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Worksheetsenlightenment practice vocab
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
king has ALL the power
a)
absolutism
b)
William Wilberforce
c)
Hapsburg Dynasty
d)
Natural Rights
e)
Pluto
2.
Father of capitalism; wrote The Wealth of Nations
a)
Adam Smith
b)
Voltaire
c)
Philosophes
d)
Rousseau
3.
economic system with private ownership for profit
a)
capitalism
b)
Social Contract
c)
invisible hand
d)
Montesquieu
4.
female Russian ruler
a)
Catherine the Great
b)
Rousseau
c)
William Wilberforce
d)
Voltaire
5.
separate branches share power so one does not get too powerful
a)
checks and balances
b)
Philosophes
c)
Enlightened Despots
d)
checks and balances
6.
government based approval of the people through votes
a)
consent of the governed
b)
Newton
c)
Social Contract
d)
Locke
7.
astronomer who proved the heliocentric (sun) model
a)
Copernicus
b)
Natural Rights
c)
Mary Wollstonecraft
d)
Descartes
8.
Put together the first encyclopedia and is famous for saying "I think, therefore I am.”
a)
Descartes
b)
Montesquieu
c)
Copernicus
d)
absolutism
9.
chief editor of the Encyclopédie, one of the principal works of the Age of Enlightenment
a)
Diderot
b)
Mary Wollstonecraft
c)
Hobbes
d)
Laissez-faire
10.
Absolute rulers who used his or her power to bring about political and social change
a)
Enlightened Despots
b)
Louise de Warens
c)
Louise de Warens
d)
consent of the governed
11.
English monarch at the time of the American revolution. He was the main opposition for the colonies due to his stubborn attitude and unwillingness to hear out colonial requests/grievances.
a)
George III
b)
Locke
c)
Diderot
d)
Kepler
12.
A family that controlled Spain, part of Italy, and part of the Holy Roman Empire. It was extremely powerful until the Thirty Years' War
a)
Hapsburg Dynasty
b)
Laissez-faire
c)
Newton
d)
Catherine the Great
13.
Believed all men evil and need to be controlled by king (absolute monarch). Leviathan
a)
Hobbes
b)
Kepler
c)
capitalism
d)
Adam Smith
14.
a term coined by Adam Smith to describe the self-regulating nature of the marketplace (supply/demand)
a)
invisible hand
b)
Joseph II
c)
George III
d)
Joseph II
15.
Enlightened despot. The ruler of the Hapsburgs that controlled the Catholic Church closely, granted religious toleration and civic rights to Protestants and Jews, and abolished serfdom
a)
Joseph II
b)
invisible hand
c)
Joseph II
d)
George III
16.
German astronomer who first stated laws of planetary motion (1571-1630)
a)
Kepler
b)
Hobbes
c)
Adam Smith
d)
capitalism
17.
Idea that government should play as small a role as possible in nation's economy.
a)
Laissez-faire
b)
Hapsburg Dynasty
c)
Catherine the Great
d)
Newton
18.
Said human nature lived free and had the natural rights of life, liberty, and property. He said government was created in order to protect these rights and if the government failed to do so it was the duty of the people to rebel.
a)
Locke
b)
George III
c)
Kepler
d)
Diderot
19.
benevolent aristocrat and mistress of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
a)
Louise de Warens
b)
Enlightened Despots
c)
consent of the governed
d)
Louise de Warens
20.
Argued for women's equality with men, even in voting, in her 1792 "Vindication of the Rights of Women."
a)
Mary Wollstonecraft
b)
Diderot
c)
Laissez-faire
d)
Hobbes
21.
separation of powers in 3 branches
a)
Montesquieu
b)
Descartes
c)
absolutism
d)
Copernicus
22.
we are all born with Life, Liberty, and Property
a)
Natural Rights
b)
Copernicus
c)
Descartes
d)
Mary Wollstonecraft
23.
discovered the idea of gravity, that bodies attract to one another based on their mass.
a)
Newton
b)
consent of the governed
c)
Locke
d)
Social Contract
24.
A group of French "radicals" who focused on human reason and making critical changes in society
a)
Philosophes
b)
checks and balances
c)
checks and balances
d)
Enlightened Despots
25.
Social contract. Believed people in their natural state were basically good but that they were corrupted by the evils of society, especially the uneven distribution of property.
a)
Rousseau
b)
Catherine the Great
c)
Voltaire
d)
William Wilberforce
26.
An agreement between the people and their government signifying their consent to be governed
a)
Social Contract
b)
capitalism
c)
Montesquieu
d)
invisible hand
27.
Separation of government and religion. Supported freedom of speech and religious tolerance
a)
Voltaire
b)
Adam Smith
c)
Rousseau
d)
Philosophes
28.
Abolished the slave trade in England
a)
William Wilberforce
b)
absolutism
c)
Natural Rights
d)
Hapsburg Dynasty
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