Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment

Essay Questions

Directions: At the end of the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment unit one of these
essay questions will be the test question. The teacher will choose the question.

Theme Question
Science and Technology How did the Scientific Revolution change the way
Europeans looked at the world?
(Make sure to know specific changes and why it
changed)

Culture and Intellectual Life How did the Scientific Revolution lead to the ideas of
the Enlightenment?

Government What reforms did the Enlightenment thinkers want to

bring to government in the 1600s and 1700s?

Change What impact did the Enlightenment have on Europe?

(Focus on changes that occurred in social and political
areas of Europe.)

Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment

Essay Questions

Directions: At the end of the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment unit one of these
essay questions will be the test question. The teacher will choose the question.

Theme Question
Science and Technology How did the Scientific Revolution change the way
Europeans looked at the world?
(Make sure to know specific changes and why it
changed)

Culture and Intellectual Life How did the Scientific Revolution lead to the ideas of
the Enlightenment?

Government What reforms did the Enlightenment thinkers want to

bring to government in the 1600s and 1700s?

Change What impact did the Enlightenment have on Europe?

(Focus on changes that occurred in social and political
areas of Europe.)