Enlightenment and Revolutions Quiz

What is the Enlightenment?

• A period of darkness

• An intellectual movement

• A religious revival

• A political revolution

What is rationalism according to the Enlightenment?

• Reliance on authority for knowledge

• Reliance on reason for knowledge

• Reliance on tradition for knowledge

• Reliance on emotions for knowledge

What is empiricism according to the Enlightenment?

• Reliance on emotions for knowledge

• Reliance on reason for knowledge

• Reliance on tradition for knowledge

• Reliance on experimentation for knowledge

What was the main focus of the Scientific Revolution?

• Understanding political systems

• Understanding religious traditions

• Understanding the natural world

• Understanding human relationships

What is deism according to Enlightenment thinkers?

• Belief in multiple gods

• Complete rejection of religious belief

• Belief in a non-intervening God

• Belief in an intervening God

What is the concept of natural rights according to the Enlightenment?

• Rights earned through labor

• Rights given by the government

• Rights given by society

• Rights endowed by God

What is the social contract according to Enlightenment thinkers?

• An agreement between individuals and the government

• An agreement between individuals and society

• An agreement between individuals and religious institutions

• An agreement between individuals and foreign powers

What was a significant effect of Enlightenment ideas on major revolutions?

• Increase in serfdom

• Decrease in nationalism

• Increase in suffrage

• Increase in religious authority

What was a result of Enlightenment ideas in some places regarding slavery?

• Expansion of slavery

• Legalization of slavery

• Abolition of slavery

• Increase in slavery

What was a consequence of Enlightenment ideas in some places regarding women's rights?

• Decrease in women's rights activism

• Increase in women's suffrage

• Decrease in women's education

• Increase in gender inequality