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How many fingers do minions have?
2
4
5
3
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Enlightenment philosophers in Europe encouraged political revolution with their support of
socialism
the divine right monarchies
the natural rights of man
imperialism
3
What five letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
What
Flip
Short
Tall
4
Name the Movie
Shrek
Toy Story
Frozen
The Nut Job 2
5
Montesquieu's three branches of government (Legislative, Executive and Judicial) should
elect a king
enslave people
check and balance each branches power
work independently
6
Thomas Hobbes wrote the book
Leviathan
and explained that men were motivated by?
Power, selfishness and greed.
Money
Cookies
Goodness and proper modelling of behavior
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During the 1500s and 1600s what type of government existed in Europe?
Direct Democracy
Theocracy
Communist
Absolutism
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Which statement best describes a change that occurred during the Renaissance & Enlightenment?
a new questioning spirit and attitude emerged
the use of reason and logic were discouraged
technology and science were considered unimportant
feudalism became the dominant political system
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Enlightenment writer Rousseau believed people should be ruled by the general will also known as
Legalism
Majority Rule
No Government
Absolute Rule
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The writers of the Enlightenment believed the government decisions should be based on
traditional values
laws of nature and reason
fundamental religious beliefs
the concept of divine right of kings
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Enlightenment writer John Locke believed that government should be based on the people's...
Natural Rights
Property Outlines
Amount of Wealth
Interest in American Pickers
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Mary Wollstonecraft said this is the only thing separating men and women from being considered equals in the 1700s?
Education
Monarchs
Pants
Laws
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Locke believed if the government didn't protect your Natural Rights you had an obligation to
devote yourself to the government
accept the government for what it is
pick your nose and shout hurray!
overthrow that government (by voting)
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During the Enlightenment people were concerned with all of the following ideas except?
Representation in Government
Equality
Colonial Empires
Liberty
15
On a computer keyboard, what letter is between the Q and E?
S
F
R
W
16
Writers of the Enlightenment were primarily interested in
changing the relationship between people & their government
debating the role of the church in society
supporting the divine right theory
promoting increased power for European monarchs
17
A major concept promoted by philosophers of the Enlightenment was the need for
strengthening the power of the organized religions
overseas expansion by western European nations
return to traditional medieval ideas
the use of reason for rational and logical thinking
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Thomas Hobbes wrote that man needs this type of Government?
Absolute Monarchy
Aristocracy
Democracy
Republic
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What does Hobbes call it when men give up some of their freedoms to live in an organized society with laws?
Social Network
Jail
Uh giving up freedom thingys for organized stuff, duh.
Social Contract
20
In 1688 what political change in England started all of the Enlightenment ideas on government?
Glorious Revolution
Latin American Revolutions
American Revolution
French Revolution
21
Between Maine, Maryland and Massachusetts, which state is abbreviated with MA?
Massachusetts
Maine
Maryland
Alabama
22
What kind of movement was the Enlightenment?
A physical revolution
A sarcastic movement
An intellectual movement
A reading movement
23
The great French writer Voltaire believed you have the right of
owning land
bearing arms
playing bingo blindfolded
freedom of speech
24
Where did the Enlightenment ideas and books originate from?
Africa
North America
Bikini Bottom
Europe
25
In the 2011 census for the Czech Republic, over 15,000 people listed their religion as
Jedi
Hinduism
Judaism
Mormon
26
John Locke in 1690 wrote a book called?
Llama Llama Enlightenment Drama
Declaration of Independence
Two Treatises of Government
Declaration of the Rights of Man
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Effects of the Enlightenment led to the American Revolution in 1776 and this major European revolution in 1789?
French Revolution
Russian Revolution
Industrial Revolution
Chinese Revolution
28
Montesquieu a French Enlightenment writer believed in
three separate branches of government instead of a king
Absolute Monarchy
three kings
Totalitarian forms of government
29
In Locke's "Two Treatises of Government" what did he believe was the only job of government?
Taxes
Argue alot
Build Roads
protect the peoples Natural Rights
30
What prior movement during the Renaissance influenced the Enlightenment?
The Scientific Revolution
The Middle Ages
The Reformation
The Plague
31
John Locke's Natural Rights?
Death, Slavery and Tic Tacs
Life, Liberty and Property
Life, Puberty, Property
Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness
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Voltaire also saw in France what happens when the government is tied to a specific religion so
he believed in miracles
he believed in separation of Church and State
he believed everyone should be Catholics
he believed that everyone should be Protestants