The Enlightenment and the Age of Exploration

What is the government system where every citizen votes of every issue?

• Republic

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

What is the government system where every citizen elects leaders to decide issues?

• Republic

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

Who was the first Enlightenment thinker?

• Thomas Aquinas

• John Wycliffe

• Francis Bacon

• Sir Isaac Newton

Who believed that government needed to be like a "Leviathan" and rule the people with absolute power?

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Thomas Paine

• Voltaire

Who argued that government needed to protect the natural rights of the people and if it doesn't the people must overthrow that government?

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Thomas Paine

• Voltaire

Which Enlightenment thinker argued for the separation of powers in government so that no one portion would become too powerful?

• Voltaire

• Rousseau

• Montesquieu

• Mary Wollstonecraft

Who is thought to be the founder of the Women's Rights movement?

• Voltaire

• Rousseau

• Montesquieu

• Mary Wollstonecraft

What document signed in 1215 by King John limited the power of the king and upheld the rights of all freeman?

• The Magna Carta

• The English Bill of Rights

• The Domesday Book

• The Declaration of Independence

True or False: During the Late Middle Ages there was little conflict between kingdoms and trade goods were easily transported over the Silk Road.

• True

• False

All of the following were inventions that helped Europeans explore new parts of the world EXCEPT what?

• The astrolabe

• The compass

• Triangular sails

• The Hydrofoil