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Absolutism, the Enlightenment and the French Revolution.

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 6hrs 1mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match the following

a)

Enlightenment

1.

emphasized use of reason

b)

Natural Rights

2.

rights you have from birth

c)

Absolute Monarch

3.

ruler has complete power

d)

Divine Rights

4.

authority to rule comes from God

e)

Laissez-faire

5.

little to no government involvement

2.

Argued that government should be LIMITED to protect humans natural rights

a)

Charles V

b)

Thomas Hobbes

c)

George Washington

d)

John Locke

3.

Which country had a constitutional monarchy?

a)

France

b)

Japan

c)

Russia

d)

Britain

4.

The power of the human mind to think and understand in a logical way

a)

reason

b)

philosophies

c)

natural rights

d)

contract

5.

A right, such as life and liberty, that a person is born wth

a)

divine right

b)

philosophes

c)

natural rights

d)

contract

6.

Baron de Montesquieu believed government should be

a)

Separating the ruler from the military.

b)

Dividing powers equally among organizations

c)

Dividing powers equally among three people

d)

Dividing powers equally among three branches of government.

7.

A person(s) who had unlimited authority and almost no legal limit.

a)

A Monk

b)

Absolute Monarch

c)

A Philosophe

d)

A Salon Manager

8.

Enlightenment thinker who viewed humanity in a negative way and believed people were naturally wicked.

a)

John Locke

b)

Mary Wollstonecraft

c)

Thomas Hobbes

9.

Enlightenment thinker who believed in the natural rights of "Life, Liberty, and the right to Property".

a)

Montesquieu

b)

John Locke

c)

Rousseau

10.

What is "self-government"?

a)

an agreement between the people and the government.

b)

creates natural rights

c)

self-rule (people can rule themselves)

d)

people are not able to govern themselves

11.

fought for freedom of speech and opposed religious intolerance and corruption in government

a)

John Locke

b)

Thomas Hobbes

c)

Montesquieu

d)

Rousseau

e)

Voltaire

12.

Belief that authority comes from reason and not God

a)

Enlightenment

b)

Constitution

c)

Absolutism

d)

Philosophers

13.

People are naturally cruel, greedy, and selfish. Powerful government needed to ensure orderly society

a)

John Locke

b)

Thomas Hobbes

c)

Montesquieu

d)

Rousseau

e)

Voltaire

14.

Social Contract. People are born good but corrupted by society. Limited and freely elected government

a)

John Locke

b)

Thomas Hobbes

c)

Montesquieu

d)

Rousseau

e)

Voltaire

15.

Louis XIV (absolute monarch of France in the 1600s) built a lavish palace south of Paris called:

a)

Buckingham Palace

b)

Sans Souci

c)

Versailles

d)

The Escorial

16.

This absolute monarch westernized Russia (1682-1725) after visiting France and other countries in Western Europe before becoming Czar

a)

Catherine the Great

b)

Peter the Great

c)

Louis XIV

d)

Louis XIII

17.

This king of England was behead by order of Parliament in 1649.

a)

James I

b)

James II

c)

Charles I

d)

Charles II

18.

Puritan ruler of England (1649-1658) during the Protectorate

a)

Charles I

b)

Oliver Cromwell

c)

Louis XIV

d)

Henry VIII

19.

The Puritan opponents of the monarchy and Anglican Church were called the

a)

Cavaliers

b)

Roundheads

c)

Royalists

d)

Anabaptists

20.

Who tried to invade Russia?

a)

Napoleon

b)

Charles II

c)

Louis XVI

d)

Louis XIV

21.

Which document came about as a result of the French Revolution?

a)

Constitution of 1795

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Bill of Rights

d)

Magna Carta

22.

Who was executed via guillotine ending the monarchy in France?

a)

Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette

b)

Peter the Great

c)

William and Mary

d)

Lewis and Clark

23.

Which revolution was the French Revolution inspired by?

a)

English

b)

Glorious

c)

American

d)

Scientific

24.
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Match the following groups of people

a)

First Estate

1.

Clergy with most of the wealth

b)

Second Estate

2.

Nobles

c)

Third Estate

3.

Bourgeoisie and poor peasants

d)

sans-culottes

4.

working class men/women of revolution

e)

Reign of Terror

5.

quick trials & executions by guillotine

25.

Which event marked the beginning of the French Revolution?

a)

The Storming of the Bastille

b)

The signing of the Magna Carta

c)

The Battle of Waterloo

d)

The Reign of Terror