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