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1
Which one of Thomas Jefferson’s documents incorporated Enlightenment ideas?
Declaration of Independence
Constitution of Virginia
Articles of Confederation
Bill of Rights
2
According to John Locke all people are born with natural rights to life, liberty, and
food
health care
pursuit of happiness
property
3
Which composer's style of music can be best described as very elaborate and complicated?
George Fredric Handel
Ludwig van Beethoven
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Johann Sebastian Bach
4
All of the following were aspects of the Enlightenment EXCEPT —
fueled democratic institutions
stimulated religious toleration
a continuation of Papal Authority
applied reason to the human condition
5
Who developed the heliocentric theory of the universe?
Galileo Galilei
William Harvey
Nicolas Coperrnicus
Isaac Newton
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3 Who was the German astronomer who proved that the planets move in oval paths called ellipses?
Andreas Vesalius
Galileo
Johannes Kepler
Isaac Newton
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During the Scientific Revolution, what did scientists rely on to make discoveries?
ancient texts and teachings
guesswork and hypothesis
Reason and observation
biblical teachings
8
Sir Isaac Newton is associated with the laws of...
motion and gravity
astronomy
Electricity
human biology
9
All of the following were thinkers from the Enlightenment EXCEPT -
John Wycliffe
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
10
Which country used St. Petersburg as its capital during the Age of Absolutism?
Spain
Russia
England
France
11
The belief that monarchs receive their authority from God and are answerable God is know as —
Protestantism
Divine Right
Calvinism
Papal Authority
12
Which writer most influenced the people who started the French Revolution?
Benjamin Franklin
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Niccolò Machiavelli
Miguel de Cervantes
13
Which Enlightenment scholar influenced the the US Constitution on the separation of powers?
Voltaire
Montesquieu
Rousseau
Locke
14
Who discovered the laws of gravity?
Johannes Kepler
William Harvey
Galileo Galilei
Isaac Newton
15
What book argues, "The best form of government includes a separation of powers?"
Two Treatises on Government
Leviathan
The Social Contract
The Spirit of Laws
16
Which monarch tried to remake his country in the image of England during the Age of Absolutism?
Charles I
Phillip II
Peter the Great
Louis XIV
17
Who wrote The Social Contract?
Voltaire
John Locke
Montesquieu
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
18
Which title best describes Voltaire?
Composer
Painter
Philosopher
Novelist
19
In Leviathan, who argues that the state must have central authority to manage human behavior?
John Locke
Voltaire
Thomas Hobbes
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
20
"Religious toleration should triumph over religious fanaticism; separation of church and state?
Voltaire
John Locke
Montesquieu
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
21
Who wrote Two Treatises on Government?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Thomas Hobbes
Voltaire
John Locke
22
The Enlightenment is also known as the
Industrial Age
Age of Discovery
Age of Reason
Age of Absolutism
23
Who discovered the circulation of blood?
Nicolas Copernicus
Isaac Newton
William Harvey
Johannes Kepler
24
Philosophies of the Enlightenment fueled revolution in the Americas and what other country?
England
Germany
France
Spain
25
Who said, "People are sovereign""Men have natural rights of Life, Liberty, Property"?
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Montesquieu
Thomas Jefferson
26
This French palace is called the
Palace of Versailles
Royal Palace of Turin
Palace du Compagnonnage
Buckingham Palace
27
All of the following made discoveries in astronomy EXCEPT..
Galileo Galilei
William Harvey
Johannes Kepler
Nicolas Copernicus
28
"I might not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
Cervantes
Thomas Hobbes
Voltaire
Karl Marx
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Who wrote Leviathan?
Thomas Hobbes
Montesquieu
Voltaire
John Locke