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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
Gravity
B
Reason
C
Bill of rights
D
Calculus
2) Montesquieu argued that a(n) _________ was necessary to prevent a single leader or part of the government from becoming too strong.
A
Seperation of powers
B
Absolute Monarchy
C
Diplomat
D
Parliament
3) James Madison believed that a government should _____ its power from the people.
A
Tolerate
B
Derive
C
Tyranny
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
Clergy, Parliament.
B
Absolute Monarchy, Limited Monarchy.
C
Parliament, Clergy.
D
Limited Monarchy, Absolute Monarchy.
5) Philisophes who spoke out against the monarch could be convicted of _____.
A
Tryanny
B
Radical
C
Treason
D
Reason
6) The Founding Fathers declared their independence from Britain after experiencing years of _______ under the king and Parliament.
A
Treason
B
absolute monarchy
C
Tyranny
D
Reason
7) As a part of its program of _________, the government banned many of Voltaire's writings and burned his books.
A
Parliament
B
Censorship
C
Limited Monarchy
D
Tryanny
8) To protect his identity, Voltaire used a(n) _________ when writing.
A
Pseudonym
B
Authoritarian
C
Institute
D
Reason
9) Thomas Hobbes is often considered a(n) __________ because of his negative views of humankind.
A
Social Order
B
Pessimist
C
Authoritarian
D
Scholar
10) The ideas of Enlightenment thinkers were considered to be ______ by many people.
A
Treason
B
Tolerant
C
Radical
D
Tyranny
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