Enlightenment Quiz

What was the Enlightenment? Select all that apply.

• People deserve more rights

• Change form of government

• Scientific answers instead of multiple gods

• Science flourished

• Non-Religious Movement

True or False: During the Enlightenment, people were changing their minds about government. They believed that government should heavily control the citizens' lives. Public officials should be inheriting their roles.

• True

• False

Who was the major thinker during the Enlightenment?

• Ben Franklin

• Plato

• John Locke

• John Adams

What was the French and Indian War?

• A war between Russia and Australia

• A war caused by a fight between Great Britain and France where the Native Americans allied with Europeans

• A war where Colonists were sick of tyranny and revolted

What was the French and Indian War?

• A war between Russia and Australia

• A war caused over a land dispute

• A war where Colonists were sick of tyranny and revolted

A treaty signed that gave the British more land, thereby shifting the balance of power and ending the war.

• Treaty of Versaille

• Treaty of NY

• Treaty of Persia

• Treaty of Paris

Why did the British want to settle in the Ohio River Valley?

• To expand their territory

• To find gold

• To establish trade routes

• To escape persecution

Which of the following would NOT be an Enlightenment ideal?  

• one ruler should make laws
• the government should represent the people
• the government should be limited
• citizens should have their natural rights

True or False: The Enlightenment focused on reason and individualism over tradition.

• True

• False