Unit 3 Study Guide: Age of Reason

What type of government is the sovereignty represented by one supreme ruler?

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Absolute Monarchy

• Republic

• Democracy

Which Enlightenment philosopher wrote about the importance of the separation of powers?

• Locke

• Rousseau

• Hobbes

• Montesquieu

Which philosopher's main Enlightenment idea included protecting people's natural rights?

• Locke

• Voltaire

• MontesquIeu

• Rousseau

Select the two movements that both used logic and reason.

• Protestant Reformation

• Enlightenment

• Scientific Revolution

• Renaissance

Which movement proved many church theories incorrect and led to the Catholic Church losing power?

• Scientific Revolution

• Renaissance

• Protestant Reformation

• Enlightenment

Select the scientists that promoted knowledge should be based on experimentation and observation:

• Francis Bacon

• Galileo Galilei

• Isaac Newton

• Martin Luther

What were Locke's 3 natural rights that a government should protect?

• Life

• lots of money

• Liberty (freedom)

• Property

Absolute monarchs believed they received the right to rule directly from God called _______________

• natural rights

• social contract

• separation of church and state

• divine right

Which Enlightenment philosopher promoted the idea of a social contract between government and the people?

• Montesquieu

• Wollstonecraft

• Rousseau

• Voltaire

Which movement promoted the idea that a government's role is to protect citizens' rights?

• Enlightenment

• Protestant Reformation

• Renaissance

• Age of Exploration