
Long Enlightenment and American Revolution
Authored by Karen Lewis
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10th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The Renaissance and Enlightenment are similar because people during both eras began to:
explore the world around them and create overseas colonies
question the world around them and try to improve society
give more power to the Roman Catholic Church
question the power of strong kings
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
One similarity of the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment is that both
emphasized the value of logic and reason
had the support of the Roman Catholic Church
helped bring an end to feudalism in Europe
placed great value on traditional beliefs from Greece and Rome
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Baron de Montesquieu and Jean Jacques Rousseau would have agreed that:
Monarchs are acceptable as long as they are Enlightened Despots
too much power in the hands of one person is a bad idea
divine right and mercantilism should be used by kings when ruling a nation
absolute monarchies are better than limited monarchies
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
According to John Locke, the purpose of government is to
divide power among three equal branches of government
protect the natural rights of individuals
Serve the monarch
use direct democracy to guarantee the will of the majority
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which Enlightenment philosophe believed so much in freedoms of speech and religion that he declared, "I may disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to my death your right to say it."?
Cesare Beccaria
Thomas Hobbes
Voltaire
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which Enlightenment philosophe believed in limited government and argued that government power comes from the "consent of the governed"?
Mary Wollstonecraft
John Locke
Baron de Montesquieu
Thomas Hobbes
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
“When the legislative, judicial, and executive powers are united in one person, there can only be tyranny and corruption." --Baron de Montesquieu
This quotation best shows Montesqueiu's belief that the best form of government is one that
protects the power of absolute monarchies
protects freedom of speech
limits natural rights of citizens
separates power among three branches of government
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