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Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What were some of the everyday changes occurring during the Enlightenment?

a)

Increased abundance and novelty in European lives

b)

Shifts in social classes and trade

c)

Introduction of new foods from the Americas

d)

All of the above

2.

Which word means not religious?

a)

Protestant

b)

Jesuit

c)

Secular

3.

John Locke's ideas of life, liberty and property were influential to the famous American document known as the:

a)

Bill of Rights

b)

U.S. Constitution

c)

Declaration of Independence

4.

Which French philosopher said government should be separated in to 3 different, but equal branches?

a)

Rousseau

b)

Montesquieu

c)

Voltaire

d)

Napoleon

5.

Who fought for freedom of speech and religion (leading to a separation of church and state) ?

a)

Voltaire

b)

Montesquieu

c)

Rousseau

6.

Voltaire, Rousseau and Montesquieu are from____________.

a)

England

b)

Germany

c)

France

7.

Which type of government did John Locke favor?

a)

Absolute Monarchy

b)

Republic

c)

Democracy

d)

Self-government

8.

John Locke believed humans have 3 natural rights including: Life, Liberty and _________________.

a)

Prosperity

b)

Property

c)

Religion

9.

Which government did Thomas Hobbes prefer? (As a way to control naturally selfish human beings)

a)

Republic

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Democracy

d)

Absolute Monarchy

10.

Philosophers, John Locke and Thomas Hobbes are both from_______________.

a)

France

b)

England

c)

Germany

d)

Spain

11.

True or False: Thomas Hobbes wrote Leviathan.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

What is another name for the Enlightenment?

a)

Age of Reason

b)

Renaissance

c)

Age of Secularism

d)

Age of Absolutism

13.

A new intellectual movement that stressed reason and power of individuals was called:

a)

The Renaissance

b)

The French Revolution

c)

The Enlightenment

d)

The Reformation

14.
What did Kepler add to Copernicus’ heliocentric theory?  
a)
That Jupiter had four moons
b)
That the planets revolved around the earth 
c)
That the sun was the biggest star
d)
That the planets move in an ellipses around the sun
15.
What did Kepler add to Copernicus’ heliocentric theory?  
a)
That Jupiter had four moons
b)
That the planets revolved around the earth 
c)
That the sun was the biggest star
d)
That the planets move in an ellipses around the sun
16.
The idea that people should use reason to understand the world.
a)
Johannes Kepler
b)
Scientific Revolution
c)
rationalism 
d)
Rene Descartes
17.
The 6-step procedure based on observation and experimentation is called...  
a)
Planetary Model
b)
Philosophical Method
c)
Pavlov's Hierarchy of Needs
d)
the Scientific Method
18.

Which law states that every object in the universe has a force that pulls on it?

a)

Law of Motion

b)

Law of Gravity

c)

Law of Time

d)

Law of Space

19.

This scientist, _________ discovered the Scientific Method?

a)

Copernicus

b)

Newton

c)

Galileo

d)

Bacon

20.

This invention helped Galileo to better study the sky and learn about how the planets function?

a)

microscope

b)

barometer

c)

thermometer

d)

telescope

21.

The Catholic Church actively supported the ________ Model of the Universe.

a)

Heliocentric

b)

Geocentric

c)

none

22.

This person was the first to use a telescope to observe objects in space.

a)

Galileo

b)

Aristotle

c)

Da Vinc

d)

Gutenberg

23.

Geo means _____________.

a)

Sun

b)

Earth

c)

Moon

d)

Stars

24.

Robert Boyle explained the effect of temperature and pressure on what?

a)

liquds

b)

gasses

c)

solids

d)

plasma

25.

Francis Bacon argued that the truth could not be known at the beginning of a question, but only at the end after a long process of?

a)

investigation

b)

waiting

c)

conspiring

d)

formulating

26.

Issac Newton discovered what?

a)

Cheese

b)

Gravity

c)

Scientific Method

d)

Astronomy

27.

What is an astronomer?

a)

Someone who studies landscapes

b)

Someone who studies books

c)

Someone who studies the stars and planets

d)

Someone who studies history

28.

Galileo ideas were so controversial that he was placed in?

a)

Jail

b)

Mental Institute

c)

House Arrest

29.

Galileo improved what invention that was used to look further into space?

a)

Quadrant

b)

Telescope

c)

Sail

30.

Ptolemy came up with what theory?

a)

Heliocentric

b)

Geocentric

31.

The Scientific Revolution was a shift from

a)

Magic to traditional ideas

b)

Traditional ideas to Middle Age ideas

c)

Magic to Science

32.

People during the Scientific Revolution started to make conclusions based on?

a)

Traditional ideas

b)

Experimentation and Observation

33.

The Scientific Revolution happened during the?

a)

1500s and 1600s

b)

1000s and 1200s

c)

1340s and 1430s

34.
Galileo was tried for heresy because he argued  
a)
That heaven did not exist
b)
That Earth revolved around the sun
c)
Against the law of gravity
d)
That the sun revolved around the Earth
35.
During the scientific  revolution people started using experiments to test theories rather than just believing the ___________
a)
King
b)
Family
c)
Church
d)
Sir Salami 
36.
Nicolaus Copernicus was the first person to challenge the church and develop the idea that the universe is ______________
a)
Earth centered
b)
Mars centered
c)
Sun centered
d)
beautiful 
37.
Nicolaus Copernicus used _________________ to come up with his theory.
a)
Luck
b)
Mathematical formulas  
c)
Guesses
d)
Friends
38.
 _____________________ was an Italian astronomer who developed the telescope, which then confirmed Copernicus’ Heliocentric Theory 
a)
a. Isaac Newton
b)
b. Galileo Galilei 
c)
c. Adam Smith
d)
d. Dennis Diderot
39.
What did Kepler add to Copernicus’ heliocentric theory?  
a)
That Jupiter had four moons
b)
That the planets revolved around the earth 
c)
That the sun was the biggest star
d)
That the planets move in eliptical (oval shaped) orbits around the sun
40.
Who created the geocentric theory?
a)
Issac Newton
b)
Ptolemy 
c)
Copernicus
d)
Galileo
41.
Who created the heliocentric theory?
a)
Copernicus
b)
Galileo 
c)
Ptolemy
d)
Kepler
42.
What did Galileo Improve?
a)
The astrolabe
b)
the stars
c)
The Telescope
d)
cat food.
43.
What did the geocentric theory state?
a)
The sun was at the center of the universe
b)
The earth was at the center of the universe
44.
What is the heliocentric theory?
a)
There is no sun
b)
The sun is smaller than the Earth
c)
The sun is the center of the universe
d)
The Earth in the center of the universe
45.
What is the first step to the scientific method?
a)
Make a hypothesis 
b)
State a question or problem
c)
Do the experiment
d)
Analyze the data 
46.
The idea that the sun is the center of the universe is the ____________ theory.
a)
geocentric
b)
heliocentric
c)
solar
d)
sunny
47.
The idea that the earth is the center of the universe is the ___________ theory.
a)
geocentric
b)
heliocentric
c)
earthcentric
d)
world's worst
48.
The Scientific Revolution challenged many medieval ideas about science. All of the following were astronomers during the Scientific Revolution except __.
a)
Nicolaus Copernicus
b)
Ptolemy
c)
Galileo Galilei
d)
Johannes Kepler
49.
During the Scientific Revolution the heliocentric view of the universe was first proposed by __.
a)
Ptolemy
b)
Francis Bacon
c)
Isaac Newton
d)
Nicolaus Copernicus
50.
According to Copernicus, the sun  
a)
Revolved around the earth
b)
Was the center of the Universe
c)
Was the biggest star
d)
 Had many moons
51.
Galileo was tried for heresy because he argued  
a)
That heaven did not exist
b)
That Earth revolved around the sun
c)
Against the law of gravity
d)
That the sun revolved around the Earth

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