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The Enlightenment Vocabulary
Test Description: The Great thinkers of the Enlightenment
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Issac Newton is credited with inventing ______, an area of mathematical study.
A
Calculus
B
Reason
C
Bill of rights
D
Gravity
2) Montesquieu argued that a(n) _________ was necessary to prevent a single leader or part of the government from becoming too strong.
A
Diplomat
B
Parliament
C
Absolute Monarchy
D
Seperation of powers
3) James Madison believed that a government should _____ its power from the people.
A
Derive
B
Tyranny
C
Tolerate
D
Delegate
4) Unlike in a(n) ________ where the monarch is all-powerful, the powers of the king or queen are restricted by the governing assembly in a ___________
A
Absolute Monarchy, Limited Monarchy.
B
Parliament, Clergy.
C
Limited Monarchy, Absolute Monarchy.
D
Clergy, Parliament.
5) Philisophes who spoke out against the monarch could be convicted of _____.
A
Reason
B
Tryanny
C
Radical
D
Treason
6) The Founding Fathers declared their independence from Britain after experiencing years of _______ under the king and Parliament.
A
Reason
B
Tyranny
C
absolute monarchy
D
Treason
7) As a part of its program of _________, the government banned many of Voltaire's writings and burned his books.
A
Limited Monarchy
B
Tryanny
C
Parliament
D
Censorship
8) To protect his identity, Voltaire used a(n) _________ when writing.
A
Reason
B
Authoritarian
C
Institute
D
Pseudonym
9) Thomas Hobbes is often considered a(n) __________ because of his negative views of humankind.
A
Scholar
B
Authoritarian
C
Pessimist
D
Social Order
10) The ideas of Enlightenment thinkers were considered to be ______ by many people.
A
Tolerant
B
Radical
C
Tyranny
D
Treason
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