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WorksheetsEnlightenment Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
What is an absolute monarchy?
one ruler has supreme authority and is not restricted by any written laws,
a system of government that the population elects representatives
A group of people that rule together with no restrictions
Everyone in the country does whatever they want
Enlightenment philosophy emphasized that governments should reflect:
natural laws
the church
science
monarchies
An agreement by which people give up their freedoms for an organized society.
social contract
natural rights
natural law
laissez-faire
Which theory originally stated that the Earth was the center of the solar system?
Eurocentric Theory
Geocentric Theory
Plutocentric
Heliocentric Theory
The Catholic Church attacked Galileo because he defended the system that said the _______ revolved around the ______.
Stars... Moon
Moon... Earth
Earth... Sun
Sun... Earth
Absolute monarchs who used their power to bring about political and social change...
limited monarchs
enlightened rulers
social contractors
philosophers
Rights that belong to all humans at birth
social contract
natural law
laissez-faire
natural rights
Father of economics. His ideas are the basis of Capitalism
Smith
Wollstonecraft
Locke
Diderot
Who believed that women's education should be the same as men's?
Hobbes
Wollstonecraft
Rousseau
Locke
What does it mean for a King to have Divine Right?
The King is not really in power at all.
Rules by the suggestions of the people.
Rules by listening to the Church to make decisions.
Rules by the power and blessing of God.
Enlightenment Thinkers used this process when questioning society
algebra
the scientific method
chronological order
rocket science
This was a global conflict in the 18th century primarily fought between the British & French.
30 Years War
Four Years War
100 Years War
Seven Years War
Humans will do anything for survival. We need a King to control us
Rousseau
Montesquieu
Locke
Hobbes
The leader of Prussia who invaded Saxony to start the Seven Years War in Europe
Cathrine The Great
Napoleon
Fredrick the Great
Louis XIV
In America, the Seven Years' War is also know as this.
the War of Austrian Succession
the French and Indian War
King George's War
the American Revolution
French writer who believed in freedom of speech, religious tolerance, and the separation of church and state.
Montesquieu
Rousseau
Voltaire
Locke
British leader who emphasised that the French colonial empire must be destroyed
Peter Williams
Queen Elizabeth
King George
William Pitt
How did the British decide to pay for the war?
Printing more money
Taxing the Colonists
Asking Germany to loan them money
Selling ships to Spain
What did the Stamp Act place a tax on?
All paper items
Tea
Stamps
Animals
Because of the taxes, some people BOYCOTTED British goods. What does BOYCOTTED mean?
refuse to buy
ship it
only boys can buy
buy all the time
French Social critics who believed that reason can be applied to all aspects of life
Prisoners
Philosophes
Revolutionaries
Skeptics
Montesquieu's idea that political power should be divided into 3 branches - legislative, executive and judicial.
self-government
separation of powers
federalism
checks and balances
Author of the influential publishment titled “common sense” that influenced the American Revolution
Paine
Locke
Diderot
Rousseau
Who believed that the church and state should be separate?
Rousseau
Voltaire
Wollstonecraft
Hobbes
An increase on Taxes from the Seven Years war and a lack of colonist representation in British parlement lead to
World War I
the Revolution of 1848.
the American Revolution.
The Russian Revolution
