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WorksheetsEnlightenment to Revolution
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Enlightenment philosophy emphasized that governments should reflect:
monarchies
the church
natural laws
science
What was "the Enlightenment"?
An 18th-century movement of intellectuals who stressed "reason."
A form of government in which the executive, legislative, & judicial branches limit & control each other through a system of checks & balances.
An 18th-century religious philosophy based on reason & natural law.
A view of human nature that emphasized individual happiness at the expense of the broader society.
The goal of the Enlightenment thinkers was to use the scientific method to...
keep society the same.
make progress toward a better society.
become richer and more powerful.
return to the social norms of the Bible.
The Catholic Church attacked Galileo because he defended a belief that said the _______ revolved around the ______.
Earth... Sun
Sun... Earth
Stars... Moon
Moon... Earth
How did the Catholic Church react to Copernicus and Galileo's heliocentric view?
They accepted the idea of the heliocentric theory as truth
The Church asked Galileo to spread his ideas to all believers
The church condemned the ideas as heretical (against their teaching)
The Pope made them travel third class on the Titanic
Which theory originally claimed that the sun was the center of the solar system?
Geocentric Theory
Heliocentric Theory
Titantic Theory
Eurocentric Theory
What types of changes did the printing press facilitate?
books more available to the public
made it possible to share information across large areas
Spread the ideas of the Enlightenment
All the other three answers
Which of these statements is a natural law and natural rights advocate most likely to make?
God grants monarchs the authority to rule and the duty to grant people their rights.
People are irrational, so science is useless for deciphering human behavior.
History teaches that individual freedom is an impossible goal.
The government does not grant rights; it protects them.
Rousseau wrote: "Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains". What kind of government did he favor to ensure greater freedom?
an absolute monarchy
a popularly elected government
an oligarchy
an enlightened monarchy
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness . . .”— The Declaration of Independence
Which Enlightenment thinker most directly influenced the notion expressed in this passage?
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Jacques Bossuet
Baron de Montesquieu
An agreement by which people give up their freedoms for an organized society.
Laissez-faire
natural rights
social contract
natural law
Rights that belong to all humans at birth
laissez-faire
natural rights
social contract
natural law
Absolute monarchs who used their power to bring about political and social changes were called...
Enlightened despots
philosophers
social contractors
limited monarchs
A period of time, mainly in the 18th century, where philosophers and thinkers believed that science and reason could improve all of humanity.
Enlightenment
Great Awakening
American Revolution
French Revolution
French writer who believed in freedom of expression, religious tolerance, and separation of church and state.
Voltaire
Locke
Rousseau
Montesquieu
John Locke believed that people were born with certain rights that no one could take away.
Life, liberty, property
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Freedom of speech, religion, and property
Social Contract
Who believed that women's education should be the same as men's?
Rousseau
Wollstonecraft
Locke
Hobbes
According to Montesquieu, what is the main purpose of government?
to maintain order and law, political freedom, and the property of the individual
to protect the king
to create laws that everyone agrees with
Establish the Bill of Rights
What is an absolute monarchy?
a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives
a ruler has supreme authority and is not restricted by any written law, legislature, or customs
A direct democracy
Communism
What does it mean for a King to have Divine Right?
He rules by the power and blessing of God.
He rules by the suggestions of the people.
He rules by listening to the Church to make decisions.
The King really has no power at all
The King has limited power
Who is or was an example of absolute monarchy?
Abraham Lincoln
Louis XIV of France
Edward Smith
Thomas Jefferson
The Enlightenment was a period of time where people focused on __________________
Life, Liberty, Happiness
Reason, Freedom, Individual Rights
Mathematics, Civics, Chemistry
Thought, questions, answers
The main goal of most absolute monarchs in Europe was
to support political freedom for the new middle classes
to avoid contact with areas beyond the borders of Europe
to centralize their political control over their nations
to maintain peaceful relations with neighboring nations
What is an Absolute Monarchy?
A system where the King or Queen rules by listening to what the public has to say.
A King or Queen rules, but laws or ideas must be accepted by the majority of the nation.
A system where the King or Queen has complete authority over the government and the people.
The King or Queen has absolutely no power.
