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Enlightenment and Revolution Regents

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins

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1.

One contribution that John Locke made to Enlightenment philosophy was the idea that

a)

absolute monarchies should continue

b)

the punishment should fit the crime

c)

individual rights should be denied

d)

governments should be based on the consent of the people

2.

According to John Locke, the chief role of government was to

a)

protect natural rights

b)

fight territorial wars

c)

ensure the wealth of citizens

d)

redistribute land

3.

Locke’s Two Treatises of Government, Rousseau’s The Social Contract, and Montesquieu’s The Spirit of the Laws were works written during which time period?

a)

Middle Ages

b)

Renaissance

c)

Enlightenment

d)

Reformation

4.

Base your answers to the following questions on the quotation below and on your knowledge of social studies. “. . . Finally, gather together all that we have said, so great and so august [important], about royal authority. You have seen a great nation united under one man: you have seen his sacred power, paternal and absolute: you have seen that secret reason which directs the body politic, enclosed in one head: you have seen the image of God in kings, and you will have the idea of majesty of kingship. God is holiness itself, goodness itself, power itself, reason itself. In these things consists the divine majesty. In their reflection consists the majesty of the prince. . . .” — Jacques-Benigne Bossuet


Which concept is associated with this quotation?

a)

Imperialism

b)

divine right

c)

socialism

d)

direct democracy

5.

Base your answers to the following questions on the quotation below and on your knowledge of social studies. “. . . Finally, gather together all that we have said, so great and so august [important], about royal authority. You have seen a great nation united under one man: you have seen his sacred power, paternal and absolute: you have seen that secret reason which directs the body politic, enclosed in one head: you have seen the image of God in kings, and you will have the idea of majesty of kingship. God is holiness itself, goodness itself, power itself, reason itself. In these things consists the divine majesty. In their reflection consists the majesty of the prince. . . .” — Jacques-Benigne Bossuet


Which individual most likely opposed the form of government described in this quotation?

a)

Ivan the Terrible

b)

Thomas Hobbes

c)

John Locke

d)

Louis XIV

6.

Which entry on this chart applies to the First Estate, rather than the Third Estate?

a)

Included prosperous bourgeoisie

b)

Included urban workers

c)

Were subject to the corvée

d)

Paid few taxes

7.

Which statement most accurately interprets this portrayal of the First, Second, and Third Estates of France?

a)

The nobility are the force that holds society together.

b)

The middle class is the force that holds society together.

c)

The privileged fear the anger of the underprivileged.

d)

The monarchy fears the anger of the people.

8.

“Terror is only justice prompt, severe and inflexible; it is then an emanation of virtue; it is less a distinct principle than a natural consequence of the general principle of democracy, applied to the most pressing wants of the country.”—Maximilien Robespierre, 1794


The viewpoint expressed in this quotation was most directly put into action through the...

a)

corvée

b)

guillotine

c)

Napoleonic Code

d)

Constitution of 1795

9.

The right to life, liberty, and property

a)

natural rights

b)

social contract

c)

natural beauty

d)

popular sovereignty

10.

This philosopher believed that government power should be divided into three branches.

a)

Locke

b)

Montesquieu

c)

Voltaire

d)

Beccaria

11.

A new way of thinking based on the observation of the natural world and the questioning of old ideas.

a)

scientific revolution

b)

geocentric theory

c)

catholic church

d)

social contract

12.

This philosopher believed in education and jobs for women.

a)

Locke

b)

Wollstonecraft

c)

Montesquieu

d)

Hobbes

13.

What happened because of the French Revolution?

a)

The king returned with more power

b)

The Catholic Church controlled the government

c)

The peasants gained more power