F2 Enlightenment Quiz

Enlightenment thinkers stated that people enjoyed '______ rights' such as equality and liberty.

• absolute

• divine

• artificial

• natural

Absolute rulers promoted the theory of the '_______ right of kings.'

• divine

• absolute

• natural

• rational

Enlightenment thinkers believed the human society was controlled by the laws of ________.

• absolutism

• contract

• nature

• Reformation

People and ________ are the two parties involved in the 'social contract', which specifies their mutual rights and duties.

• government

• clergy

• nobility

• the Church

________ suggested the 'separation of powers' to divide powers among the three branches of government.

• Locke

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

• Voltaire

_________ proposed the implementation of constitution and reforms to limit the power of the king and protect people's rights.

• Harvey

• Locke

• Rousseau

• Voltaire

Enlightenment thinkers _________ the 'divine right of kings'.

• supported

• criticized

Influenced by Enlightenment ideas, some absolute rulers carried out reforms to grant more rights to their people. They were known as '_________'.

• enlightened revolutionaries

• enlightened despots

• liberal despots

• cultural intellectuals

Enlightenment ideas also contributed to the outbreak of two political revolutions in the 18th century, the _________ Revolution and the ________ Revolution.

• American, British

• American, French

• French, British

• Holy Roman, French

___________ II of Prussia was a famous enlightened despot.

• Isabelle

• Louis

• Frederick

• Elizabeth