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WorksheetsEnlightenment Era Quiz 1
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Who are the 'Bourgeoisie'?
Upper Class
Middle Class
Lower Class
Royalty
Which word means 'All power to the monarchy'?
Bourgeoisie
Absolutism
Liberalism
Romanticism
Which one of these is NOT one of the big changes that happened during the revolutions in Europe?
Political Change
Social Change
Artistic Change
Language Change
What is another name for the Enlightenment Era?
Age of Reason
Natural Laws
Realism
Romanticism
Which philosopher supported absolute monarchs?
Thomas Hobbes
Adam Smith
John Locke
Voltaire
Which philosopher said people have 3 natural rights: life, liberty and property?
Thomas Hobbes
Adam Smith
John Locke
Voltaire
What does 'tyranny' mean?
Ruler abuses power
Ruler loses power
Ruler is elected
Ruler doesn't exist
Which one of the following were not part of the 3 branches of government that Montesquieu suggested?
Supreme
Executive
Legislative
Judicial
Which philosopher's books were burnt by the government and church officials?
Thomas Hobbes
Adam Smith
John Locke
Voltaire
Who believed people were naturally good but corrupted by society?
Voltaire
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Adam Smith
Thomas Hobbes
What does 'sovereignty' mean?
The power to make laws
Losing all power
Gaining all power
Having some power
Which philosopher wrote the book 'The Social Contract'?
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Thomas Hobbes
Montesquieu
Adam Smith
What is 'Laissez Faire'?
When government has all the power
When government doesn't interfere with business
When government has some power
When government interferes with businesses
Who wrote 'The Wealth of Nations'?
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Thomas Hobbes
Adam Smith
Leonardo Da Vinci
What did Mary Astell and Mary Wollstonecraft both believe in?
That women should be educated
That women should should not get married
That women should have all the power
That women should wear pants instead of dresses
How did new ideas spread through society during the Enlightenment era?
Through schools
Through word of mouth
Through songs and poems
Through pamphlets and books
What is 'censorship'?
Restricting access to ideas and information
Freedom of speech
Burning books
Language spoken by ordinary people
What is 'vernacular'?
The language spoken by ordinary people
Supreme power or authority
Another word for enlightenment
A person who practices philosophy
What is 'Avant-gardes'?
Unchanged principles that govern humans
People or works that are different with respect to art, culture or society
Representing something true to life
Freedom
What is another way to say 'stratified society'?
Class system
Racism
Inequality
Discrimination
Which one of these is NOT a reason why revolutions happen?
Violation of Human Rights
Failure of government to meet demands of the people
Lack of education
A want for freedom
Writers of the Enlightenment were primarily interested in...
Changing the relationship between people and their government
Supporting the divine right theory
Debating the role of the church in society
Promoting increased power of Europeans
John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau would be most likely to support...
A return to feudalism in Europe
A government ruled by a divine right monarchy
A society ruled by the Catholic Church
A society in which people choose their ruler
Which statement best describes a change that occurred during both the Renaissance and the Enlightenment?
Feudalism became the dominant political system
A new questioning spirit and attitude emerged
Technology and science were considered unimportant
The use of reason and logic were discouraged
The French Revolution was inspired by the Enlightenment Era.
True
False
