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WorksheetsThe Enlightenment
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 12mins
During The Enlightenment, people developed new ideas about ...
the level of control they should have over their government
the level of control the Sun exerts on Earth's orbit
how their food crops should be grown
how their houses should be arranged
Which of the following was NOT a new idea about government stemming from the Enlightenment period?
Absolutism
Social Contract
Checks and Balances
Separation of Powers
What type of government did the Enlightenment thinkers support?
totalitarian government
absolute government
autocratic government
limited government
The division of power among the the different branches of government is known as __________
Splitting of authority
Separation of powers
Law and order
Equality and fraternity
John Locke believed in what three natural rights?
Life, Liberty, & Property
Life, Equality, & Happiness
Liberty, Equality, & Fraternite
Live Free, Die Hard
Which document did John Locke's ideas influence?
English Bill of Rights
Declaration of Independence
Great Charter
Magna Carta
This person believed in religious freedom and freedom of speech.
John Locke
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Thomas Hobbes
Voltaire
This is the idea that people give up some of their freedom in exchange for order.
Scientific Revolution
Age of Reason
State of Nature
Social Contract
This describes an absolute ruler who used his or her power to bring about political and social change.
enlightened despot
natural right
abolitionist
parliament
This was the enlightened despot who ruled Russia from 1762 to 1796, adding new land and encouraging education, science, art, and literature.
Catherine the Great
Louis XIV
Elizabeth I
Phillip II
