Global History 10 Unit 2 Review

Rousseau wrote, “Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.” What kind of government did he favor in order to ensure greater freedom?

• an absolute monarchy

• an enlightened monarchy

• an oligarchy

• a popularly elected government

An agreement by which people give up their freedoms for an organized society.

• natural law

• social contract

• laissez-faire

• natural rights

Absolute monarchs who used their power to bring about political and social change

• Enlightened despots

• social contractors

• limited monarchs

• philosophers

The most radical leader during the French Revolution who led the Reign of Terror

• Robespierre

• Napoleon

• Louis XVI

• John Locke

The king of France during the French Revolution. He was considered a weak, ineffective, and unprepared ruler.

• Napoleon

• Louis XVI

• Robespierre

• John Locke

Under Napoleon's rule, women lost many of the rights they had gained during the Revolution

• True

• False

Enlightenment philosopher who believed people had natural rights of life, liberty, and property

• Rousseau

• Voltaire

• John Locke

• Montesquieu

How did Hobbes view human nature?

• Naturally kind and helpful to others

• Naturally ignorant

• Inquisitive and industrious

• Naturally selfish and quick to fight

Enlightenment philosopher who believed to limit government, that it should be divided into separate branches that shared power

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

• John Locke

• Voltaire

Radical political party during the French Revolution

• Bourbons

• Marats

• Jacobins