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10thgrade
The Enlightenment & Scientific Revolution
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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe idea of "Checks and Balances" in modern government came fromMontesquieuLockeSmithRousseau
- 2. Multiple ChoiceHow did scientists begin challenging authority during the Scientific Revolution?By testing old beliefs using logic, math and observationBy reading classic literatureBy collecting samples of plant lifeBy challenging the government
- 3. Multiple ChoiceCopernicus came up with this theory.the mercantilism theorythe geocentric theorythe heliocentric theorythe scientific method theory
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat was Isaac Newton’s biggest contribution to the scientific revolution?Geocentric TheoryHeliocentric ModelScientific MethodThe Universal Law of Gravity
- 5. Multiple ChoiceA period of history from 1550 to 1700 when many important scientific advances were madeThe EnlightenmentThe Scientific RevolutionAge of ReasonThe English Civil War
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe Enlightenment is also referred to as theAge of ReasonAge of ThoughtAge of ScienceAge of Politics
- 7. Multiple Choice
This Enlightened thinker was for women's rights and equal education
Locke
Wollstonecraft
Montesquieu
Voltaire
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThis philosopher believed in freedom of speech and freedom of religionMontesquieuHobbesLockeVoltaire
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThe United States has three branches of government due to this philosopherRousseauVoltaireLockeMontesquieu
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which scientist was charged with heresy for supporting Copernicus’s teaching that the Earth revolves around the Sun?
Newton
Galileo
Copernicus
Aristotle
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThis Enlightened thinker agreed with absolutism and had a negative view on humanityNewtonHobbesLockeRousseau
- 12. Multiple Choice
Hobbes was a philosopher who believed all people were born _____.
Selfish
Good
Free
All of the above
- 13. Multiple ChoiceLocke believed that people were born with three natural rights. They are:Liberty, Property, and Religious freedomLife, Liberty, FreedomLife, Liberty, PropertyLife, Liberty, Equality
- 14. Multiple Choice
True or False: It was illegal to go against the Church and the monarch during this time period.
True
False
- 15. Multiple Choice
True or False: The Enlightenment led to revolutions around the world because many people were unhappy with their form of government.
True
False
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