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Enlightenment

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 7mins

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1.

The Enlightenment is made up of two different movements of thought. Which choice is NOT one of them?

a)

Renaissance

b)

Scientific Revolution

c)

Parliamentarianism

2.

Another word for philosopher is...

a)

doctor

b)

thinker

c)

minister

d)

actor

3.

Enlightenment philosophers directly criticized the power of _______ Monarchs

a)

Absolute

b)

Enlightened

c)

Malevolent

d)

Russian

4.

What is a Salon?

a)

a place to have your hair styled

b)

A gathering of people primarily to discuss ideas of the philosophes

c)

place where people gathered to share paintings of animals in tiny hats

d)

place where people gathered to worship

5.

In the Age of Enlightenment, philosophers moved away from __________ and championed ______________

a)

Absolutism and Colonization

b)

Science and Superstition

c)

Absolutism and Democracy

d)

Democracy and Absolutism

6.

Enlightened Despots attempted to introduce reforms in their country. Which was not a reason why they introduced the reforms

a)

To make their countries stronger

b)

To help all of their peasants become better off

c)

To make their own rule more effective

7.

This philosopher believed there should be separate branches of government

a)

Locke

b)

Montesquieu

c)

Rosseau

d)

Voltaire

8.

Define "social contract"

a)

an entire society of Imperial Stormtroopers

b)

The document that allows the people to vote for their kings

c)

an entire society agrees to be governed by its king

d)

The thought that the government doesn't come from the king's divine right but from the will of the people

9.

A lot of Philosophes are from France. Which Philosopher is from England

a)

Jean Jacques Rousseau

b)

John Lock

c)

Louis de Bourbon

d)

Fredrick Hohenzollern

10.

this Philosophe believed that information belonged to all people and helped to write the Encyclopédie.

a)

John Locke

b)

Jean Jacques Rousseau

c)

Montesquieu

d)

Denis DIderot

11.

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?

a)

Cheetos law/rights

b)

Natural laws/rights

c)

Civil laws/rights

d)

Untouchable laws/rights

12.

A champion of civil liberties in danger by oppressive governments, the philosopher Voltaire would have said which quote?

a)

“[the Monarch is] the first servant of the state.”

b)

“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it”

c)

"I am the State"

d)

"I should like to be a horse."