What is the separation of powers?

Power divided among several branches of government.

Thomas Paine's Common Sense was a pamphlet that argued what?

That the 13 colonies should not be ruled by Great Britain.

What are Enlightened Despots?

Monarchs that ruled by the ideas of the Enlightenment

The English philosopher John Locke argued that life, liberty, and property are

natural rights that should be protected by government.

What was the argument of John Locke’s Two Treatises on Civil Government?

Government should protect people’s natural rights.

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1
What is the separation of powers?
Power given to the people from the government
Power divided among several branches of government.
Power divided among kingdoms.
Power divided among the oligarch.
2
Ruler who drafted the Russian Consitution
Joseph II
Louis II
Fredrick II
Catherine II
3
Believed that absolute monarch were the best forms of gov't.
Thomas Jefferson
Adam Smith
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
4
Thomas Paine's Common Sense was a pamphlet that argued what?
That Great Britain has every right to rule France.
The French Revolution was a great plan to end absolute rule.
Revolutionary ideas were bad.
That the 13 colonies should not be ruled by Great Britain.
5
The Scientific Method was developed by Francis Bacon and who?
Voltaire
Nicolas Copernicus
Robert Boyle
Rene Descartes
6
Ruler who wanted to limit the number of Jewish citizens
Louis II
Fredrick II
Joseph II
Catherine II
7
_____________ is the only system of government in which monarchy is the only source of power.
absolute rule
democracy
commonwealth
dictatorship
8
What are Enlightened Despots?
Monarchs who thought that the Enlightenment was a bad idea.
Governments who wanted to change to the Enlightenment
Governments that tried to end the Enlightenment.
Monarchs that ruled by the ideas of the Enlightenment
9
Define heliocentric theory
sun-centered universe
God centered universe
earth centered universe
life centered universe
10
The English philosopher John Locke argued that life, liberty, and property are
social rights guaranteed by the ruling class.
political rights to be granted as determined by law.
economic rights earned in a capitalistic system.
natural rights that should be protected by government.
11
French philosopher(s) who believed in the separation of powers.
Voltaire
All of the above.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Baron de Montesquieu
12
What was the argument of John Locke’s Two Treatises on Civil Government?
Governments are best ran as absolute monarchs
Governments are to provide food and shelter for citizens.
Government should protect people’s natural rights.
Governments should be democracies.
13
Copernicus believed in the geocentric theory
False
True
14
The pre-Enlightenment idea of Mercantilism was replaced by what?
command economy
socialism
free market
supply and demand
15
Satirist who wrote Candide and fought for religious tolerance.
Jean Rousseau
Denis Diderot
Voltaire
John Locke
16
What were some long term effects of the Scientific Revolution
Development of modern science
The Enlightenment
Belief in progress and the power of reason
All of the above.
17
Many attempted to realign the Church to enlightenment ideas using what?
Judaism
Free Will Theory
Blind Faith
Free Masons
18
According to Enlightenment thinkers what was the goal of government?
To protect citizens’ rights
Collect taxes
To expand its military and its territory
To ensure the prosperity of its citizens
19
Ruler who fed and gave medicine to the poor
Fredrick II
Joseph II
Catherine II
Louis II
20
Developed the heliocentric theory of the solar system.
Nicolaus Copernicus
Thomas Hobbes.
Galileo Galilei
Sir Issac Newton

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