WHII - Topic 12: Absolutism, Enlightenment, & Revolutions

Which is the study of the natural world by careful observation and the questioning of accepted beliefs

• absolute monarch
• cabinet
• Scientific Revolution
• rationalism

Which is a king or queen who had unlimited power and tried to control all aspects of society

• absolute monarch
• cabinet
• Scientific Revolution
• rationalism

Which is Enlightenment thinkers' belief that truth can be discovered through reason or logical thinking

• absolute monarch
• cabinet
• Scientific Revolution
• rationalism

Which is a group of advisers or ministers chosen by the head of a country to help make government decisions

• absolute monarch
• cabinet
• Scientific Revolution
• rationalism

Which is the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, which protect citizens' basic rights and freedoms

• checks and balances
• Declaration of Independence
• Bill of Rights
• neoclassical

Which is relating to a simple, elegant style that characterized the arts in Europe during the late 1700s

• checks and balances
• Declaration of Independence
• Bill of Rights
• neoclassical

Which is measures designed to prevent any one branch of government from dominating the others

• checks and balances
• Declaration of Independence
• Bill of Rights
• neoclassical

Which is a statement of the reasons for the American colonies' break with Britain

• checks and balances
• Declaration of Independence
• Bill of Rights
• neoclassical

Which is the idea that the earth and the other planets revolve around the sun

• constitutional monarchy
• Glorious Revolution
• heliocentric theory
• boyar

Which is a system of governing in which a ruler's power is limited by law

• constitutional monarchy
• Glorious Revolution
• heliocentric theory
• boyar