Midterm Review

Which of the following was MOST important to the Enlightenment & the Scientific Revolution?

• Observations & Reason

• Faith & Tradition

• Monarchy & Conservativism

• Nationalism & Unification

In a social contract, people give up (1) _____, and receive (2) _____ in return.

• (1) monarchy, (2) democracy

• (1) religion, (2) science

• (1) liberalism, (2) conservatism

• (1) rights, (2) safety

“Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” from the Declaration of Independence are examples of what?

• separation of powers

• Inductive reasoning

• natural rights

• heliocentrism

Ideas similar to those in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen would be found in which U.S. document?

• Declaration of Independence

• Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy

• The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil

• The Communist Manifesto

Which Enlightenment idea is represented here?

• nationalism

• separation of powers

• constitutional monarchy

• freedom of religion

Which is a way to express ‘popular sovereignty’?

• serfdom

• electrical innovations

• monarchy

• voting

Causes of the French Revolution:

• higher prices for bread and flour

• France’s growing debt

• unfair taxes

• Napoleon

1st Estate:

• Nobility, paid little or no taxes

• Everyone else, paid most taxes

• Clergy / Church, paid no taxes

• The King, spent the taxes

2nd Estate:

• Nobility, paid little or no taxes

• Everyone else, paid most taxes

• Clergy / Church, paid no taxes

• The King, spent the taxes

3rd Estate:

• Nobility, paid little or no taxes

• Everyone else, paid most taxes

• Clergy / Church, paid no taxes

• The King, spent the taxes