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WorksheetsEnlightenment Test
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 2hrs 32mins
A grand and complex artistic style (Icey Drip).
baroque
salon
social contract
Continental Congress
An agreement where people give up some freedom to be a part of an organized society.
baroque
salon
social contract
Continental Congress
A group of leaders from the American Colonies had a big meeting to make decisions about the future of the Americas.
baroque
salon
social contract
Continental Congress
Editor of the controversial encyclopedia.
John Lock
Thomas Jefferson
Denis Diderot
George III
This man was the King of England during the American Revolution.
John Lock
Thomas Jefferson
Denis Diderot
George III
This guy's theories were a big influence on the Declaration of Independence.
John Lock
Thomas Miller
George III
George Washington
Form of government where citizens rule through elected representatives.
Republic
Excommunication
Absolute Monarchy
China
To be officially expelled from the church.
Republic
Excommunication
Suspended
Lucky
The ideas of checks and balances and separation of powers were put forward by...
Mary Wollstonecraft
Diderot
L. Miller
Montesquieu
Jean-Jacques Rousseau believed that...
Society must control some aspects of animal behavior.
People are basically evil.
People are basically good.
Individualism has no place in a truly unified nation.
The most drastic change idea expressed by women at this time was that women...
should not believe that mothering is the most important duty.
were not inferior to men.
should have equal pay for equal work.
should listen to their man.
What was a direct result of the Scientific Revolution in Europe?
gradual shrinking of cities.
the growth of cities.
People started to apply rational thought and experiments to government and society.
People began to track and cut back on carbohydrates.
Bacon, Galileo, and Newton all argued that knowledge should be based on...
experiments and observations.
the writings of the church.
whatever the king says.
emotions and feelings.
Which of these was NOT one of the reasons the American Colonies defeated England?
Americans were defending their homeland.
The British were overconfident and made mistakes.
France fought with the Americans.
Americans had superior weapons and a more highly trained army.
Montesquieu believed that the purpose of the Separation of Powers was...
promote change.
make the government super flexible and adaptable.
protect the liberties of the people.
keep the king on his throne at any cost.
French thinkers who believed that man could use reason to solve social problems.
Philosophes
Cesar Beccaria
Voltaire
Hobbs
He influenced the American Bill of Rights, specifically the 6th Amendment (no cruel and unusual punishment).
Philosophes
Cesar Beccaria
Voltaire
Hobbs
This person believed that freedom of speech was the best weapon against bad governments.
Philosophes
Cesar Beccaria
Voltaire
Hobbs
This man believed that man's natural state was one of competition, fear, and a state of war.
Philosophes
Cesar Beccaria
Voltaire
Hobbs
Locke believed that life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness were...
Natural Rights
Wollstonecraft
Rousseau
Montesquieu
This person wrote, "Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be no more blind obedience."
Natural Rights
Wollstonecraft
Rousseau
Montesquieu
This person contributed to the Encyclopedia and later incorporated some of those ideas into his work, "The Social Contract."
Natural Rights
Wollstonecraft
Rousseau
Montesquieu
This person argued that having three branches of government was the way to go.
Natural Rights
Wollstonecraft
Rousseau
Montesquieu
Why did England need to raise taxes on the colonies?
The colonies were not raising enough income for England.
The King and his Queen were spending money like it was tax return season, getting new rims, new ink, and even some gold teeth!
The French and Indian War was costing lots and lots of money.
The King was trying to rebuild his navy.
According to the Social Contract, where does the government get its power in a democracy?
The King
The will of God
The People
The ruling political party
Why did the colonists throw all the tea into the harbor in Boston?
To welcome the British to the new world.
To try to stop the push for independence.
To undermine the French trying to get involved in this mess.
To protest a tax on tea.
America's government has 3 branches, checks and balances, elected representatives, and a guarantee of many individual freedoms. Where did America get these ideas?
They looked them up in the Encyclopedia.
They used ChatGBT to design the government.
They made them up out of thin air.
They got them from the thinkers of the Enlightenment.
No cruel and unusual punishment, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, and the right to be as free as possible and permitted to try to find happiness for yourself are all part of what it means to be an American today. Where did this come from?
WWII
The Enlightenment
The Scientific Revolt
The New Deal
Who is known for advocating the idea that government should protect people's natural rights?
John Locke
Thomas Jefferson
Mary Wollstonecraft
George III
Which Enlightenment thinker is most closely associated with the concept of freedom of religion?
Montesquieu
Beccaria
Voltaire
Rousseau
What was the main purpose of salons during the Enlightenment?
To organize military campaigns
To display art
To discuss and exchange new ideas
To hold government meetings
