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The Scientific Revolution and Englightenment

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the French satirist who targeted the clergy, the rich, the gov, & wrote on free speech?

a)

voltaire

b)

wollstonecraft

c)

hobbes

d)

rousseau

2.

The new intellectual movement that stressed reason and thought and the power to solve problems

a)

natural rights

b)

neoclassicism

c)

baroque

d)

enlightenment

3.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau believed that

a)

society must control most aspects of people’s behavior

b)

People should elect their leaders

c)

people are basically evil

d)

ndividual interests should be placed above the good of the community

4.

wrote “Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience"

a)

Beccaria

b)

Wollstonecraft

c)

Hobbes

d)

Bacon

5.

The principles of checks and balances and separation of powers were put forward by

a)

Mary Wolstonecraft

b)

Montesquieu

c)

Diderot

d)

Cesare Beccaria

6.

The event that would later inspire the American, French, and Haitian Revolution was what?

a)

The Enlightenment

b)

The Scientific Revolution

c)

The Age of Absolutism

d)

The Age of Exploration

7.

Copernicus proposed which of the following?

a)

The sun travels around the Earth

b)

The Earth travels around the sun

c)

Gravity keeps the planets in orbit around the sun

d)

The Earth is the center of the Universe

8.

Galileo had to withdraw his theories about the Earth's rotation because

a)

He found out he was wrong

b)

the ideas had caused him public ridicule

c)

the Church threatened him with death if he did not

d)

he wished to do more research

9.

Until the Scientific Revolution, the traditional authorities were

a)

The English Churct

b)

The Catholic Church

c)

explorers

d)

monarchies

10.

The belief that the sun is the center of the universe is called

a)

geocentric

b)

singlecentric

c)

hypothesis

d)

heliocentric

11.

a new way of thinking about the physical world that led to modern science

a)

the enlightenment

b)

the foundation

c)

the scientific revolution

d)

absolutism

12.

The idea of no cruel and unusual punishment and fair trials comes from

a)

Voltaire

b)

Locke

c)

Becarria

d)

Hobbes

13.

Which of Galileo's theories was most offensive to the Church?

a)

the theory that there were more stars than thought

b)

the theory of gravity

c)

the theory that the earth was not the center of the universe

d)

doctrine

14.

What is the name of the period that emphasized reason, individualism, and skepticism?

a)

The Renaissance

b)

The Enlightenment

c)

The Middle Ages

d)

The Industrial Revolution

15.

Who proposed the idea of separation of powers?

a)

Voltaire

b)

Montesquieu

c)

Rousseau

d)

Locke

16.

What was the primary focus of the Scientific Revolution?

a)

Religion

b)

Art

c)

Science and Reason

d)

Politics

17.

Which Enlightenment thinker argued for the natural rights of life, liberty, and property?

a)

Hobbes

b)

Montesquieu

c)

John Locke

d)

Voltaire

18.

Who wrote the influential work 'The Social Contract'?

a)

Beccaria

b)

Rousseau

c)

Galileo

d)

Copernicus

19.

Thinkers of the Enlightenment sought to use natural law to

a)

find cures for major diseases.

b)

solve social problems.

c)

explain the workings of the solar system.

d)

create lasting works of art.

20.

How did the Scientific Revolution lead to the Enlightenment?

a)

It revived the scientific thinking of ancient Greece and Rome.

b)

It undermined the authority of the Church.

c)

It encouraged people to use reason to solve problems.

d)

It proved the existence of natural rights.