Matching
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Match each item with the correct statement below. a. | deism | d. | separation of powers | b. | social contract | e. | natural law | c. | absolutism |
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applied to everyone and could be understood by reason
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a religious belief based on reason
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a belief that governmental power should be divided among three branches
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an agreement between rulers and the people
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government in which monarchs hold total power over the people
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Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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During the Enlightenment, Thomas Hobbes and John Locke based their ideas about
government on
a. | monarchy rule. | c. | natural law. | b. | absolute law. | d. | social rule. |
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Separation of powers means that governmental power is divided among the
executive, judicial, and ____ branches.
a. | throne | c. | parliament | b. | religious | d. | legislative |
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One English writer who was a strong supporter of women’s rights was
a. | Mary Wollstonecraft. | c. | Jean-Jacques Rousseau. | b. | Denis
Diderot. | d. | François-Marie Arouet. |
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France’s Sun King, or ____, was the most famous absolute monarch in
history.
a. | Frederick the Great | c. | Joseph II | b. | Louis XIV | d. | Maria Theresa |
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This ruler was one of Russia’s most powerful czars.
a. | Frederick the Great | c. | Catherine the Great | b. | Peter the Great | d. | Maria Theresa |
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