Absolutism & The Enlightenment

Question 1

Who were the rulers during the Age of Absolutism?

Answer 1

The Absolute Monarchs

Question 2

What power did the Absolute Monarchs have?

Answer 2

They had all the power in a country and they had complete control over the government and lives of people.

Question 3

Divine right

Answer 3

The belief that all of the monarchs power came from God.

Question 4

During what period was the divine right belief come to the monarchs?

Answer 4

It was during the Age of Absolutism.

Question 5

What do the Enlightenment thinkers NOT believe in?

Answer 5

Divine Right, they didn’t think God played a role in determining a ruler.

Question 6

What gave people a way to question beliefs, gather information, and test ideas?

Answer 6

The Scientific Method

Question 7

Versailles

Answer 7

The absolute monarch of France (Louis XIV) lived here.

Question 8

Social Contract

Answer 8

Give up their freedom and be part of an organized society.

Question 9

When and who made the idea of natural rights

Answer 9

John Locke during the Enlightenment

Question 10

Did John Locke believe people were good or bad?

Answer 10

He believed people rights at birth.

Question 11

What were three rights that John Locke believed in?

Answer 11

The right to life, liberty, and property

Question 12

John Locke wrote the book ____ during the Enlightenment

Answer 12

Two Treatises of Government

Question 13

Thomas Hobbes wrote the book ____ during the Enlightenment

Answer 13

Leviathan

Question 14

Did Thomas Hobbes believe people were good or bad?

Answer 14

He believed people were bad and they needed to be controlled or bad things would happen.

Question 15

Who created the social contract?

Answer 15

Rousseau

Question 16

What did the social contract believe?

Answer 16

All people should work together and form a bond with each other to create rules that they followed.

Question 17

Montesquieu wrote the book ____

Answer 17

The Spirit of Laws

Question 19

What are the three branches of government he created called?

Answer 19

Legislative, Executive, and Judicial

Question 20

Voltaire wrote the book ____

Answer 20

Toleration of Other Essays

Question 21

Salons

Answer 21

Helped the Enlightenment spread their ideas.

Question 22

The Enlightenment

Answer 22

It was the time of intellectual snd philosophical movement

Question 23

King Louis XIV

Answer 23

Known for his power as a monarch in France.

Question 24

Thomas Hobbes

Answer 24

People were BAD. They need an absolute monarchy to control them.

Question 25

John Locke

Answer 25

People were GOOD. Everyone has basic natural rights- life, liberty and property. People get to choose their leaders.

Question 26

Who was Voltaire?

Answer 26

He was a French thinker who supports freedom of thought.

Question 27

Rousseau

Answer 27

He believed people were good in their own state but were corrupted by the evil of the society. Society hurt the people

Question 28

Montesquieu

Answer 28

AGAINST absolute monarchs. Three branches of gov- the legislative, executive and judicial. They should check on the other branches of government- which is called “checks and balances”.

Question 29

Mary Wollstonecraft

Answer 29

Became an advocate for social and educational equality for women.