Have an account?
Skip to Content
Build your own quiz
History, Social Studies
9th
grade
Mr. Scott's World History- Enlightenment
15 questions
Show Answers
See Preview
- 1. Multiple Choice
Which title is best for the list of documents?
*Declaration of Independence
*Bill of Rights
*United States Constitution
Written by Thomas Jefferson
Inspired by the French Revolution
Influenced by Thomas Hobbes
Influenced by the Enlightenment
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which city was known as the center of Enlightenment?
Washington DC
London
Paris
Rome
- 3. Multiple Choice
Enlightenment thinkers agreed with the church and the monarchs of the time.
True
False
- 4. Multiple Choice
Enlightenment thinkers often avoided persecution and arrest by....
Writing in salons
using a pen name
co-writing with a king
burning books of other thinkers
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which Enlightenment thinker was in favor of a system of checks and balances?
Diderot
Rousseau
Montesquieu
Voltair
- 6. Multiple Choice
Physiocrats believed that the economy was better off without government interference. This policy was known as?
Merchantilism
Laissez faire
tariffs
Trade regulation
- 7. Multiple Choice
Why were American colonist upset with the British
Stamp Act
Taxation without representation
Tea Tax
All of the above
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which Enlightenment philosopher felt that people needed an absolute monarch to maintain order?
Locke
Montesquieu
Hobbes
Rousseau
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which Philosopher condemned torture, abuses of justice, and the death penalty?
Rousseau
Voltaire
Beccaria
Diderot
- 10. Multiple Choice
Music changed during the Enlightenment period. Who would be an example of this?
Bon Jovi
Mozart
Chopin
Brahms
- 11. Multiple Choice
What were some of the British advantages during the war?
Home Turf
Fighting for FREEDOM
Money and Resources
George Washington was their commander
- 12. Multiple Choice
A literary form that developed during the Enlightenment was
Epic Poem
Lyric Poem
Short Story
Novel
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which philosopher had ideas about The Social Contract?
Locke
Roussseau
Montesquieu
Hobbes
- 14. Multiple Choice
What is the term for dividing the government into 3 separate branches?
Separation of Powers
Absolute Monarchy
Democracy
Social Contract
- 15. Multiple Choice
Who is known as the "Father of the Constitution"?
Locke
Washington
Madison
Jefferson
- Answer choicesTagsAnswer choicesTags