The Enlightenment

5 Written Questions

1. 
   begun about 1760 in England and later in other countries, characterized chiefly by the replacement of hand tools with power-driven machines, as the power loom and the steam engine, and by the concentration of industry in large establishments.
2. 
   Inventor of light bulb, phonograph and numerous other innovations
3. 
   Enlightenment thinker that believed all people have a right to life, liberty, and property; Thomas Jefferson studied his ideas extensively
4. 
   A political ideology that emphasizes the civil rights of citizens, representative government, and the protection of private property. This ideology, derived from the Enlightenment, was especially popular among the property-owning middle classes.
5. 
   This scientist proved Copernicus' theory that the sun was the center of the solar system and he was put on house arrest for stating this although the Catholic Church said it was incorrect

5 Matching Questions

1. Chicago Cubs
2. Colonization
3. French Revolution
4. Divine Right
5. Age of Reason

1. a
   Best team in baseball; northsiders; Home is Wrigley Field; Mr. Whitman goes every summer :+)
2. b
   system of settling new lands that remain under the government of their native land; example: European explorers occupying foreign lands for their native countries
3. c
   belief that a rulers authority comes directly from god.
4. d
   This political revolution began with a peasant revolt in 1789 when women marched on the palace of Versailles to demand bread for their starving children; it sought to limit the powers of the Catholic church, to weaken the power of the nobility and the monarch and strengthen the political voice of the common man.
5. e
   a period in history characterized by a critical approach to religious, social, and philosophical matters that seeks to fight against beliefs or systems not based on human reason

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. 
   a method of investigation involving observation and theory to test scientific hypotheses in a controlled environment; observe first and then use reason to draw conclusions about the physical world around them
   1. Scientific Revolution
   2. Elizabeth I
   3. Scientific Method
   4. Isaac Newton
2. 
   of or relating to fabrics or fabric making; cloth making; this type of factory became much more common during the Industrial Revolution
   1. Bastille
   2. Textile
   3. The Globe
   4. Empire
3. 
   They call me a terrible and cruel King. Ok... I executed (had killed) anyone who disagreed with me (including two of my own wives!) Who am I?
   1. Textile
   2. Louis XVI
   3. Henry VIII
   4. Revolution
4. 
   For hundreds of years people of Medieval Europe made their ideas about science fit religious beliefs or teachings of the Catholic Church; with this time period people began looking at how the universe really works based on science
   1. American Revolution
   2. Scientific Revolution
   3. Scientific Method
   4. French Revolution
5. 
   English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616); wrote Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and a Midsummer Night's Dream
   1. William Shakespeare
   2. Enlightenment
   3. Bill of Rights
   4. Maximilien Robespierre

5 True/False Questions

1. Napoleonic Code →
   I won many victories in Italy. By 1796, Austria had become my country's chief enemy. I started my attack on Austria, my first big campaign. I quickly defeated four armies larger than my own. After that, my troops gave me the name "Le Petit Caporal" or "Little Corporal." Who am I?

   True        False

2. Empire →
   many territories and peoples controlled by one government

   True        False

3. Jean Jacques Rousseau →
   Enlightenment philosopher who believed that everyone is born good, but civilization corrupts people. He believed that the titles of nobility should be abolished and that governments should use direct democracy. "Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains."

   True        False

4. Thomas Hobbes →
   Inventor of light bulb, phonograph and numerous other innovations

   True        False

5. Bill of Rights →
   belief that a rulers authority comes directly from god.

   True        False