WorksheetsEnlightenment
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 35mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which person believed that men were born evil and thus a strong government was needed to control them?
a)
Thomas Hobbes
b)
John Locke
c)
Mary Wollstonecraft
d)
Galileo Galilei
2.
"I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." This pro-free speech quote is attributed to?
a)
Klemens von Metternich
b)
Baron de Montesquieu
c)
Voltaire
d)
Louis XVI
3.
What impact did the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment have on the world?
a)
Humans discovered new things and used knowledge to help solve problems.
b)
People learned about science and no longer needed religion in their lives.
c)
New technologies helped to limit wars.
d)
Increased learning allowed people to spend less time experimenting to make new discoveries.
4.
How did Locke influence the ideas contained in the Declaration of Independence?
a)
he believed that the main goal of society was the pursuit of happiness
b)
he claimed that a dictatorship is the best form of government
c)
he claimed that all people are created equal
d)
he maintained that the people may overthrow a government if it violates their rights
5.
“People are sovereign and have natural rights such as life, liberty, and property”
The author of the quote above is
The author of the quote above is
a)
Locke
b)
Hobbes
c)
Montesquieu
d)
Voltaire
6.
Which book/author argues that the “State must have central authority to manage behavior?”
a)
Social Contract – Rousseau
b)
On the Spirit of Laws – Montesquieu
c)
Leviathan – Hobbes
d)
Bill of Rights – Constitution
7.
Who believed in a separation of powers as a way to provide checks and balances?
a)
Montesquieu
b)
Rousseau
c)
Hobbes
d)
Voltaire
8.
Who believed that women's education should be the same as men's?
a)
Rousseau
b)
Wollstonecraft
c)
Locke
d)
Hobbes
9.
Who believed there should be a separation of church and state?
a)
Voltaire
b)
Rousseau
c)
Wollstonecraft
d)
Hobbes
10.
Absolutist monarchs were ones who
a)
sought to control all aspects of public and private life.
b)
gathered all power under their personal control.
c)
governed as if the affairs of state should benefit the people.
d)
respect the laws passed by the representative institutions.
11.
Which quotation was most likely made by an absolute monarch?
a)
"The government that governs best, governs least."
b)
"I am the state."
c)
"The government must be based on a sound constitution."
d)
"It is the parliament that must make the laws."
12.
A distribution of powers to more than one branch of government
a)
natural rights
b)
Separation of Powers
c)
Social Contract
13.
Rousseau, Montesquieu, and Locke would all support:
a)
A dictatorship
b)
A democracy
c)
An absolute monarchy
d)
All of these
14.
What did the Reformation contribute to the Enlightenment?
a)
writings from Greece and Rome
b)
emphasis on classical culture
c)
emphasis on devout faith
d)
the idea of challenging the Catholic Church
15.
The Enlightenment philosophers believed that the power of the government should be derived from….?
a)
The people
b)
The elite nobles
c)
small group of rulers
d)
kings and queens
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