Enlightenment and Revolutions Quiz

Define the " Age of Enlightenment"

• prehistoric transition from hunting and gathering to settled agriculture

• process of change from an agrarian and handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing

• an intelectual movement in 18th century Europe that focused on human rationality and reason to solve social problems

• all of the above

This French Enlightenment thinker developed the idea of separation of power to keep a government in check.

• Voltaire

• Thomas Hobbes

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Montesquieu

This English Enlightenment thinker developed the idea of "natural rights" which Thomas Jefferson would later utilize in the American Declaration of Independence.

• John Locke

• Genghis Kahn

• Joseph Stalin

• Sir Isaac Newton

When did the American declaration of Independence go into effect?

• July 28, 1914

• September 1, 1939

• April 12, 1861

• July 4, 1776

What is one way Voltaire's ideas may have influenced the American Constitution? 

• first amendment (free speech)

• 2nd amendment (bear arms)

• 6th amendment (fair trial)

• He did not influence the Constitution

What is one way Montesquieu may have influenced the American government?

• the emancipation proclamation

• development of our national holidays

• having three branches of government (checks and balances)

• he did not influence American government

Who was the colonies commander and chief during the Revolutionary War and later first President of the USA.

• Ben Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Voltaire

During the Estates-General in France (prerevolution), who made up the three estates?

• 1st estate (military), 2nd estate (the King), 3rd estate (entertainers)

• 1st estate (citizens from north), 2nd estate (citizens from south), 3rd estate (citizens from east)

• 1st estate (women), 2nd estate (children), 3rd estate (men)

• First Estate (clergy); the Second Estate (nobility); and the Third Estate (commoners)

Which of the following played a major role in the French Revolution?

• George Washington and John Hancock

• Confucius and Lao Tzu

• Genghis and Kublai Khan

• Marat and Robespierre

Who became the dictator of France after the revolution?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Montesquieu

• Voltaire