Enlightenment Test Review

Front

Which heading best completes the partial outline below?
- Writings of Thomas Hobbes
- Divine right theory
- Centralization of political power
- Reign of Louis XIV

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Rise of Absolutism.

Front

Louis XIV and Peter the Great would most likely agree with the expression ____.

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do not question government authority.

Front

This quotation best reflects the concept of ____.
“A DEO REX, A REGE LEX – “the king is from God, and law is from the king.” – James I

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divine right to rule.

Front

Enlightenment thinkers were primarily interested in ____.

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changing the relationship between people and their government.

Front

Colonists in North America protested the taxes imposed by the British following the French and Indian War. What was the main reason the colonists were upset about these taxes?

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Colonists were not represented in the British Parliament and for that reason believed the taxes were unjust.

Front

Under Spanish rule, Latin American society was strictly divided into a class system determined by birth. This ridged social class system contradicted the Enlightenment idea of ____.

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equality among men.

Front

Why was Galileo put in house arrest after his advancements in astronomy?

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The Church did not like that his ideas questioned the current beliefs on astronomy.

Front

The idea that man is born equal with natural rights and that it’s the government’s job to protect those rights are prominent in the Declaration of Independence. That document was based MOST on the ideas of which of the following? A. Charles Darwin, B. Machiavelli, C. John Locke, D. Montesquieu

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John Locke

Front

One way in which the contributions of Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton are similar is that each ___.

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practiced observation and experimentation in his work.

Front

The American Revolution was motivated by the enlightened idea ___.

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that all men are created equal.