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Revolution and Enlightenment Self Check Quiz Chapter 10

Revolution and enlightenment was influential in ushering in the French and American revolutions and constitutions. How much information and knowledge do you have on the subject? You will identify how much you know about it in...

Questions: 14 | Attempts: 78 | Last updated: Sep 6, 2025

Sample Question 1
According to the Ptolemaic system, __________

The sun is at the center of the universe

The universe is a series of concentric spheres.

The planetary bodies travel in elliptical orbits.

The moon revolves around the earth.

Sample Question 2
Using his telescope as a tool to observe the heavens, Galileo discovered that __________

The heavenly bodies are pure orbs of light.

The sun is at the center of the universe.

Orbits of planets around the sun are elliptical.

There are mountains on the moon.

Sample Question 3
A breakthrough in medicine came when the work of __________ replaced Galen’s teachings on human anatomy.

Robert Boyle

Andreas Vesalius

Antoine Lavoisier

Margaret Cavendish

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Enlightenment Era: Pioneers of Science and Art

Questions: 14 | Attempts: 11 | Last updated: Aug 4, 2025

Sample Question
What is the name of this image?

Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh

Quentin de la Tour, Self-Portrait. Created in 1751. Pastel. Approximately 25" by 21". The esprit of the Enlightenment personality.

The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci

The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali

How Well Do You Know Avicenna?

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 166 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2025

Sample Question
What year was Avicenna born?

999 AD

980 AD

901 AD

992 AD

Enlightenment and American Revolution 2

Questions: 19 | Attempts: 77 | Last updated: Aug 22, 2025

Sample Question
Montesquieu's philosophy can be found in which famous American document- separation of powers within the national government...

Treaty of Paris

Declaration of Independence

US Constitution

Gettysburg Address

8th Grade Interim Assessment #1 Intervention - 8.1.4

Questions: 6 | Attempts: 464 | Last updated: Oct 22, 2025

Sample Question
1. The idea of separation of powers, or a three branch government system was the idea of which Enlightenment thinker?

A. Kepler

B. Montesquieu

C. Locke

D. Rousseau

Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment Quiz

Questions: 20 | Attempts: 489 | Last updated: Sep 11, 2025

Sample Question
Which of the following descriptions most accurately defines mercantilism>

Mercantilism was a scientific theory that attempted to limit the growing dominance of merhcants within society.

Mercantilism held that government should promote the internal economy in order to improve tax revenues and to limit imports from other nations based on the amount of gold and silver the country owned.

Mercantilism was an economic philosophy that argued that natural laws would determine the flow of goods according to supply and demand.

Mercantilism argued that the money supply should be given to the people from the supply of bullion

Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution Review Quiz

Questions: 16 | Attempts: 7095 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2025

Sample Question
The endless religious wars, supernatural beliefs, and the printing press led to the Enlightenment.

True

False