The Enlightenment

Question 1

The following flag represents what homeland of John Locke and Mary Wollstonecraft?

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Great Britain

Question 2

Mary Wollstonecraft believed that most importantly, ________ must be equal among boys and girls

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education

Question 3

Which of the following in NOT a major impact of the Enlightenment

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Increased power of European Absolute monarchies

Question 4

All of the following is an innovation of the Scientific Revolution EXCEPT

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Theory of Evolution

Question 5

Most Enlightenment thinkers wanted to transfer political power from Kings to who?

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The People

Question 6

In a Laissez-Faire economy, what is the role of the government?

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Stays out of all economic decisions

Question 7

How did kings like Louis XIV and Peter the Great inspire the Enlightenment?

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Their abuse of power inspired anti-monarchy writers

Question 8

What "revolution" helped inspire the Enlightenment?

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Scientific Revolution

Question 9

Which work is associated with Mary Wollstonecraft?

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The Vindication of the Rights of Women

Question 10

Voltaire argued that people must have the right to speak their minds freely...this is known as

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Freedom of speech

Question 11

Civil disobedience features all of the following characteristics EXCEPT

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Violent protest

Question 12

What is the responsibility of the Executive Branch of Government?

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Enforce the laws

Question 13

Most Enlightenment thinkers were against what form of government?

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Absolutism

Question 14

What thinker wrote about rights such as life, liberty, and property?

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John Locke

Question 15

During what time period did the Enlightenment take place?

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1650-1800

Question 16

The following flag represents what homeland of writer Jean-Jacques Rousseau?

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Switzerland

Question 17

Laissez-Faire translates to what?

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"Leave alone"

Question 18

Adam Smith is known is the "father" of which economic system?

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Capitalism

Question 19

John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau shared the belief that

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That people are naturally good

Question 20

Montesquieu believed that government should be split into what three powers?

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Executive, Judicial, Legislative

Question 21

The Enlightenment inspired revolutions in all the following places EXCEPT

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Great Britain

Question 22

The following flag represents what homeland of writers Voltaire and Baron de Montesquieu?

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France

Question 23

Supply and Demand is a(n) ----------- concept

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Economic

Question 24

The concept of Religious Toleration is associated with what thinker?

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Voltaire

Question 25

What continent is this?

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Asia

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