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WorksheetsEnlightenment Activity
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What was the main idea of the Enlightenment according to the text?
The Enlightenment was a movement to promote religious beliefs.
The Enlightenment was a movement to apply the scientific method to all aspects of life.
The Enlightenment was a movement to preserve traditional values.
The Enlightenment was a movement to expand colonial empires.
Who were the two seventeenth-century Englishmen that influenced Enlightenment thinkers?
John Locke and Isaac Newton
Voltaire and Denis Diderot
Adam Smith and Cesare Beccaria
Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Mary Wollstonecraft
According to John Locke, what is the mind like at birth?
A fully developed library
A blank slate or tabula rasa
A complex machine
A chaotic storm
What did Enlightenment thinkers hope to achieve by applying the scientific method?
To create a more chaotic society
To make progress toward a better society
To maintain the status quo
To eliminate all forms of government
Based on the information given on the map, what did London and Berlin have in common during the Enlightenment?
Both had an Academy of Science.
Both had a University.
Both had a Palace inspired by Versailles.
Both had an Observatory.
What did Isaac Newton believe about the physical world?
It was a chaotic and unpredictable system.
It operated like a giant machine.
It was governed by divine intervention.
It was beyond human understanding.
(a) was known for identifying three basic kinds of governments.
What was Montesquieu's most lasting contribution to political thought?
The concept of democracy
The separation of powers
The idea of monarchy
The abolition of slavery
What did Voltaire speak out against?
Economic theories
Social sciences
Religious superstition and tyranny
Scientific discoveries
Who is considered the father of capitalism?
Denis Diderot
Voltaire
Adam Smith
John Locke
According to Adam Smith, what is the main benefit of allowing competition to operate without government interference?
Prices are kept lower.
Monopolies are established.
Government revenue increases.
Trade restrictions are imposed.
What does the term "laissez-faire" mean?
To regulate trade
To let people do what they want
To increase government control
To impose taxes
Rousseau eventually made his way to (a) , where he was introduced into the circle of the philosophes.
What did Mary Wollstonecraft argue women should have equal rights in?
Education and economic life
Military and politics
Religion and art
Science and technology
What was a significant development in publishing during the eighteenth century?
The decline of book publishing
The focus on children's literature
The growth of magazines and newspapers for the general public
The restriction of books to the educated elite
What were salons in the context of the Enlightenment?
Places for haircuts and beauty treatments
Elegant drawing rooms for intellectual discussions
Markets for buying books
Schools for young children
Who was known for hosting salons and influencing literary and artistic taste?
John Wesley
Marie-Thérèse de Geoffrin
Isaac Newton
Voltaire
What was John Wesley's contribution to religious revival in England?
He wrote philosophical essays
He founded a new political party
He preached outdoors to large crowds
He became a famous artist
What was the main religious and evangelical movement in England during the Enlightenment?
Calvinism
Lutheranism
Methodism
Anglicanism
What social classes did Methodism appeal to in England?
Upper class
Lower and middle classes
Nobility
Royalty
