Enlightenment & Research Skills Test

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An agreement between a government and its people, in which the people give up power to the government in return for protection of their rights, is known as.

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Social Contract

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The practice of granting each branch of government an ability to limit another branches' power is known as what?

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Checks & Balances

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Prior to the Enlightenment Age, the right to rule a country was given to someone by God. This type of justification is known as what?

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Divine Right

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Which Enlightenment philosopher promoted the ideas of freedoms in the United States such as the freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and the separation of church & state?

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Voltaire

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Which American document was most inspired by the ideas promoted by Montesquieu? Options: Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, US Constitution, Vindication of the Rights of Women

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US Constitution

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The idea that people were born bad & required a strong ruler to provide an organized society for all, was promoted by which Enlightenment thinker?

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Thomas Hobbes

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Censorship is best described as ....

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The act of limiting access of ideas & information to people.

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One of the earliest & influential voices with regard to improving the life & role of women during the Enlightenment period is which thinker?

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Mary Wollstonecraft

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The idea that responsibilities of government should be split between three branches was promoted by which philosopher?

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Montesquieu

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The practice of a ruler maintaining complete control, or unlimited power is known as ...

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Absolutism