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WHII SOL Review--Artists, Scientists, Inventors, and Philosophers
WHII SOL Review--Artists, Scientists, Inventors, and Philosophers
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A quiz focusing on the named groups in modern world history, with focus on Virginia SOL standards.
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1
Who invented the steam engine?
Thomas Edison
James Hargreaves
James Watt
Eli Whitney
2
Which of these inventions was NOT a tool used by the Portuguese to explore in the 1400s?
Compasses
Cannons
Caravels
Iron armor
3
What man is credited with creating the heliocentric model of the galaxy?
Sir Isaac Newton
Galileo Galilei
Johannes Kepler
Nicolas Copernicus
4
Who painted the famous romantic work, Liberty Leading the People?
Miguel de Cervantes
Leonardo da Vinci
Eugene Delacroix
Michelangelo
5
Which figure from the Scientific Revolution was forced to recant his ideas by the Inquisition?
Sir Isaac Newton
Leonardo da Vinci
Nicolas Copernicus
Galileo Galilei
6
Which of the following was Martin Luther's MAIN criticism of the Church in the 95 Theses?
The "heresy" of the Protestants
All believers were equal before God
Bible was only in Latin
The sale of indulgences
7
What scientific figure was known for the discovery of bacteria, leading to germ theory?
Louis Pasteur
Thomas Edison
Edward Jenner
Sir Isaac Newton
8
Which Dutch painter from the Northern Renaissance was known for use of oil paintings?
Albrecht Durer
Leonardo da Vinci
Jan van Eyck
Sir Thomas More
9
To which Enlightened thinker do we owe the idea of separation of powers?
Baron de Montesquieu
Voltaire
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
John Locke
10
What movement responded to the Enlightenment by focusing on human emotion and experience?
Liberalism
The Scientific Revolution
Transcendentalism
Romanticism
11
According to Jean-Jacques Rousseau, where does the power to govern come from?
The General Will
A Constitutional Monarchy
Divine Right
Natural Rights of Life, Liberty, and Property
12
All of the following ideas or inventions are attributed to Sir Isaac Newton EXCEPT:
Laws of motion
The invention of calculus
The scientific method
The concept of gravity
13
All of the following were important inventions in the First Industrial Revolution EXCEPT:
The Steam Engine
The Bessemer Steel Process
The Spinning Jenny
The Cotton Gin
14
While many wrote about the idea, who published the book entitled "The Social Contract?"
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Baron de Montesquieu
15
What scientist discovered radioactivity, as well as the elements radium and polonium?
Thomas Edison
Sir Isaac Newton
Marie Curie
Albert Einstein
16
Who painted The School of Athens?
Donatello
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Raphael
17
What Catholic scholar was known as "The Father of the Reformation" despite never joining it?
Sir Thomas More
Desiderius Erasmus
Sir Isaac Newton
Louis XIV
18
What philosophy was a central part of the Renaissance?
Radicalism
Romanticism
Humanism
Scientific Reasons/Logic
19
What man created the world's first vaccine against smallpox?
Leonardo da Vinci
William Harvey
Sir Isaac Newton
Edward Jenner
20
Which of the following inventions is NOT attributed to Thomas Edison?
The light bulb
The telephone
The phonograph
DC Electrical current
21
Which Islamic empire wanted European artists to come to it, since art & rugs were key exports?
Ottoman Empire
Safavid Empire
Songhai Empire
Mughal Empire
22
The spread of the concept of nationalism can best be attributed to what political leader?
Henry VIII
Napoleon Bonaparte
Otto von Bismarck
Louis XIV
23
What scientist led the Manhattan Project during World War II?
Robert Oppenheimer
Sir Isaac Newton
Guglielmo Marconi
Albert Einstein
24
What figure published
Utopia
and served as a tutor to King Henry VIII?
Sir Isaac Newton
William Harvey
William Shakespeare
Sir Thomas More
25
The Popol Vuh is considered to be the "Bible" of what pre-Columbian society in the Americas?
Maya
Inca
Shawnee
Aztec
26
Which of the following ideas is NOT associated with John Locke?
Right of people to overthrow unjust governments
The right of people of a nation to have their own country.
Natural Rights (Life, Liberty, Property)
The consent of the governed
27
Who published
The Wealth of Nations
, which served as the basis for capitalism?
Adam Smith
Thomas Malthus
Karl Marx
David Ricardo
28
What musician is most associated with the classical style of composition?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ludwig von Beethoven
Johann Sebastian Bach
Albrecht Durer
29
What Austrian monk paved the way for our understanding of genetics by using pea plants?
Gregor Mendel
Martin Luther
Charles Darwin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
30
Who famously painted the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper?
Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
Raphael
Donatello
