

d)

Using common sense to come to a conclusion

4.

How did Isaac Newton come up with the Theory of Gravity and the laws of motion?

a)

Using the Scientific Method

b)

Using Intuition (Thinking it up himself)

c)

Using notes from lectures at Cambridge

d)

Using common sense after an apple hit him in the head

5.

Often, new scientific breakthroughs are made possible by the advances made by other ideas that came before them. Which of the following pairs shows the correct relationship?

a)

Jansen's telescope led to Galileo's microscope

b)

Newton's Law of gravity led to Galileo's theory of motion

c)

Copernicus' heliocentric view of the solar system led to daVinci's invention of the helicopter

d)

Galileo's telescope led to Jansen's microscope

6.

What was one of the most major impacts of the microscope?

a)

Discoveries about cells and bacteria

b)

Discoveries about time and space

c)

Discoveries about the Social Contract

d)

Discoveries about gravity and motion

7.

Which of the following was the most obvious result of the rejection of the ideas of Absolute Monarchies and the Divine Right of Kings?

a)

William and Mary came to the throne in the Glorious Revolution

b)

New ideas about the way science gould be used to draw conclusions

c)

Charles I's beheading by Parliament

d)

Oliver Cromwell establishing The New Modle Army

8.

Which of the following is the BEST example of Rousseau's "Social Contract?"

a)

France's strengthening the power of Louis XIV (14th)

b)

England's use of documents like the Magna Carta

c)

Germany's pioneering work "Der Kommissar"

d)

The foundation of New Spain in the Americas

9.

Which of the following ideas from the Constitution would philosophers like Jean-Jacques Rousseau, John Locke, and Cesare Beccaria most likely agree?

a)

The government shoould be divided into three branches: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial

b)

The Government was responsible for granting Unalienable Rights

c)

A government is responsible for protecting the rights of citizens in order to be valid

d)

The government should provide for a formal system of changing or amending its Social Contract

10.

Which of the following ideas from the Constitution would French philosopher Montesquieu most likely agree?

a)

The government shoould be divided into three branches: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial

b)

The Government was responsible for granting Unalienable Rights

c)

A government is responsible for protecting the rights of citizens in order to be valid

d)

The government should provide for a formal system of changing or amending its Social Contract