| Scientific Revolution | ||
| #1 | What is at the center of a geocentric view of the universe? | Earth |
| #2 | Which scientist was the first to adopt a heliocentric view of the universe? | Nicolaus Copernicus |
| #3 | Which scientist is well known for his theories on gravity? | Isaac Newton |
| #4 | Which scientist’s heliocentric views of the universe caused conflict with the Catholic Church? | Galileo Galilei |
| #5 | What did Francis Bacon develop that assisted scientists during the Scientific Revolution? | Scientific Method |
| Enlightenment | ||
| #1 | Voltaire’s Treatise on Toleration outlined which important principle? | Freedom of Religion |
| #2 | Which Enlightenment thinker believed that knowledge could be gained through experience? | John Locke |
| #3 | What was the French name given to the philosophers of the Enlightenment who used reason and appeal to facts in order to study society? | Philosophes |
| #4 | Which Enlightenment thinker’s The Social Contract argued that people adopted laws and government in order to preserve their private property? | Rousseau |
| #5 | Which Enlightenment thinker tried to find the natural laws that govern the social and political relationships of human beings? | Montesquieu |
| Reform | ||
| #1 | What was Denis Diderot’s major contribution to the Enlightenment? | Encyclopedia |
| #2 | Which economist wrote the book The Wealth of Nations and argued for laissez-faire governmental economic policies? | Adam Smith |
| #3 | Which Anglican minister began the Methodist Church? | John Wesley |
| #4 | Which women’s rights advocate wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Women? | Mary Wollstonecraft |
| #5 | Which prison reformer argued against corporeal and capital punishment? | Cesare Beccaria |
| 1700s Monarchs & Wars | ||
| #1 | The North American branch of the Seven Years War was called what? | French & Indian War |
| #2 | From what country was the famous female ruler Catherine II (or Catherine the Great)? | Russia |
| #3 | From what country was the famous female ruler Maria Theresa? | Austria |
| #4 | Which war began after Frederick II of Prussia took control of Austrian Silesia? | War of Austrian Succession |
| #5 | Which system of government featured rulers trying to rule by Enlightenment principles while maintaining their royal powers? | Enlightened Absolutism |
| Hodge Podge | ||
| #1 | This was a period of history that led to many advances in science? | Scientific Revolution |
| #2 | What was the period in history that led to many philosophies on the best form of government to be developed? | Enlightenment |
| #3 | What is the most important difference between the Ptolemaic and the Copernican version of the universe? | Body at the center of the universe |
| #4 | Francis Bacon, Galileo Galilei, and Isaac Newton promoted the idea that knowledge should be based on what? | Experimentation & Observation |
| #5 | The French philosopher René Descartes promoted what system of thought based on the belief that reason is the chief source of knowledge? | Rationalism |
| Final Question | |