WorksheetsThe Scientific Revolution and Englightenment
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
Who was the French satirist who targeted the clergy, the rich, the gov, & wrote on free speech?
voltaire
wollstonecraft
hobbes
rousseau
The new intellectual movement that stressed reason and thought and the power to solve problems
natural rights
neoclassicism
baroque
enlightenment
Jean-Jacques Rousseau believed that
society must control most aspects of people’s behavior
People should elect their leaders
people are basically evil
ndividual interests should be placed above the good of the community
wrote “Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience"
Beccaria
Wollstonecraft
Hobbes
Bacon
The principles of checks and balances and separation of powers were put forward by
Mary Wolstonecraft
Montesquieu
Diderot
Cesare Beccaria
The event that would later inspire the American, French, and Haitian Revolution was what?
The Enlightenment
The Scientific Revolution
The Age of Absolutism
The Age of Exploration
Copernicus proposed which of the following?
The sun travels around the Earth
The Earth travels around the sun
Gravity keeps the planets in orbit around the sun
The Earth is the center of the Universe
Galileo had to withdraw his theories about the Earth's rotation because
He found out he was wrong
the ideas had caused him public ridicule
the Church threatened him with death if he did not
he wished to do more research
Until the Scientific Revolution, the traditional authorities were
The English Churct
The Catholic Church
explorers
monarchies
The belief that the sun is the center of the universe is called
geocentric
singlecentric
hypothesis
heliocentric
a new way of thinking about the physical world that led to modern science
the enlightenment
the foundation
the scientific revolution
absolutism
The idea of no cruel and unusual punishment and fair trials comes from
Voltaire
Locke
Becarria
Hobbes
Which of Galileo's theories was most offensive to the Church?
the theory that there were more stars than thought
the theory of gravity
the theory that the earth was not the center of the universe
doctrine
What is the name of the period that emphasized reason, individualism, and skepticism?
The Renaissance
The Enlightenment
The Middle Ages
The Industrial Revolution
Who proposed the idea of separation of powers?
Voltaire
Montesquieu
Rousseau
Locke
What was the primary focus of the Scientific Revolution?
Religion
Art
Science and Reason
Politics
Which Enlightenment thinker argued for the natural rights of life, liberty, and property?
Hobbes
Montesquieu
John Locke
Voltaire
Who wrote the influential work 'The Social Contract'?
Beccaria
Rousseau
Galileo
Copernicus
Thinkers of the Enlightenment sought to use natural law to
find cures for major diseases.
solve social problems.
explain the workings of the solar system.
create lasting works of art.
How did the Scientific Revolution lead to the Enlightenment?
It revived the scientific thinking of ancient Greece and Rome.
It undermined the authority of the Church.
It encouraged people to use reason to solve problems.
It proved the existence of natural rights.
