WorksheetsEnlightenment Review
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Absolutism was an old idea that gave total and absolute power to a:
a)
Democracy
b)
Monarchy
c)
Parliament
d)
Oligarchy
2.
The divine right of kings stated that a king's power to rule came from:
a)
The people
b)
the government
c)
God
d)
The nobles
3.
Enlightenment thinkers were also known as :
a)
Socialists
b)
Reformers
c)
Philosophes
d)
Radicals
4.
Who proposed the idea that all men are born with natural rights, which included life, liberty and property?
a)
John Locke
b)
Voltaire
c)
Thomas Hobbes
d)
Baron de Montesquieu
5.
Thomas Hobbes said that people should enter a _______________ where they will give up some of their freedom in exchange for law and order.
a)
natural rights
b)
moral law
c)
enlightened despot
d)
social contract
6.
Montesquieu believed that government should
a)
be ruled by an absolute monarch
b)
be divided into separate branches
c)
be a social contract
d)
provide freedom of speech
7.
In order to keep one branch of government from becoming too powerful, Montesquieu suggested a system of
a)
checks and balances
b)
a social contract
c)
absolute monarchy
d)
feudalism
8.
How did the philosophies of the Enlightenment influence people to want revolution?
a)
people wanted to learn more about science
b)
people wanted greater religious toleration
c)
people favored an absolute monarchy
d)
they began to question the current system
9.
What did John Locke say that people could do to a government that did not protect their natural rights?
a)
write s formal letter of complaint
b)
overthrow it
c)
just deal with it
d)
vote for a new king
10.
In a state of nature
a)
there are no rules and people can do anything they want
b)
natural rights are guaranteed
c)
a strong government exists
d)
environmental laws are important
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