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Enlightenment Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an absolute monarchy?

a)

one ruler has supreme authority and is not restricted by any written laws,

b)

a system of government that the population elects representatives

c)

A group of people that rule together with no restrictions

d)

Everyone in the country does whatever they want

2.

Enlightenment philosophy emphasized that governments should reflect:

a)

natural laws

b)

the church

c)

science

d)

monarchies

3.

An agreement by which people give up their freedoms for an organized society.

a)

social contract

b)

natural rights

c)

natural law

d)

laissez-faire

4.

Which theory originally stated that the Earth was the center of the solar system?

a)

Eurocentric Theory

b)

Geocentric Theory

c)

Plutocentric

d)

Heliocentric Theory

5.

The Catholic Church attacked Galileo because he defended the system that said the _______ revolved around the ______.

a)

Stars... Moon

b)

Moon... Earth

c)

Earth... Sun

d)

Sun... Earth

6.

Absolute monarchs who used their power to bring about political and social change...

a)

limited monarchs

b)

enlightened rulers

c)

social contractors

d)

philosophers

7.

Rights that belong to all humans at birth

a)

social contract

b)

natural law

c)

laissez-faire

d)

natural rights

8.

Father of economics. His ideas are the basis of Capitalism

a)

Smith

b)

Wollstonecraft

c)

Locke

d)

Diderot

9.

Who believed that women's education should be the same as men's?

a)

Hobbes

b)

Wollstonecraft

c)

Rousseau

d)

Locke

10.

What does it mean for a King to have Divine Right?

a)

The King is not really in power at all.

b)

Rules by the suggestions of the people.

c)

Rules by listening to the Church to make decisions.

d)

Rules by the power and blessing of God.

11.

Enlightenment Thinkers used this process when questioning society

a)

algebra

b)

the scientific method

c)

chronological order

d)

rocket science

12.

This was a global conflict in the 18th century primarily fought between the British & French.

a)

30 Years War

b)

Four Years War

c)

100 Years War

d)

Seven Years War

13.

Humans will do anything for survival. We need a King to control us

a)

Rousseau

b)

Montesquieu

c)

Locke

d)

Hobbes

14.

The leader of  Prussia  who invaded Saxony to start the Seven  Years War in  Europe

a)

Cathrine  The Great

b)

Napoleon

c)

Fredrick the Great

d)

Louis  XIV

15.

In America, the Seven Years' War is also know as this.

a)

the War of Austrian Succession

b)

the French and Indian War

c)

King George's War

d)

the American Revolution

16.

French writer who believed in freedom of speech, religious tolerance, and the separation of church and state.

a)

Montesquieu

b)

Rousseau

c)

Voltaire

d)

Locke

17.

British leader who emphasised that the French colonial empire must be destroyed

a)

Peter Williams

b)

Queen Elizabeth

c)

King George

d)

William Pitt

18.

How did the British decide to pay for the war?

a)

Printing more money

b)

Taxing the Colonists

c)

Asking Germany to loan them money

d)

Selling ships to Spain

19.

What did the Stamp Act place a tax on?

a)

All paper items

b)

Tea

c)

Stamps

d)

Animals

20.

Because of the taxes, some people BOYCOTTED British goods. What does BOYCOTTED mean?

a)

refuse to buy

b)

ship it

c)

only boys can buy

d)

buy all the time

21.

French Social critics who believed that reason can be applied to all aspects  of life

a)

Prisoners

b)

Philosophes

c)

Revolutionaries

d)

Skeptics

22.

Montesquieu's idea that political power should be divided into 3 branches - legislative, executive and judicial.

a)

self-government

b)

separation of powers

c)

federalism

d)

checks and balances

23.

Author of the influential publishment titled “common sense”  that influenced  the American Revolution

a)

 Paine

b)

Locke

c)

Diderot

d)

Rousseau

24.

Who believed that the church and state should be separate?

a)

Rousseau

b)

Voltaire

c)

Wollstonecraft

d)

Hobbes

25.

An increase on Taxes from the Seven Years war and a lack of colonist representation in British parlement lead to

a)

World War I

b)

the Revolution of 1848.

c)

the American Revolution.

d)

The Russian Revolution