Chapter 20 Test

a state of government in which rulers have unlimited power and use it unfairly

• tyranny
• bourgeoisie
• deism
• enlightened despot
• laissez-faire

How were English philosophers Thomas Hobbes and John Locke similar?

• A Both favored direct democracies.
• B Both claimed people were basically good.
• C Both said people had the right to overthrow an oppressive ruler.
• D Both called for a social contract between the government and the governed.

the middle class

• bourgeoisie
• deism
• enlightened despot
• laissez-faire
• natural rights

an economic system in which businesses and industries regulate their activities without government interference

• laissez-faire
• bourgeoisie
• deism
• enlightened despot
• natural rights

a religious philosophy that supports the idea of natural religion, in which God does not interfere with natural laws

• deism
• bourgeoisie
• enlightened despot
• laissez-faire
• natural rights

inherent rights, such as life, liberty, and property

• natural rights
• bourgeoisie
• deism
• enlightened despot
• laissez-faire

an absolute ruler who applied certain Enlightenment ideas

• enlightened despot
• bourgeoisie
• deism
• laissez-faire
• natural rights

one of the writers and thinkers of the European Enlightenment

• philosophe
• bourgeoisie
• deism
• enlightened despot
• laissez-faire

a social gathering organized by Parisian women to discuss Enlightenment ideas

• salon
• bourgeoisie
• deism
• enlightened despot
• laissez-faire

an agreement between rulers and the ruled to cooperate for mutual social benefits in pursuit of an ordered society, with clearly defined rights and responsibilities for each

• social contract
• bourgeoisie
• deism
• enlightened despot
• laissez-faire