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WorksheetsEnlightenment and Revolution Regents
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins
One contribution that John Locke made to Enlightenment philosophy was the idea that
absolute monarchies should continue
the punishment should fit the crime
individual rights should be denied
governments should be based on the consent of the people
According to John Locke, the chief role of government was to
protect natural rights
fight territorial wars
ensure the wealth of citizens
redistribute land
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?
Middle Ages
Renaissance
Enlightenment
Reformation
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?
Imperialism
divine right
socialism
direct democracy
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?
Ivan the Terrible
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Louis XIV
Which entry on this chart applies to the First Estate, rather than the Third Estate?
Included prosperous bourgeoisie
Included urban workers
Were subject to the corvée
Paid few taxes
Which statement most accurately interprets this portrayal of the First, Second, and Third Estates of France?
The nobility are the force that holds society together.
The middle class is the force that holds society together.
The privileged fear the anger of the underprivileged.
The monarchy fears the anger of the people.
“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...
corvée
guillotine
Napoleonic Code
Constitution of 1795
The right to life, liberty, and property
natural rights
social contract
natural beauty
popular sovereignty
This philosopher believed that government power should be divided into three branches.
Locke
Montesquieu
Voltaire
Beccaria
A new way of thinking based on the observation of the natural world and the questioning of old ideas.
scientific revolution
geocentric theory
catholic church
social contract
This philosopher believed in education and jobs for women.
Locke
Wollstonecraft
Montesquieu
Hobbes
What happened because of the French Revolution?
The king returned with more power
The Catholic Church controlled the government
The peasants gained more power
