2nd Nine Weeks Review

1. Representative Democracy

King or queen rules the nation

Mob rule- choas and disorder in government

Voters elect representatives to help make decisions in government

One leader who has direct power over all the people of the nation

2. Democracy

Citizens hold the political power in government

King or queen rules in the nation

Mob rule- no one is in charge

God is the ultimate authority of the government

3. Select the best definition of revolution.

Change

War

Conflict

Independence

4. John Locke would have supported which of the following?

The separate branches of government

The desire to have a absolute monarch or king

Social Contracts between the people and the government

Life, Liberty, Property- Natural Rights

5. Theocracy

One leader or person who has ablsolute control over the lives of the people of the nation

King or Queen rules the nation

Citizens hold the political power

Government that recognizes God as the primary or main political authority

6. Dictatorship

People of a country elect leaders to represent their rights and interests in government

King or Queen rules the nation

One leader or person has absolute or total control over the people's lives in the nation

Citizens hold the political power

7. During the Enlightenment, we see a shift from monarchies across Europe to revolutions that developed other forms of governments.

True

False

8. The concept of natural rights was included in the Declaration of Independence- influenced from John Locke.

True

False

9. Anarchy

King or Queen rules the nation

Mob rule or choas and disorder- lack of government

God is at the center of government

People make all the decisions for the king

10. What did Enlightenment thinkers want to rely on?

The power of the monarchs

Reason and logic

The Roman Catholic Church

Military power and might

11. Read the following from Machiavelli's The Prince:
"…men are ungrateful, fickle, false, cowardly, covetous… Nevertheless a prince ought to inspire fear in such a way
that, if he does not win love, he avoids hatred; because he can endure very well being feared whilst he is not hated…"In his book, Niccolo Machiavelli describes people, the world, and how to obtain power. He does not portray
the world and people as they could be but simply as they are. This represents which concept?

Humanism

Traditionalism

Religion

Power

12. The Catholic Church considered some thinkers of the Scientific Revoultion to be heretics because they....

Challenged the scientific knowledge

Questioned claims made in biblical passages

Provided explanations for the process of how nature works

Belief that science was the correct path of knowledge

13. Select the source of Enlightenment thought that is missing from the information below:Enlightenment: Based on Renaissance, role of humanism, power of reasoning skills, bringing back the Ancient Greek and Roman thought process (government) and _____________________.

Scientific Revolution

Learning more about religion

Spread of monarchy

Power of dictatorships

14. Trade increased during the Renaissance and the Enlightenment.

True

False

15. How did power and authority change during the Renaissance and Reformation Eras?

The Catholic Church became more powerful and controlled more aspects of life

The military gained total control of many of the lands in Europe and became the authority

The Catholic Church lost power over the people and the monarchs became more powerful

The serfs and peasants rose in revolt and gained power in many European countries

16. A common belief or theme of the Enlightenment thinkers would have been...

To inspire revolutions to break out all over the globe

To make life better for everyone in society, application of the reason and thought

Faith in traditional thoughts and religious beliefs

Belief in goodness of humans and how they live and work

17. Montesquieu's philosophy can be found in which famous American document?

Treaty of Paris

Declaration of Independence

US Constitution

Gettysburg Address

18. How did foreign trade contribute to the birth of the Renaissance?

It inspired explorers to trade to new parts of the globe and bring back new ideas

It brought wealth to merchants in Italy who then used the money to invest in local artists and thinkers

New technology and science from Asia brought about the rebirth of learning

Europeans had access to natural resources so they began to industrialize

19. Enlightenment thinker Thomas Hobbes would have supported which type of government?

Monarchy

Anarchy

Democracy

Dictatorship

20. John Locke believed in the concept of natural rights of the indiividual. What US document did he later help influence in our national history?

Gettysburg Address

US Constitution

Declaration of Independence

Emancipation Proclamation

21. Which statement would best represent the relationship between Christianity and the Enlightenment thinkers?

Most Enlightenment thinkers did not believe in God

Most Enlightenment thinkers believed in science and nature

Most Enlighenment thinkers believed in God

Most Enlightenment thinkers believed that people should not have a key religion

22. Match the following

John Locke

Hobbes

Voltaire

Montesquieu

Wollstonecraft

Rousseau

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