Locke and other supporters of the Enlightenment believed that if you have a bad government

you can overthrow the government

How did Asante kings use the wealth they acquired from trade?

Ostentatious displays of gold and weapons

Which is a similarity between indigenous peoples in the Pacific and the Americas?

Large numbers of both died of European diseases

Why were Creoles in Spanish and Portuguese colonies drawn to Enlightenment ideas?

The Enlightenment argued against colonialism

What happened to Galileo when he argued for the heliocentric theory?

Put on trial by the Inquisition

Why did Adam Smith argue for no government interference in the economy?

Free competition is the best way to build a wealthy society

The Enlightenment was

a philosophical movement in favor of more rights

Scholars during the Scientific Revolution figured out what is true by doing what?

Careful observation of nature, Using the scientific method

Which of the following was one of the goals of the authors of the Encyclopedia?

to gather all the knowledge in the world

What ideas did European Enlightenment thinkers hold in common?

their search for universal, objective knowledge

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1
Which philosopher argued that governments should have checks and balances?
Locke
Montesquieu
Wollstonecraft
Rousseau
2
What do vaccines do?
Stop you from getting sick
Let you see bacteria
Make you very sick
Let you see stars and planets
3
Locke and other supporters of the Enlightenment believed that if you have a bad government
you must suffer quietly and obey
you should wait for the government to improve
you should help another country invade your country
you can overthrow the government
4
How did Asante kings use the wealth they acquired from trade?
Elaborate feasts shared with their subjects
Ostentatious displays of gold and weapons
Elaborate religious ceremonies
Epic poems about their deities
5
Who argued that without a strong government our lives would be "nasty, brutish, and short"?
Voltaire
Locke
Hobbes
Rousseau
6
According to Locke, government authority comes from
might makes right
the consent of the governed
natural selection
divine right
7
Which is a similarity between indigenous peoples in the Pacific and the Americas?
Both were forced to work in European mines
They both saw Europeans as gods
Both groups were enslaved and taken to Europe
Large numbers of both died of European diseases
8
Why were Creoles in Spanish and Portuguese colonies drawn to Enlightenment ideas?
Creoles believed in the equality of all human beings
The Enlightenment argued against colonialism
Creoles were inspired by English colonists in North America
The Enlightenment was popular in the Iberian peninsula
9
What happened to Galileo when he argued for the heliocentric theory?
Put on trial by the Inquisition
Executed by the Inquisition
Praised by the pope as a genius
Copernicus explained to him why his theory is wrong
10
Why did Adam Smith argue for no government interference in the economy?
He thought rational self-interest hinders the common good
His religion didn't allow the guilds' control of workers
Free competition encourages industrialization
Free competition is the best way to build a wealthy society
11
The Enlightenment was
the discovery of electricity
a philosophical movement in favor of absolute monarchy
a philosophical movement in favor of more rights
a solar eclipse
12
Scholars during the Scientific Revolution figured out what is true by doing what?
Careful observation of nature
Checking the Bible
Using the scientific method
Seeing what the ancient Greeks said
13
Which of the following was one of the goals of the authors of the Encyclopedia?
to create a catalog of literature of mythology
to illustrate the superiority of European culture
to gather all the knowledge in the world
to evaluate how rational and scientific each country was
14
Hobbes was in favor of which type of government?
Absolute monarchy
Republic
Limited monarchy
Theocracy
15
The idea that people give up some freedom and the government provides law and order:
Leviathan
Baroque
Checks and balances
Social contract
16
What ideas did European Enlightenment thinkers hold in common?
achieving enlightenment through religious experience
encouraging colonial expansion
their search for universal, objective knowledge
supporting monarchs who became enlightened despots
17
The Enlightenment made Europe more secular, which means
more democratic
less democratic
more religious
less religious

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