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Enlightenment and Revoluition Vocab

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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1.

What is a social contract?

a)

The supreme power or authority held by a ruler.

b)

A ruler in the 18th century who would pursue and utilize enlightenment ideas.

c)

A book written by Thomas Hobbes in 1681.

d)

An agreement by members of society to cooperate for the benefit of society.

2.

Who wrote the book 'The Leviathan'?

a)

John Locke

b)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

c)

Voltaire

d)

Thomas Hobbes

3.

What is an enlightened despot?

a)

A style of European architecture, music and art from 1600-1700.

b)

The supreme power or authority held by a ruler.

c)

An agreement by members of society to cooperate for the benefit of society.

d)

A ruler in the 18th century who would pursue and utilize enlightenment ideas.

4.

What is sovereignty?

a)

A belief/theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than religious belief.

b)

The supreme power or authority held by a ruler.

c)

A group of unchanging moral principles that are a foundation for all human rights.

d)

A gathering of people in the 17th & 18th centuries that discussed trendy Enlightened topics, art, society, and politics.

5.

What are natural laws?

a)

A forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favor of a new system.

b)

A belief/theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than religious belief.

c)

A style of European architecture, music and art from 1600-1700.

d)

A group of unchanging moral principles that are a foundation for all human rights.

6.

What is baroque?

a)

An agreement by members of society to cooperate for the benefit of society.

b)

The supreme power or authority held by a ruler.

c)

A ruler in the 18th century who would pursue and utilize enlightenment ideas.

d)

A style of European architecture, music and art from 1600-1700.

7.

What is separation of powers?

a)

A forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favor of a new system.

b)

A belief/theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than religious belief.

c)

A group of unchanging moral principles that are a foundation for all human rights.

d)

A model of government in which the power is split into various branches that share the power equally.

8.

What is rationalism?

a)

A gathering of people in the 17th & 18th centuries that discussed trendy Enlightened topics, art, society, and politics.

b)

A ruler in the 18th century who would pursue and utilize enlightenment ideas.

c)

A style of European architecture, music and art from 1600-1700.

d)

A belief/theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than religious belief.

9.

What is a revolution?

a)

A ruler in the 18th century who would pursue and utilize enlightenment ideas.

b)

A forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favor of a new system.

c)

A book written by Thomas Hobbes in 1681.

d)

The supreme power or authority held by a ruler.

10.

What is a salon?

a)

A style of European architecture, music and art from 1600-1700.

b)

A belief/theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than religious belief.

c)

A group of unchanging moral principles that are a foundation for all human rights.

d)

A gathering of people in the 17th & 18th centuries that discussed trendy Enlightened topics, art, society, and politics.