WorksheetsScientific Revolution (Unit 6)
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was the political thinker that wrote "A Vindication of the Rights of Women" which argued for the education of women and equality for both men and women?
a)
Mary Tudor
b)
Benjamin Franklin
c)
Mary Wollstonecraft
d)
Cesare Beccaria
2.
Where was the center of the Enlightenment?
a)
St. Petersburg
b)
Paris
c)
Denmark
d)
Chicago
3.
Who created new scientific techniques such as the experimental method that later became known as the "Scientific Method?"
a)
Galen
b)
Machievelli
c)
Francis Bacon
d)
Tycho Brahe
4.
Who was the political thinker who believed that humans were born with natural rights: Life, Liberty, and Property?
a)
John Locke
b)
Thomas Hobbes
c)
Aristotle
d)
John Calvin
5.
Who was the Enlightenment thinker that fought for freedom of religion/speech and believed that there should be a separation of church and state?
a)
John Adams
b)
Voltaire
c)
Rousseau
d)
Wollstone
6.
Who was the first person to dissect human bodies and is considered to be the "Father of Human Anatomy"?
a)
Dexter
b)
Hannibal Lecter
c)
Andreas Vesalius
d)
Anders Celsius
7.
Who was the political thinker that proposed the separation of powers in government and believed there should be checks and balances?
a)
Ben Franklin
b)
Voltaire
c)
Montesquieu
d)
Beccaria
8.
Who was the thinker that believed all humans were born naturally wicked and selfish; therefore they needed a strong government led by a Monarch?
a)
Michelangelo
b)
Thomas Hobbes
c)
Anderson Vesalius
d)
Tom Jefferson
9.
Who used the pus from a cow to create an inoculation that would help people survive smallpox and is considered to be the "Father of Vaccines?"
a)
Edward Jenner
b)
Francis Bacon
c)
Galileo
d)
Alexí Campbell
10.
Who is credited with developing the Geocentric Theory?
a)
Ptolemy
b)
Isaac Newton
c)
Voltaire
d)
Copernicus
11.
Review Question: Which of the following men is credited with the invention of the printing press?
a)
Charles Martel
b)
Johannes Gutenburg
c)
Voltaire
d)
Martin Luther
12.
Review Question: Which of the following families is credited with starting the Renaissance?
a)
The Tudor Family
b)
The Luther Family
c)
The Da Vinci Family
d)
The Medici Family
13.
During the Enlightenment, where did philosophers, writers, artists, scientists gather to share ideas?
a)
The Bank
b)
The Church
c)
The Salon
d)
The local university
14.
What nickname was given to the Enlightenment?
a)
Age of Humans
b)
Age of Power
c)
Age of Faith
d)
Age of Reason
15.
Which theory states that the sun is the center of the universe?
a)
Airocentric
b)
Geocentric
c)
Galacentric
d)
Heliocentric
16.
Before the Scientific Revolution, what did people rely on to explain the world and how it worked?
a)
The Merchants
b)
The King and the Government
c)
The Fiefdoms
d)
Religion and the Church
17.
Who developed the Theory of Innate Knowledge and is known for the quote "I think, therefore I am?"
a)
Sigmund Freud
b)
Socrates
c)
René Descartes
d)
Francis Bacon
18.
Which event was inspired by the ideas of the Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment?
a)
The Hundred Years War
b)
American Revolution
c)
Civil War
d)
The War of the Worlds
19.
Which thinker was condemned a heretic by the church and forced to recant his ideas?
a)
Vesalius
b)
Galen
c)
Beccaria
d)
Galileo
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