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Government, Enlightenment, and Scientific Revolution

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the following statement describing?


Government has absolute power, limits individual rights and freedoms, and citizens must obey.

a)

Limited Government

b)

Unlimited Government

2.

What is the following statement describing?


Power is restricted, has a constitution, protects the rights and freedoms of citizens.

a)

Limited Government

b)

Unlimited Government

3.

What was the main cause of the English Civil War?

a)

Arguments over taxes & power between the king and parliament.

b)

Arguments over taxes & land between the king and parliament

c)

Arguments over taxes & power between the people and parliament.

d)

Arguments over land & power between the people and parliament.

4.

What two parties fought in the English Civil War?

a)

congress and parliament

b)

king and parliament

c)

people and parliament

d)

church and science

5.

Who won the English Civil War?

a)

The King

b)

Parliament

c)

The Royalists

d)

Nobody

6.

Which of the following are NOT ways that you can limit the power of a government?

a)

Creating a constitution.

b)

Establishing a democracy.

c)

Establishing an absolute monarchy.

d)

Separating to government’s power.

7.

In an absolute monarchy, who has all of the power?

a)

Parliament

b)

Congress

c)

King

d)

Senate

8.

Ina constitutional monarchy, what limits the power of the king?

a)

Divine Right

b)

Nothing

c)

A monarchy

d)

A Constitution

9.

What is Divine Right?

a)

The belief that the King's power comes from the people.

b)

The belief that the King's power comes from the God.

c)

The belief that the King's power comes from a constitution.

d)

The belief that the King comes before God.

10.

What is a tyrant?

a)

Someone who goes against the will of God.

b)

Someone who uses unrestricted power to control people.

c)

Someone who establishes a fair set of laws.

d)

Someone who sets up a limited form of a government.

11.

What was the first document ever written that limited the power of the King?

a)

The English Bill of Rights

b)

The Constitution

c)

The Magna Carta

d)

Divine Right

12.

During this time period, the monarchy was restored back to the throne.

a)

English Civil War

b)

The Restoration

c)

Glorious Revolution

d)

American Revolution

13.

The English Bill of Rights did which of the following?

a)

Took away individual rights and limited government power

b)

Took away individual rights and gave government unlimited power

c)

Recognized individual rights and gave government unlimited power

d)

Recognized individual rights and limited government power

14.

After the Glorious Revolution, England developed what type of government?

a)

Absolute monarchy

b)

Democracy

c)

Constitutional monarchy

d)

Dictatorship

15.

When there was a constitutional monarchy in England, who was/were the leaders?

a)

Charles I

b)

William and Mary of Orange

c)

James II

d)

Oliver Cromwell

16.

When Louis 14th was in power in France, what kind of government did they have?

a)

Democracy

b)

Dictatorship

c)

Constitutional Monarchy

d)

Absolute Monarchy

17.

Peter the Great was in charge of an absolute monarchy in what country?

a)

England

b)

Spain

c)

France

d)

Russia

18.

If a ruler forces all citizens to be home by 8 p.m., what kind of government is that?

a)

Limited

b)

Unlimited

19.

A government that requires citizens to practice a certain religion is known as a what....

a)

Limited

b)

Unlimited

20.

"The king is over-lord of the whole land, having power over life and death." This is an example of what type of government?

a)

Limited

b)

Unlimited

21.

A government where citizens' rights are protected under a constitution is known as what type of government?

a)

Limited

b)

Unlimited

22.

A type of government where citizens are allowed to vote for who runs the country is what type of government?

a)

Limited

b)

Unlimited

23.

A ruler's power is shared with the people is what type of government?

a)

Limited

b)

Unlimited

24.

The following are all ways that France and Russia continued to operate as unlimited government EXCEPT...

a)

used military to enforce policy

b)

dissolved the legislative body

c)

raised taxes

d)

shared powers with parliament

25.

All of the following are purposes of a constitution EXCEPT...

a)

gives individuals their rights

b)

defines the role and powers of each branch of government

c)

allows the king to have divine right

d)

explains the relationship of the people to their government

26.

This type of constitution "adds" power to the government.

a)

negative

b)

positive

c)

neutral

d)

dynamic

27.

This type of constitution "takes away" power from the government.

a)

positive

b)

neutral

c)

negative

d)

dynamic

28.

The Enlightenment was an intellectual movement that promoted the use of...

a)

Military enforcement

b)

Bill of Rights

c)

Logic and Reason

d)

Religion

29.

Which one of Montesquieu’s main ideas about organizing government do we see in the U.S. today?

a)

Rights of Minority

b)

Monarchy

c)

Divine Right

d)

Separation of Powers

30.

What did John Locke believe about government?

a)

he believed that it was the government’s job to protect people's natural rights. he also believed that citizens could create a new government

b)

he believed that it was the government's duty to abolish natural rights and that they should establish an absolute monarchy

c)

he believed heavily in the divine right of kings and that all those in power should stay in power until they die

d)

he believed in separation of powers and that the government's power should not stay in the hand's of just one person

31.

What did Rousseau believe about society?

a)

He believed that society was a well-functioning place.

b)

He believed that people turned society into a monster.

c)

He believed that society was a rude and corrupting influence on people.

d)

He believed in the state of nature.

32.

What served as the authority figure before the Scientific Revolution?

a)

Parliament

b)

The King

c)

Science

d)

The Church

33.

“The condition of humans before political and social organization” is known as what belief?

a)

Social Contract Theory

b)

State of Nature

c)

Divine Right

d)

Bill of Rights

34.

"A government and its citizens are supposed to mutually benefit from one another," defines what theory?

a)

Divine Right

b)

Social Contract Theory

c)

State of Nature

d)

Separation of Powers

35.

Before the heliocentric theory, most people believed what about our solar system?

a)

They believed that the earth was the only planet in our system.

b)

They believed that the sun was the center of the universe.

c)

They believed that the earth was the center of the universe.

d)

They believed that our solar system had a twin system in another galaxy.

36.

"The sun is the center of the universe, and all the planets rotate around it," is what theory?

a)

Geocentric Theory

b)

Laws of Motion

c)

Scientific Method

d)

Heliocentric Theory

37.

What was Issac Newton's most significant contribution to science?

a)

The Laws of Gravity

b)

The Laws of Motion

c)

The Laws of Science

d)

The Scientific Method

38.

Francis Bacon and Rene Descartes’ experimentation and use of reason contributed to this process.

a)

Geocentric Theory

b)

Heliocentric Theory

c)

Laws of Gravity

d)

Scientific Method

39.

How did the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment affect traditional religious beliefs?

a)

The church abandoned the Bible.

b)

The church accepted all the new scientific findings.

c)

The church's teachings were accepted by all.

d)

People began to question the teachings of the church.

40.

Because of the church, what were many scientists forced to do with their findings?

a)

Give a speech about them.

b)

Throw them away.

c)

Write them into law.

d)

Make everyone believe them.