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WorksheetsEnlightenment
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
A person who seeks wisdom is known as a:
Enlightener
Philosopher
Reasoner
Monarch
Which Enlightenment thinker suggested that the government be separated into 3 equal branches?
Montesquieu
John Locke
Ms. Besne
Mary Wollstonecraft
The idea that one gets their right to rule from God is known as
Natural rights
the Law of Nature
Enlightenment
Divine Right
A government by which derives its power from the people rather than God would have been supported by
John Locke
Louis XIV
Peter the Great
Thomas Hobbes
Laissez Faire refers to
the idea that all people are born with right to life, liberty and property
the idea that the government should keep its hands out of business
the idea that the government has a responsibility to protect the people
the idea that one must fight for their freedom
This monarch tried to control their nobility by forcing them to live where the government could keep an eye on them
Frederick the Great
Joseph II
Louis XIV
Catherine the Great
This philosopher believed that people were basically bad
Thomas Hobbes
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Baron De Montesquieu
Denis Diderot
This monarch tried to make things better for their people by abolishing serfdom
Louis XIV
Peter the Great
Catherine the Great
Joseph II
Which argument best fits Mary Wollstonecraft's ideas?
Women should stay at home with the children.
Women should stay out of politics!
People are cruel and it is in their human nature!
Women should have equal rights to men!
How were Enlightenment ideas spread?
Salons
Pamphlets
Opera and Theater
All of the choices are correct
When people give up some of their freedom to the government in return for safety they enter into a
Democracy
State of nature
Divine Right
Social Contract
If the government does not uphold its end of the social contract the people
are entitled to overthrow or replace it
just have to deal with it
should leave if they don't like it
can choose to ignore the law
Which philosopher believed that people must be governed by an absolute monarchy?
John Locke
Voltaire
Thomas Hobbes
Rousseau
The form of government where a king or queen rules the country is known as a
Plutocracy
Theocracy
Direct Democracy
Monarchy
A form of government where citizens elect leaders to represent their rights and interests is known as a
Representative Democracy
Direct Democracy
Oligarchy
Plutocracy
The group that was the least impacted by the Enlightenment was
the peasants or lower classes
the nobility
the monarchs
the middle class
