Age of Enlightenment

The Enlightenment is

• a time of rebirth
• a time when science ruled
• a time with people used reason and logic to explain the world
• a time when technology ruled

Enlightenment philosphers believe that if government abuses power the people should change it.

• True
• False

The ability of one branch of government to limit the power of the other is called ___.

• a natural law
• checks and balances
• a social contract
• laissez-faire

Who developed the idea of the three branches of government?

• John Locke
• Jean Jacques Rousseau
• Montesquieu
• Thomas Hobbes

A government leader who has all the power

• Democracy
• Anarchy
• Absolute Monarchy
• Separation of Powers

The idea that religion should not be involved with government is called:

• Separation of Powers

• Separation of Church and State

• Religious Tolerance

• Natural Rights

The idea that it is OK for others to believe differently than you, and all people should get the same treatment despite their beliefs is called:

• Religious Tolerance

• Separation of Church and State

• Natural Rights

• Divine Rights

What is divine right?

• The right to rule was given to the monarch by God
• a Birth right
• soldiers for hire
• a monarch for hire

During the Age of Absolutism, European monarchs looked to

• Develop better relations with muslim rulers

• Centralize political power in their nations

• Encourage the growth of political farms

• Increase human rights for citizens

Louis XIV built this massive, ornate palace -- largely funded by the taxpayers of his country.

• Windsor Castle

• Versailles

• St. Petersburg

• Fontainebleau