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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhich person believed that men were born evil and thus a strong government was needed to control them?Thomas HobbesJohn LockeMary WollstonecraftGalileo Galilei
- 2. Multiple Choice"I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." This pro-free speech quote is attributed to?Klemens von MetternichBaron de MontesquieuVoltaireLouis XVI
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat impact did the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment have on the world?Humans discovered new things and used knowledge to help solve problems.People learned about science and no longer needed religion in their lives.New technologies helped to limit wars.Increased learning allowed people to spend less time experimenting to make new discoveries.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceHow did Locke influence the ideas contained in the Declaration of Independence?he believed that the main goal of society was the pursuit of happinesshe claimed that a dictatorship is the best form of governmenthe claimed that all people are created equalhe maintained that the people may overthrow a government if it violates their rights
- 5. Multiple Choice“People are sovereign and have natural rights such as life, liberty, and property”
The author of the quote above isLockeHobbesMontesquieuVoltaire - 6. Multiple ChoiceWhich book/author argues that the “State must have central authority to manage behavior?”Social Contract – RousseauOn the Spirit of Laws – MontesquieuLeviathan – HobbesBill of Rights – Constitution
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWho believed in a separation of powers as a way to provide checks and balances?MontesquieuRousseauHobbesVoltaire
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Who believed that women's education should be the same as men's?RousseauWollstonecraftLockeHobbes - 9. Multiple ChoiceWho believed there should be a separation of church and state?VoltaireRousseauWollstonecraftHobbes
- 10. Multiple ChoiceAbsolutist monarchs were ones whosought to control all aspects of public and private life.gathered all power under their personal control.governed as if the affairs of state should benefit the people.respect the laws passed by the representative institutions.
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich quotation was most likely made by an absolute monarch?"The government that governs best, governs least.""I am the state.""The government must be based on a sound constitution.""It is the parliament that must make the laws."
- 12. Multiple ChoiceA distribution of powers to more than one branch of governmentnatural rightsSeparation of PowersSocial Contract
- 13. Multiple ChoiceRousseau, Montesquieu, and Locke would all support:A dictatorshipA democracyAn absolute monarchyAll of these
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat did the Reformation contribute to the Enlightenment?writings from Greece and Romeemphasis on classical cultureemphasis on devout faiththe idea of challenging the Catholic Church
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThe Enlightenment philosophers believed that the power of the government should be derived from….?The peopleThe elite noblessmall group of rulerskings and queens
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