WorksheetsEnlightenment and Revolutions Quiz
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Define the " Age of Enlightenment"
prehistoric transition from hunting and gathering to settled agriculture
process of change from an agrarian and handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing
an intelectual movement in 18th century Europe that focused on human rationality and reason to solve social problems
all of the above
This French Enlightenment thinker developed the idea of separation of power to keep a government in check.
Voltaire
Thomas Hobbes
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Montesquieu
This English Enlightenment thinker developed the idea of "natural rights" which Thomas Jefferson would later utilize in the American Declaration of Independence.
John Locke
Genghis Kahn
Joseph Stalin
Sir Isaac Newton
When did the American declaration of Independence go into effect?
July 28, 1914
September 1, 1939
April 12, 1861
July 4, 1776
What is one way Voltaire's ideas may have influenced the American Constitution?
first amendment (free speech)
2nd amendment (bear arms)
6th amendment (fair trial)
He did not influence the Constitution
What is one way Montesquieu may have influenced the American government?
the emancipation proclamation
development of our national holidays
having three branches of government (checks and balances)
he did not influence American government
Who was the colonies commander and chief during the Revolutionary War and later first President of the USA.
Ben Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Voltaire
During the Estates-General in France (prerevolution), who made up the three estates?
1st estate (military), 2nd estate (the King), 3rd estate (entertainers)
1st estate (citizens from north), 2nd estate (citizens from south), 3rd estate (citizens from east)
1st estate (women), 2nd estate (children), 3rd estate (men)
First Estate (clergy); the Second Estate (nobility); and the Third Estate (commoners)
Which of the following played a major role in the French Revolution?
George Washington and John Hancock
Confucius and Lao Tzu
Genghis and Kublai Khan
Marat and Robespierre
Who became the dictator of France after the revolution?
Thomas Jefferson
Napoleon Bonaparte
Montesquieu
Voltaire
Who was the colonies commander and chief during the Revolutionary War and later first President of the USA.
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Paine
Benjamin Franklin
Why was Queen Marie Antoinette called Madame Deficit by the common French people?
it was rumored she spent too much and put France in debt
she wanted to increase taxes
the common people did not like her
she wanted to give money to the poor
Why was the Haitian Revolution successful when other slave revolts were not?
all of the above
strong leadership
other slave revolts did not have proper weapons
there was a greater number of enslaved people
What effect did the Common Sense pamphlet written by Thomas Paine have on the American Revolution?
it inspired many colonists to support the Revolution
it helped Thomas Jefferson write the Declaration of Independence
it had no effect
the colonist loyal to the King left America
