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Age Of Reason Vocabulary Review
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1) to be exiled or thrown out
A
excommunication
B
enlightenment
C
reason
D
democracy
2) a period that brought about philosophical changes in government, individual rights, and science reason
A
democracy
B
social contract
C
Scientific Revolution
D
Enlightenment
3) use of scientific and logical thinking
A
general will
B
reason
C
natural rights
D
excommunication
4) the period when people starting using science to explain things instead of religion 1500s-1700s
A
Scientific Revolution
B
Enlightenment
C
representative democracy
D
Declaration of Independence
5) a method made up of steps to find a proven answer scientifically
A
popular sovereignty
B
general will
C
scientific method
D
natural rights
6) earth-centered universe
A
geocentric theory
B
natural rights
C
heliocentric theory
D
democracy
7) sun-centered universe
A
geocentric theory
B
heliocentric theory
C
social contract
D
scientific method
8) system in which people hold the power, usually through the vote
A
democracy
B
unlimited government
C
absolute monarch
D
totalitarian government
9) citizens choose other citizens to represent them in the decision-making processes of government
A
absolute monarchy
B
representative democracy
C
civil liberities
D
enlightenment
10) an agreement between citizens and their ruler or government
A
civil liberities
B
popular sovereignty
C
social contract
D
general will
11) rights belonging to all humans from birth
A
general will
B
excommunication
C
natural rights
D
separation of powers
12) division of powers among branches of government
A
social contract
B
civil liberities
C
popular sovereignty
D
separation of powers
13) he government’s duty is to make policies that benefit the majority and that are based on decisions by majority rule
A
popular sovereignty
B
civil liberities
C
state of nature
D
general will
14) The state of being subject only to laws established for the good of the community, especially with regard to freedom of action and speech (liberties)
A
natural rights
B
state of nature
C
civil liberities
D
scientific method
15) Governments get their power and legitimacy based on what the people or citizens want (People have a say)
A
general will
B
social contract
C
natural rights
D
popular sovereignty
16) human existence before social and political organization
A
state of nature
B
excommunication
C
social contract
D
civil liberities
17) document written by Thomas Jefferson declaring independence from Great Britain; it used ideas of Enlightenment thinkers
A
Enlightenment
B
Scientific Revolution
C
Declaration of Independence
D
scientific method
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