Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment Quiz

Which individual supported the theory in this illustration?

• Socrates

• Ptolemy

• Dante

• Galileo

The discovery depicted in this illustration is most closely associated with which historical event?

• Protestant Reformation

• Founding of Hinduism

• Fall of the Roman Empire

• Scientific Revolution

At the time it was first published, which group was most opposed to the discovery depicted in the diagram?

• Islamic Caliphs

• Merchants

• Catholic Church

• Artists

Which scientist is most directly associated with formulating this view of the Solar System?

• Ptolemy

• Descartes

• Copernicus

• Newton

Which historical period is most closely associated with these achievements?

• Pax Romana 

• Age of Alexander the Great

• European Middle Ages 

• Scientific Revolution

Which historical event most directly contributed to the developments in this timeline?

• Mansa Musa’s Hajj

• Fall of the Roman Empire

• Renaissance

• Building of the Great Wall of China

Which idea is expressed in this passage?

• The people should give up their liberty to create an orderly society

• People have a right to rebel if their natural rights are denied.

• Governments should be obeyed regardless of their actions.

• Liberty can only be guaranteed in a direct democracy.

The ideas in this passage inspired which of the following historical developments?

• Rise of absolute monarchs

• Spread of feudalism

• Spread of Christianity

• rise of representative democracies

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. . . .”

This statement best reflects the philosophy of

• Adam Smith

• Karl Marx

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. . . .”

This statement best represents the values of

• the Enlightenment

• Social Darwinism

• feudalism

• communism