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The Great Thinkers Of The Enlightenment.
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Issac Newton is credited with inventing ______, an area of mathematical study.
a) Calculus
b) Gravity
c) Reason
d) Bill of rights
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) Parliament
d) Diplomat
James Madison believed that a government should _____ its power from the people.
a) Derive
b) Delegate
c) Tolerate
d) Tyranny
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) Limited Monarchy, Absolute Monarchy.
c) Parliament, Clergy.
d) Clergy, Parliament.
Philisophes who spoke out against the monarch could be convicted of _____.
a) Treason
b) Tryanny
c) Reason
d) Radical
The Founding Fathers declared their independence from Britain after experiencing years of _______ under the king and Parliament.
a) Tyranny
b) Treason
c) Reason
d) absolute monarchy
As a part of its program of _________, the government banned many of Voltaire's writings and burned his books.
a) Censorship
b) Tryanny
c) Parliament
d) Limited Monarchy
To protect his identity, Voltaire used a(n) _________ when writing.
a) Pseudonym
b) Reason
c) Institute
d) Authoritarian
Thomas Hobbes is often considered a(n) __________ because of his negative views of humankind.
a) Pessimist
b) Authoritarian
c) Scholar
d) Social Order
The ideas of Enlightenment thinkers were considered to be ______ by many people.
a) Radical
b) Tolerant
c) Tyranny
d) Treason
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