WorksheetsEnlightenment Worksheet
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
What philosopher was associated with "Checks and Balances" during the Enlightenment?
Baron de Montesquieu
Voltaire
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
What philosopher was associated with "Natural Rights " during the Enlightenment?
(a)
What philosopher was associated with "Social Contract " during the Enlightenment?
(a)
Which philosopher believed that women should have the same rights as men?
John Locke
Montesquieu
Rousseau
Mary Wollstonecraft
The intellectuals of the Enlightenment were called-
Sophists
Philosophes
Heretics
Enlightened Ones
The Enlightenment encouraged women to take a stronger role in society by
allowing women to become rulers of their countries.
giving them jobs in factories.
organizing salons in their homes where people could speak freely.
by giving natural rights to every citizen including women and children.
What is the type of government where you choose for someone to make decisions for you?
Direct Democracy
Democracy
Representative Democracy
Dictatorship
The Philosophe that championed free speech and freedom of religion.
Voltaire
Peter the Great
Rousseau
Locke
Absolute Monarchs believed that their power came from God. This is called what?
(a)
Who discovered the laws of gravity and Calculus?
(a)
Believed that the best government system was one that was based on a monarch with absolute power.
Hobbes
Locke
Galileo
Rousseau
Created Capitalism and wrote The Wealth of Nations, that is based on supply and demand and Laissez-Faire
(a)
Which philosophe contributed most to the 3 Articles of the US CONSTITUTION?
HOBBES
LOCKE
MONTESQUIEU
WOLLSTONECRAFT
The Magna Carta, The English Bill of Rights, and the Petition of Rights all did which of the following?
Strengthened the King of England
Limited the power of the monarch in England
Inspired the Reformation in England.
Finally gave Russia a Warm Water Port.
Which of the following is life, liberty, and property?
Natural Laws
Natural Rights
Divine Right
Checks and Balances
The Enlightenment was a reaction to
Decentralization
Feudalism and Absolutism
The Fall of Rome
The Age of Revolution
Who was the enlightened ruler of Russia that sought to abolish capital punishment?
Christina the Great
Marie the Great
Elizabeth the Great
Catherine the Great
What was published by Denis Diderot in the 18th Century?
(a)
