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WorksheetsEnlightenment
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 7mins
The Enlightenment is made up of two different movements of thought. Which choice is NOT one of them?
Renaissance
Scientific Revolution
Parliamentarianism
Another word for philosopher is...
doctor
thinker
minister
actor
Enlightenment philosophers directly criticized the power of _______ Monarchs
Absolute
Enlightened
Malevolent
Russian
What is a Salon?
a place to have your hair styled
A gathering of people primarily to discuss ideas of the philosophes
place where people gathered to share paintings of animals in tiny hats
place where people gathered to worship
In the Age of Enlightenment, philosophers moved away from __________ and championed ______________
Absolutism and Colonization
Science and Superstition
Absolutism and Democracy
Democracy and Absolutism
Enlightened Despots attempted to introduce reforms in their country. Which was not a reason why they introduced the reforms
To make their countries stronger
To help all of their peasants become better off
To make their own rule more effective
This philosopher believed there should be separate branches of government
Locke
Montesquieu
Rosseau
Voltaire
Define "social contract"
an entire society of Imperial Stormtroopers
The document that allows the people to vote for their kings
an entire society agrees to be governed by its king
The thought that the government doesn't come from the king's divine right but from the will of the people
A lot of Philosophes are from France. Which Philosopher is from England
Jean Jacques Rousseau
John Lock
Louis de Bourbon
Fredrick Hohenzollern
this Philosophe believed that information belonged to all people and helped to write the Encyclopédie.
John Locke
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Montesquieu
Denis DIderot
John Locke believed that there are some rights that cannot be taken away and that people are born with them. what are these laws/rights referred to as?
Cheetos law/rights
Natural laws/rights
Civil laws/rights
Untouchable laws/rights
A champion of civil liberties in danger by oppressive governments, the philosopher Voltaire would have said which quote?
“[the Monarch is] the first servant of the state.”
“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it”
"I am the State"
"I should like to be a horse."
