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9th -
10thgrade
Chapter 22 - Enlightenment and Revolution (1550-1789)
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- 1. Multiple Choice
The use of a logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas is known as
the scientific method
heliocentrism
geocentrism
an experiment
- 2. Multiple Choice
Efforts to apply the scientific method to society created the movement called
the Scientific Revolution
the socieal contract
the Enlightenment
the Reformation
- 3. Multiple Choice
In his famous book On the Spirit of the Laws, he proposed that separation of powers would keep any individual or group from gaining total control of a government.
Locke
Voltaire
Rousseau
Montesquieu
- 4. Multiple Choice
The belief that the stars, the earth, and the other planets revolve around the sun.
Heliocentric Theory
Geocentric Theory
Ptolomy Theory
Suncentric Theory
- 5. Multiple Choice
The English scientist who discovered the law of universal gravitation
Kepler
Copernicus
Galileo
Isaac Newton
- 6. Multiple Choice
The agreement in which people give their rights to a strong ruler in exchange for law and order.
Social Contract
Declaration of Independence
Constitution
Bill of Rights
- 7. Multiple Choice
A social gathering for intellectuals and artists, often hosted by wealthy Parisian woman.
Salon
Convention
Party
University
- 8. Multiple Choice
The document in which American colonists asserted their right to free themselves from British rule.
Declaration of Independence
Constitution
Bill of Rights
Social Contract
- 9. Multiple Choice
A system of government in which power is divided between national and state governments.
Federal System
Division of Powers
Parlament
House of Commons
- 10. Multiple Choice
A new way of thinking about the world, based on observation and the questioning of old beliefs (mid-1500s)
Enlightenment
Rationalism
Despotism
Liberalism
- 11. Multiple Choice
He built a telescope to view the stars and planets; the Church tired him for heresy for his scientific ideas.
Galileo
Copernicus
Newton
Kepler
- 12. Multiple Choice
The simple and elegant artistic style of the late 1700s that borrowed themes from classical Greece and Rome
Neoclassical
Baroque
Rococo
Expresionism
- 13. Multiple Choice
He supported self-government and argued that the purpose of government is to protect the natural rights of people. If government fails to protect these natural rights, he said, citizens have the right to overthrow it.
Wollstonecraft
Hobbes
Locke
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhich philosopher believed people were wicked by nature and needed to be controlled?LockeHobbesMontesquieu
- 15. Multiple Choice
The heliocentric, or sun-centered, theory was proposed by
Galileo Galilei
Nicolas Copernicus
Francis Bacon
Isaac Newton
- 16. Multiple Choice
Francis Bacon helped to develop
the microscope
the law of the pendulum
the scientific method
the barometer
- 17. Multiple Choice
Isaac Newton explained the
law of universal gravitation (motion)
anatomy of the human body
chemical composition of matter
function of blood vessels
- 18. Multiple Choice
In general, the philosophes believed in which of the following?
expanding women's rights
all Church decrees
progress of society
authoritarian rule
- 19. Multiple Choice
European Art of the 1600's and 1700's was dominated by a grand, ornate style called
neoclassical
classical
baroque
gothic
- 20. Multiple Choice
The Declaration of Independence was written by
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
Patrick Henry
- 21. Multiple Choice
The Bill of Rights was influenced by
Voltaire
John Locke
Jean Jacques Rousseau
All of the above
- 22. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is true of the neoclassical style of art?
It emphasized elegance and simplicity
It tended to be ornate, high detailed, and rich in color
It was the dominant style of art during the Middle Ages
It was based on ideas and themes from Ancient Japan
- 23. Multiple Choice
Which of the following reflects the correct sequence of steps used in the scientific prowess
observation, question, experimentation, hypothesis, conclusion
question, experimentation, hypothesis, observation, conclusion
question, observation, hypothesis, experimentation, conclusion
observation, question hypothesis, experimentation, conclusion
- 24. Multiple Choice
Which of the following events occurred after the American Revolution
Constitutional Convention
French and Indian War
Stamp Act
Navigation Acts
- 25. Multiple Choice
What was Montesquieu's influence on the U.S. Constitution?
public elections
branches of government
the Bill of Rights
representatives
- 26. Multiple Choice
What was the law of universal gravitation?
the earth and other planets revolve around the sun
All physical objects are affected equally by the same forces
A falling object accelerates at a fixed and predictable rate
The physical world consists of four elements-earth, air, fire, and water
- 27. Multiple Choice
What did the American colonists protest as "taxation without representation"?
French and Indian War
Navigation Acts
Stamp Act
import tax on tea
- 28. Multiple Choice
How did the Declaration of Independence embody Enlightenment ideals?
It stated that all titles of nobility should be abolished
It protected the rights of the accused and prohibited cruel punishment
It set up a system of checks and balances for the U.S. government
It said that people have rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
- 29. Multiple Choice
This astronomer reasoned that the stars and planets revolved around the sun, an idea that became known
as the heliocentric theory.
Martin Luther
Isaac Newton
Nicolaus Copernicus
René Descartes
- 30. Multiple Choice
Among his many scientific discoveries are the law of the pendulum and the fact that falling objects accelerate at fixed and predictable rates.
Isaac Newton
John Locke
Galileo Galilei
Johannes Gutenberg
- 31. Multiple Choice
Despite serving two prison terms and being exiled, he never stopped fighting for tolerance, reason, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech.
Galileo
Locke
Voltaire
Hobbes
- 32. Multiple ChoiceThe earth-centered view of the universe?GeocentricHeliocentricNeoclassicalScientific Revolution
- 33. Multiple ChoiceAt these events, philosophers, writers, artists, scientists, and other great intellects met to discuss ideas?SalonsPhilosophiesFederal SystemNeoclassical
- 34. Multiple ChoiceA new intellectual movement that stressed reason and thought and the power of individuals to solve problems?EnlightenmentRenaissanceAmerican RevolutionFrench Revolution
- 35. Multiple Choice
Although most philosophes believed that reason, science, and art improve the lives of all people, he argued that civilization corrupts people's natural goodness.
Rousseau
Voltaire
Locke
Jefferson
- 36. Multiple ChoiceRules who held absolute power but felt sympathetic with Enlightenment idealsAbsolute monarchsParliamentsEnlightened DespotsPhilosophes
- 37. Multiple Choice
Russian monarch who took steps to reform and modernize Russia.
Catherine the Great
Frederick the Great
Joseph II
Louis XVI
- 38. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was a major reason for the colonists' victory over Britain was?
superior weaponry
a stronger motivation to fight
military support from Italy
more experience generals
- 39. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was created by the Articles of Confederation?
the Congress
the Supreme Court
the office of President
the office of vice-president
- 40. Multiple Choice
Which of the following documents created the first national government of the 13 individual states in North America?
Constitution
Navigation Acts
Articles of Confederation
Declaration of Independence
- 41. Multiple Choice
Which of the following men contradicted the ideas in the U.S. Constitution?
Baron de Montesquieu
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Denis Diderot
- 42. Multiple Choice
Which of the following did the Enlightenment promote?
a belief in progess
a more secular outlook
faith in science
all of the above
- 43. Multiple Choice
In the 1700's which of the following showed the influence of Enlightenment ideas?
a woman reading a novel
a woman allowing her child to have a smallpox vaccination
a man attending a salon
all of the above
- 44. Multiple Choice
Which of the following were caused by the scientific revolution
the belief that the earth was an unmoving object at the center of the universe
improvements in medicine and scientific instruments
reliance on ancient authorities to explain the physical world
the assumption that the human body was similar to the anatomy of other animals
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