Unit 5: Enlightenment and Revolution
Chapter 18: A Revolution in Science and Thought
Section I: The Scientific Revolution
(Pages 412-418)
1. Why were Copernicus’s ideas considered so revolutionary during his time?
2. How was the scientific method different from the science practices of the past?
3. Why was Galileo brought before the inquisition?
4. Which of Bacon’s ideas became a part of the scientific method?
5. How did the ideas of Bacon and Descartes influence the philosophy of science?
6. Why does a scientist repeat the steps of the scientific method?
7. Which discovery by Newton helped to explain the motion of the planets?
8. Why was Newton’s work so important to science?
9. What were two ways scientists got support for their new discoveries?
10. Why do you think scientists were the first people to promote these new ideas?
11. Fill out a 5W chart for Isaac Newton:
Who?
What?
Where?
When?
Why?
Go to your book (Page 418) or Mr. Pinnow’s web-site for the rest
(Other Discoveries)
12. With accurate observations and measurements, scientists made great _________________.
13. Life sciences and medicine also benefited from the new scientific methods of
_______________________ and __________________________.
14. The ______________________ also helped see things that were too small to see before.
15. Advances in ___________________ assisted advances in science.
16. One of these new inventions was the _______________ which ____________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
Unit 5: Enlightenment and Revolution
Chapter 18: A Revolution in Science and Thought
Section II: The Enlightenment
(Pages 422-426)
1. Why did ideas from the Enlightenment spread so quickly?
2. What kind of government did Thomas Hobbes believe was necessary?
3. How did the ideas of the enlightenment affect some rulers?
4. How did Thomas Hobbes viewpoint about the nature of human beings influence the type of
government he believed in?
5. How were John Locke’s ideas different from Thomas Hobbes?
6. What were some (2+) of the basic beliefs of the philosophes?
7. Why did leaders of this time feel like the Enlightenment threatened them?
8. What is the time of your life you’d call your “Enlightenment”? (a time when you gain new
knowledge and understanding about the world around you).
9.. What’s one idea from the Enlightenment that’s important to you today?
10. Complete a 5W chart for Jean Jacques Rousseau:
Who?
What?
Where?
When?
Why?
Go to your book (Page 426) or Mr. Pinnow’s web-site for the rest
(Enlightened Despots / Arts and Culture)
11. Enlightenment thinkers thought the could slowly change _______________________.
12. In some cases, their strategies _______________ and rulers did change.
13. One of these places was _____________, where ______________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
14. _________ forms also continued to change during the Age of Reason.
15. The style of the Renaissance gave way to the ______________________ (very ornate and fancy).
16. Baroque art was _______________________________________________________________.
Unit 5: Enlightenment and Revolution
Chapter 18: A Revolution in Science and Thought
Section III: The American Revolution
(Pages 427-431)
1. What were two of the causes of the American Revolution?
2. What are two things Americans may protest about with their government today?
3. Why did France join the Americans against the British?
4. Which military tactic helped the Americans defeat the British in battle?
5. How are the ideas of Baron de Montesquieu reflected in the U.S. Constitution?
6. Why did many people in the colonies support independence from Great Britain?
7. Why did the Articles of Confederation fail?
8. What’s one way ideas from the Enlightenment affected the delegates who helped create the U.S.
Constitution?
9. Why do you think there have only been 17 new amendments (27 all together) since the Constitution
was first written?
10. What effect did the American Revolution have on other countries?
11. Complete a 5W chart for: the person of your choice
Who?
What?
Where?
When?
Why?
Go to your book (Page 431) or Mr. Pinnow’s web-site for the rest
(Effects of the American Revolution)
11. America’s revolution and new democratic society changed the way people _______________
about governments.
12. Colonies had never before rebelled with any _______________________.
13. Other countries were ____________________ by the success of the American colonists.
14. They no longer had to accept that only the nobility had the right to __________________________.
15. Other places also began to __________________ for that right.