Enlightenment Quiz 17.2-17.3

In The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith gave all of the following roles to government EXCEPT

• protection (the army)
• defense (the police)
• economics (the bank)
• public works (roads and canals)

Rousseau argued that society should be governed by which of the following:

• the military
• the church
• a monarch
• a social contract

Rousseau believed in all of the following EXCEPT:

• education fosterning natural instincts
• balance of heart and mind
• rules by law and government
• rule of the general will

Diderot's Encyclopedie was used to

• attack religious superstition
• attack capital punishment
• support Islamic teachings
• supress Enlightenment ideals

Montesquie's ideas were used in which of the following?

• religious reform
• the US Constitution
• Ptolemy's geocentric model
• the theories of Copernicus

The concern of 18th century monarchs for a balance of power basically involved the desire to

• prevent domination by one state
• build larger armies
• expand territories
• create worldwide peace

Define "Enlightened Absolutism"

• highly secular artistic style in the 1730's
• monarchical rule by Enlightenment principles
• traditional Austrian Empress
• led to a worldwide war

All of the following were outcomes of the Seven Year's war EXCEPT

• France gave Louisiana to Spain
• Spanish Florida came under British control
• Canada became British
• the thirteen colonies became British

Who was Catherine II?

• a traditional Austrian Empress
• ruler of Russia from 1762 to 1796
• Frederick the Terrible's wife
• an aristocratic officer

Frederick the Great of Prussia

• abolished serfdon
• enlarged the army
• replaced aristocratic officers
• eliminated religions toleration