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CH 19 & 20 Enlightenment and Revolutions

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

created the Scientific Method with Francis Bacon

a)

Tycho Brahe

b)

Galileo Galilei

c)

Rene Descartes

d)

Nicolaus Copernicus

2.

French philosopher was known for his sarcastic writings that were often critical of governments and upper class society?

a)

Diderot

b)

Chaucer

c)

Montesquieu

d)

Voltaire

3.

the name given to the time where theories about the natural world and procedures to test those ideas came about?

a)

Age of Theories

b)

The Enlightenment

c)

Scientific Revolution

d)

Scientific Method

4.

Which is NOT an effect of the Scientific Revolution?

a)

Development of the Scientific Method

b)

universe is viewed as a well-ordered system

c)

led to the beginnings of modern science

d)

Belief in progress of power and reason

5.

astronomer who discovered the Earth revolves around the Sun

a)

Galileo Galilei

b)

Nicolaus Copernicus

c)

Robert Boyle

d)

Sir Isaac Newton

6.

known as the "father of modern Chemistry"

a)

Sir Isaac Newton

b)

Johannes Kepler

c)

Tycho Brahe

d)

Robert Boyle

7.

French philosopher who argued that a social contract existed between all of society and teh government

a)

Voltaire

b)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

c)

Adam Smith

d)

John Locke

8.

Ideas of the __________________ inspired educated people throughout Europe and beyond to use reason to help solve human problems.

a)

Enlightenment

b)

Scientific Method

c)

French Revolution

d)

Age of Science

9.

English philosopher who believed that people were naturally happy, tolerant, and reasonable and all were born equal

a)

Thomas Hobbes

b)

Baron de Montesquieu

c)

John Locke

d)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

10.

Scottish economist who argued for a laissez-faire approach to business and the economy

a)

Mary Wollstonecraft

b)

Thomas Hobbes

c)

Robert Boyle

d)

Adam Smith

11.

the Declaration of Independence proposed the idea that________

a)

monarchs should have more rights that their subjects

b)

monarchy should be abolished everywhere

c)

the people should have no part in governing the country

d)

an unjust government should be overthrown

12.

which is NOT an Enlightenment idea?

a)

natural world and human nature are governed by natural law

b)

governments should reflect natural laws and promote education

c)

ability to reason makes humans unique

d)

Enlightened Despots are the only good absolute monarchs

13.

English thinker who argued that people were evil and needed strict government to control them

a)

Thomas Hobbes

b)

John Locke

c)

Voltaire

d)

Baron de Montesquieu

14.

Who was at the top of the Old Order in France?

a)

The Pope

b)

The oldest living person in France

c)

The King

d)

The First Estate

15.

Which groups made up the First and Second Estate?

a)

Butlers and Housekeepers

b)

Clergy and Commoners

c)

Clergy and Nobles

d)

Nobles and Commoners

16.

What percentage of the French population made up the 3rd Estate?

a)

85%

b)

88%

c)

77%

d)

97%

17.

What sparked the idea of revolution in the 3rd Estate?

a)

American Revolution

b)

All of these

c)

famine, debt, and higher taxes

d)

Enllightenment ideas that question government

18.

In 1789 Louis XVI called together a meeting with all three estates to discuss new laws and taxes known as the –

a)

Meeting of the Assemblies

b)

Meeting of the Estates General

c)

Storming of the Bastille

d)

National Assembly

19.

where did the 3rd Estate meet after being kicked out the meeting of the Estates General

a)

a tennis court

b)

Versailles Palace Ballroom

c)

The Eiffel Tower

d)

The Bastille

20.

How did the National Assembly react to Louis XVI sending troops to Versailles and Paris?

a)

They stormed the Palace at Versailles and demanded bread

b)

The stormed the Versailles Palace armory for weapons

c)

They stormed the Bastille for weapons

d)

They drew moustaches on all the statues in Paris

21.

This document laid out the basic principles of the French Revolution – “liberty, equality, brotherhood.”

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Declaration of the Revolution

c)

Declaration of Louis XVI is a bad King and deserves the guillotine

d)

Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen

22.

How was King Louis XVI executed?

a)

lethal injection

b)

electric chair

c)

hanging

d)

beheaded by the guillotine

23.

wealthy people of the 3rd Estate

a)

sans culottes

b)

bourgeoisie

c)

cahiers

d)

croque monsieur

24.

Marie Antoinette belonged to which powerful European family?

a)

Hohenzollern

b)

Tudor

c)

Habsburg

d)

Romanov

25.

what did the 7000 women who stormed Versailles palace demand of Marie Antoinette?

a)

ice cream

b)

wine

c)

bread

d)

clothing

26.

term to describe the working class of the 3rd Estate

a)

sans culottes

b)

clergy

c)

bastille

d)

aristocrats

27.

British laws enacted in response to the Boston Tea Party

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Newton's Laws

c)

Intolerable Acts

d)

Tea Acts

28.

economic system free of government interference

a)

plutocracy

b)

laissez-faire

c)

communism

d)

bastille

29.

medieval fortified prison in Paris

a)

Versailles

b)

Eiffel Tower

c)

Louvre

d)

Bastille

30.

person with extreme political views

a)

radical

b)

bastille

c)

bourgeoisie

d)

bouffon

31.

Polish astronomer who suggested teh heliocentric model of the solar system

a)

Copernicus

b)

Galileo

c)

Brahe

d)

Mandela

32.

father of modern Chemistry

a)

Tycho Brahe

b)

Sir Isaac Newton

c)

Robert Boyle

d)

Geoffrey Chaucer

33.

believed that people are basically good but are corrupted by society

a)

Voltaire

b)

Rene Descartes

c)

Don Keigh

d)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

34.

believed the best government had a seperation of powers

a)

Baron de Montesquieu

b)

Voltaire

c)

Arty Fischel

d)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

35.

French philosopher who wrote with "biting wit" about injustices he observed

a)

Adam Zapel

b)

Voltaire

c)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

d)

Jean-Claude Van Damme

36.

Step one of the Scientific Method

a)

identify a problem

b)

form your conclusion

c)

create experiments to test your theory

d)

record results of experiments

37.

step 2 of Scientific Method

a)

perform experiments to test a hypothesis

b)

propose a hypothesis that can be tested

c)

record results of experiments

d)

forma conclusion based on your results

38.

step 3 of Scientific Method

a)

identify a problem to be solved

b)

propose a hypothesis to the problem that can be tested

c)

form your conclusions

d)

perform experiments to test your hypothesis

39.

step 4 of Scientific Method

a)

form a conclusion based on your results

b)

record the results of the experiments

c)

identify a problem to solve

d)

perform experiments

40.

step 5 of the Scientific Method

a)

run away and never do science again

b)

identify a problem to be solved

c)

perform experiments to test the hypothesis

d)

form your conclusions

41.

Which of the following is not an Enlightened Despot

a)

Catherine the Great

b)

Frederick the Great

c)

Joseph II of Austria

d)

Louis XVI