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“We prefer self-government with danger, to servitude in tranquility.” The author of this statement would most likely support
a) Imperialism
b) independence movements
c) colonial expansion
d) Mercantilism

Writers of the Enlightenment were primarily interested in
a) changing the relationship between people and their government
b) supporting the divine right theory
c) debating the role of the church in society
d) promoting increased power for European monarchs

Which statement reflects an argument of Enlightenment philosophers against the belief in the divine right of kings?
a) God has chosen all government rulers
b) independence is built by military might
c) a capitalist economic system is necessary for democracy
d) the power of the government is derived from the governed

John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau would be most likely to support
a) a return to feudalism in Europe
b) a government ruled by a divine right monarchy
c) a society ruled by the Catholic Church
d) a society in which the people chose the ruler

The system of checks and balances in the United States Constitution was influenced by the ideas of which Enlightenment thinker?
a) Montesquieu
b) Voltaire
c) Rousseau
d) Diderot

Enlightenment writers often faced censorship because they
a) wrote fiction
b) challenged the old order
c) supported traditional ideas
d) wrote in Latin

John Locke believed that the government had an obligation to the people it governed to protect their natural rights. If the government failed to do this, then the people had the right to
a) move to another country
b) refuse to vote
c) overthrow the government
d) do nothing

The willingness of people to hand over their rights to a ruler in exchange for law and order in society was called the
a) Scientific method
b) Magna Carta
c) Enlightenment
d) Social Contract

Which of the following Enlightenment thinkers wrote extensively about his belief that people were born with “natural rights” (life, liberty, property)?
a) John Locke
b) Voltaire
c) Montesquieu
d) Diderot

The belief that power was granted by God.
a) Divine Right
b) Declaration of Right
c) Dying Right
d) Dead Right

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