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Enlightenment

Authored by William Duffany

Social Studies, History

7th - 12th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A philosophical and intellectual movement in 18th century Europe that led to a change in the way people looked at government was known as

The Scientific Revolution

The Enlightenment

The French Revolution

The Industrial Revolution

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which other important revolution helped lead to the Enlightenment?

The Scientific Revoluiton

The Neolithic Revolution

The Industrial Revolution

The American Revolution

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The idea that people give up some freedom to their government in order to have a stable (safe & secure) society is known as

Natural Rights

Divine Right

The Social Contract

Absolutism

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Jean-Jacques Rousseau mean when he wrote: "Man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains"?

No one knows

He meant that people exist to serve their government

He meant that slavery should be allowed around the world

He meant that in order for people to be free they had to follow certain rules & laws

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

During the Enlightenment, many Europeans believed they solve many of the world's problems using:

Steam powered machines

Math and Science

The human mind: logic and reason

Hard work and determination

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Thomas Hobbes believed that people were

Generally good and moral

Cruel, selfish, and greedy

Childlike and incapable of self-control

Cute

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Because Thomas Hobbes believed that people were greedy, selfish, and cruel, he thought the best type of government was:

a democracy chosen by the people

no government at all

one that had absolute power over the people

based upon the teachings of the Catholic Church

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