World History Test #6, part 2

Which of the following was a characteristic of the movement "From Monarchy to Democracy?"

• A) servitude

• B) revolutions

• C) constitutional monarchies

• D) religious freedom

Rousseau describe in his social contract:

• rule by a monarch.

• rule by a religious authority.

• rule by a communist dictator.

• rule by the majority.

Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau wrote about:

• the separation of powers.

• the divine right of kings.

• the idea of natural rights.

• the social contract.

Who wrote pamphlets about American Independence?

• Thomas Paine

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Locke

• Patrick Henry

Which of the following best describes how Judaic ideas have influenced the world?

• Governments have used ideas about separation of church and state.

• Monotheism expressed in Judaism has affected international law.

• Governments have used ideas about separate branches of government.

• Human rights expressed in the Ten Commandments have affected laws.

All of the following modern ideas concerning rights and responsibilities developed from Greco-Roman civilization except—

• the Golden Rule

• unfair laws set aside

• reasonable doubt

• right to face your accuser

Intolerable Acts, First Continental Congress, Thomas Paine’s Common Sense is part of

• the Revolutionary era.

• the Jacksonian era.

• the Era of Good Feelings

• the era of westward expansion.

Powerful rulers who embraced the ideals of an eighteenth-century intellectual movement were

• Enlightened Despots.

• Platonic Potentates.

• Empirical Kings.

• Scientific Oligarchs.

Which leader was not an enlighten despot?

• Catherine the Great

• Frederick the Great

• George Washington

• Joseph II

Because the president is powerful, the U.S. Constitution allows

• the president to appoint justices with the consent of the Senate.

• Congress the power to establish federal courts.

• the commerce clause allows Congress to regulate trade among the states.

• Congress to override a presidential veto.