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The Age Of Enlightenment
Test Description: Covering material on unit 2 test
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1) 1. Which quotation was most likely made by a supporter of Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil War.
A
It is the parliament that should make laws
B
I am the state
C
The government must be based on a sound constitution.
D
The government that governs best, governs least
2) Which of the following is an example of an unlimited government?
A
Democracy, such as the modern day US
B
Constitutional Monarchy, such as England in the 1700s
C
Republic, such as ancient Greece
D
Absolute Monarchy, such as France in the 1700s
3) Under which system of governance would citizens have little to no individual rights?
A
Constitutional Monarchy
B
All of the above
C
Dictatorship
D
Democratic Republic
4) 4. Which of the following describes an action taken by an absolute ruler in the 17th and 18th century?
A
Gaining approval from legislature to raise taxes
B
Allowing citizens to elect members of the legislative body
C
Having their powers checked by another branch of government
D
Raising taxes without consent of a legislative body
5) How did the Magna Carta limit the power of the English king?
A
Turned England into a republic
B
Created a 3rd branch of government
C
Forced him to gain approval of new taxes
D
Protected the rights of all people
6) How did the English Bill of Rights limit the power of the English monarch?
A
Gave less power to Parliament
B
Took rights away from citizens
C
Gave more power to Parliament
D
Created a republic
7) Who signed the English Bill of Rights?
A
King William and Queen Mary
B
King James II
C
Oliver Cromwell
D
King John I
8) Which term describes the belief that monarchs gained their power from God?
A
Divine Right
B
Consent of the Governed
C
Direct Democracy
D
Popular Sovereignty
9) What is absolutism?
A
Belief that branches of government should be separated
B
Belief that monarchs should rule by basic limits of law
C
Belief that a ruler should have unlimited power
D
Belief that dictators should rule.
10) Which field had many advancements in the 16th-17th centuries occur?
A
Astrology
B
Alchemy
C
Astronomy
D
Abolition
11) Proposed a heliocentric view of the universe
A
Galileo
B
Ptolemy
C
Kepler
D
Copernicus
12) Propsed a geocentric view of the universe
A
Galileo
B
Copernicus
C
Kepler
D
Ptolemy
13) Provided evidence of a geocentric view of the universe
A
Kepler
B
Copernicus
C
Galileo
D
Ptolemy
14) Showed that orbits of planets were elliptical
A
Galileo
B
Kepler
C
Copernicus
D
Ptolemy
15) John Locke
A
Believed in general will, popular sovereignty, social contract
B
Believed in absolutism, social contract
C
Believed in separation of powers, importance of laws
D
Believed in natural rights, social contract, blank slate
16) Baron de Montesquieu
A
Believed in separation of power, importance of laws,
B
believed in general will, popular sovereignty, social contract
C
Believed in absolutism, social contract
D
Believed in natural rights, social contract, and blank slate
17) Thomas Hobbes
A
believed in natural rights, social contract, blank slate
B
Believed in absolutism, social contract
C
Believed in separation of powers, importance of laws
D
believed in general will, popular soverienty, social contract
18) Voltaire
A
Absolutism
B
Social Contract
C
Religious Extremism
D
Personal Freedoms
19) Would have said that people need an absolute ruler to control them
A
Hobbes
B
William II
C
Cromwell
D
Locke
20) Which word is most closely associated with both the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment?
A
Gut feelings
B
Reason
C
Intuition
D
Faith
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