Philosophy and Revolutions Quiz

What type of philosophy gained influence during this time period?

• Romanticism

• Enlightenment philosophy

• Postmodernism

• Existentialism

What kind of approaches did people use to understand the natural world?

• Superstition and folklore

• Empirical measurement and scientific method

• Divine revelation

• Mysticism

What did philosophers emphasize the importance of?

• Natural rights, government protection of rights, and the social contract

• Divine rule and hereditary monarchy

• Religious authority

• Military conquest

Which of the following was NOT a new political idea developed by philosophers?

• Natural rights

• Social contract

• Absolute monarchy

• Democracy

The diffusion of Enlightenment thought often preceded:

• The Renaissance

• Revolutions and rebellions

• The Scientific Revolution

• The Dark Ages

Colonial subjects in which region led a series of rebellions?

• Africa

• The Americas

• Europe

• The Middle East

What kind of ideals inspired colonial subjects to rebel?

• Monarchical ideals

• Democratic ideals

• Theocratic ideals

• Feudal ideals

Which revolution served as a model for others?

• The Russian Revolution

• The American Revolution

• The Haitian Revolution

• The Industrial Revolution

Which document was important to the French Revolution?

• Magna Carta

• The Federalist Papers

• Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

• Communist Manifesto

Which document inspired Latin American revolutions, and who wrote it?

• The Communist Manifesto – Karl Marx

• Common Sense – Thomas Paine

• Letter from Jamaica – Simón Bolívar

• The Leviathan – Thomas Hobbes