Enlightenment Quiz Review

Question 1

Which of the following principles of American Government has their roots in the Enlightenment?

Accepted Answer

All men are free and equal, Freedom of Speech, Separation of Powers

Question 2

Focused on economic reforms

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Physiocrats

Question 3

Which of the following is not one of the 3 branches of government?

Accepted Answer

Senate

Question 4

Knowledge

Accepted Answer

Enlighten

Question 5

Complete power

Accepted Answer

Absolutism

Question 6

Form of literature developed during the Enlightenment

Accepted Answer

Novel

Question 7

These govern Human Character

Accepted Answer

Natural Laws

Question 8

Lovers of wisdom

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Philosophe

Question 9

He believed that there should be a separation of church and state.

Accepted Answer

Voltaire

Question 10

Which of the following time periods in history did the Enlightenment overlap with?

Accepted Answer

Age of Absolutism

Question 11

Adam Smith believed that governments should:

Accepted Answer

Impose the fewest possible restrictions on prices and trade

Question 12

Baron de Montesquieu influenced which of the following American documents?

Accepted Answer

Constitution

Question 13

Thomas Hobbes believed all of the Following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

People could regulate the economy

Question 14

Both the Enlightenment and the Renaissance were similar because:

Accepted Answer

They both studied art and ideas of classical Greece and Rome

Question 15

An agreement made by people in which they give up something for an organized Society.

Accepted Answer

Social Contract

Question 16

John Locke believed the best form of government to be:

Accepted Answer

Democracy

Question 17

People have ultimate power

Accepted Answer

Sovereign

Question 18

Freedoms belonging to all humans from birth

Accepted Answer

Natural Rights

Question 19

The Father of Modern Economics was:

Accepted Answer

Adam Smith

Question 20

Ability to think logically

Accepted Answer

Reason

Questions 20