enlightenment quiz

Question 1

absolute monarchy

Answer 1

king and queen/royal family has absolute power over every thing

Question 2

reason

Answer 2

justification

Question 3

divine right

Answer 3

the right that is supposedly given to a king or queen by God to rule a country

Question 4

the scientific revolution

Answer 4

developments in mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology, and chemistry

Question 5

catholic church

Answer 5

created rules and regulations everyone was expected to follow regardless of religion

Question 6

natural rights

Answer 6

rights that people have regardless of government, natural

Question 7

consent of the governed

Answer 7

power is derived from its citizens

Question 8

separation of powers

Answer 8

powers of one branch are not in conflict with those of the other branches

Question 9

social contract theory

Answer 9

members of some society have reason to endorse and comply with the fundamental social rules, laws, institutions, and/or principles of that society

Question 10

salon

Answer 10

a regular social gathering of eminent people (especially writers and artists) at the house of a woman prominent in high society

Question 11

John Locke

Answer 11

limited government: natural rights life liberty and land

Question 12

Montesquieu

Answer 12

separation of powers: legislative, executive, and judicial

Question 13

Rousseau

Answer 13

direct democracy and social contract

Question 14

Voltaire

Answer 14

freedom of speech

Question 15

Diderot

Answer 15

laws must be based upon natural rights and be made for all and not for one

Question 16

What organization had the most influence on how people in Europe lived and what they thought?

Answer 16

the Church/monarchy

Question 17

Which piece of technology helped spread information during the Enlightenment?

Answer 17

salons and printing press

Question 18

What areas of social reform did Enlightenment thinkers influence?

Answer 18

separation of church and state