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Adam Smith used which of these arguments in The Wealth of Nations?
a) If a business wants to make money, they should produce goods in demand
b) Governments should not try to control most business decisions and leave economies alone
c) Competition is good because it makes businesses efficient and keeps prices down
d) All of them

Who said it is the governments job to protect the natural rights of life, liberty and property
a) Locke
b) Diderot
c) Voltaire
d) Montesquieu

Which of the following was the first to place definite limits on the power of the English monarch
a) English Common Law
b) Magna Carta
c) English Bill of Rights
d) Parliament Acts

Who believed that the power of government should be divided among three branches: an executive branch, a judicial branch, and a legislative branch?
a) Condorcet
b) Rousseau
c) Montesquieu
d) Voltaire

Which of the following heavily influenced the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen and the U.S. Declaration of Independence?
a) Enlightenment philosophers
b) Catholic Reformation
c) divine right of kings
d) women's movement

Which document outlines a plan for government that has served as a model for new governments around the world?
a) U.S. Constitution
b) Magna Carta
c) Declaration of Independence
d) U.S. Bill of Rights

All the following are true about the American Revolution except __________.
a) it led to the formation of a new nation with a new form of government
b) it was sparked by Enlightenment ideas
c) it inspired the people of France and people of other nations to start their own democratic revolutions
d) it sparked a civil war among the newly formed states

Which of the following statements about the American Revolution is true?
a) It was sparked by Enlightenment ideas.
b) The ideals of the Revolution eventually led to a civil war.
c) It frightened most of the French, who feared violence and revolution.
d) Its ideals were popular in the eighteenth century but have little meaning in the modern world.

The idea that governments exist to protect the rights of the people is best reflected in which of the following documents?
a) Magna Carta and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
b) Declaration of Independence and Aristotle's Politics
c) Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
d) Plato's Republic and the Magna Carta

Which of the following was not a cause of the American Revolution?
a) strict restrictions on religious freedom
b) British taxes on colonists
c) inspiration of Enlightenment philosophers
d) desire for westward expansion

Which document best reflects the ideas of the Enlightenment?
a) Politics
b) The Wealth of Nations
c) Declaration of Independence
d) Magna Carta

Which movement inspired the French Revolution?
a) The Enlightenment
b) Napoleonic Conquests
c) the Russian Revolution
d) The Renaissance

Why did the findings of Galileo frighten Catholic and Protestant leaders?
a) His findings led him to rebel against the Cardinals.
b) His findings did not support the Copernican theory.
c) His findings went against church teaching and authority.
d) His findings went against church teaching and authority.

Which term describes the era when new ideas in physics, astronomy, biology, human anatomy, chemistry, and other sciences led to a rejection of superstitions and beliefs that had existed since ancient times?
a) The Scientific Revolution
b) The Renaissance
c) The Middle Ages
d) The Age of Revolution

Under Spanish rule, Latin American society was strictly divided into a class system determined by birth. This rigid social class system contradicted the Enlightenment idea of
a) A two class system
b) Constitutional guarantee of rights
c) The importance of birth order
d) Equality among men

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