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Enlightenment

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A person who seeks wisdom is known as a:

a)

Enlightener

b)

Philosopher

c)

Reasoner

d)

Monarch

2.

Which Enlightenment thinker suggested that the government be separated into 3 equal branches?

a)

Montesquieu

b)

John Locke

c)

Ms. Besne

d)

Mary Wollstonecraft

3.

The idea that one gets their right to rule from God is known as

a)

Natural rights

b)

the Law of Nature

c)

Enlightenment

d)

Divine Right

4.

A government by which derives its power from the people rather than God would have been supported by

a)

John Locke

b)

Louis XIV

c)

Peter the Great

d)

Thomas Hobbes

5.

Laissez Faire refers to

a)

the idea that all people are born with right to life, liberty and property

b)

the idea that the government should keep its hands out of business

c)

the idea that the government has a responsibility to protect the people

d)

the idea that one must fight for their freedom

6.

This monarch tried to control their nobility by forcing them to live where the government could keep an eye on them

a)

Frederick the Great

b)

Joseph II

c)

Louis XIV

d)

Catherine the Great

7.

This philosopher believed that people were basically bad

a)

Thomas Hobbes

b)

Jean Jacques Rousseau

c)

Baron De Montesquieu

d)

Denis Diderot

8.

This monarch tried to make things better for their people by abolishing serfdom

a)

Louis XIV

b)

Peter the Great

c)

Catherine the Great

d)

Joseph II

9.

Which argument best fits Mary Wollstonecraft's ideas?

a)

Women should stay at home with the children.

b)

Women should stay out of politics!

c)

People are cruel and it is in their human nature!

d)

Women should have equal rights to men!

10.

How were Enlightenment ideas spread?

a)

Salons

b)

Pamphlets

c)

Opera and Theater

d)

All of the choices are correct

11.

When people give up some of their freedom to the government in return for safety they enter into a

a)

Democracy

b)

State of nature

c)

Divine Right

d)

Social Contract

12.

If the government does not uphold its end of the social contract the people

a)

are entitled to overthrow or replace it

b)

just have to deal with it

c)

should leave if they don't like it

d)

can choose to ignore the law

13.

Which philosopher believed that people must be governed by an absolute monarchy?

a)

John Locke

b)

Voltaire

c)

Thomas Hobbes

d)

Rousseau

14.

The form of government where a king or queen rules the country is known as a

a)

Plutocracy

b)

Theocracy

c)

Direct Democracy

d)

Monarchy

15.

A form of government where citizens elect leaders to represent their rights and interests is known as a

a)

Representative Democracy

b)

Direct Democracy

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Plutocracy

16.

The group that was the least impacted by the Enlightenment was

a)

the peasants or lower classes

b)

the nobility

c)

the monarchs

d)

the middle class