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Enlightenment And American Revolution Quiz

Complete the Quiz on the Enlightenment. Remember you do need to graph your data!

Questions: 25 | Attempts: 214 | Last updated: Oct 28, 2024

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The Scientific Revolution can be best described as...?

A new way of thinking about the natural world based upon careful observaion and being able to question accepted beliefs

The realization that the Earth was round instead of flat during the Age of Discovery

The discovery of nulclear energy as a main source of power

An acceptance that the Catholic Church was the only true source of knowledge

Absolutism & Enlightenment Quiz

In the 18th and 19th century monarchs had absolute power over their subjects and could do as they wished without being brought to book. This form of ruling led to a lot of...

Questions: 14 | Attempts: 1374 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2023

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What is absolutism?

The idea that the right for a king to rule his or her country comes from heaven.

This term refers to a monarchy that still has absolute power but generally rules in the best interests of the people.

This term referred to the complete control that the European kings and queens had over their countries during the 15th-18th C.

How Spiritually Enlightened Are You?

Get ready to play this "How Spiritually Enlightened Are You?" quiz. Enlightenment is a process of bringing light where there was darkness. Spiritual enlightenment is...

Questions: 10 | Attempts: 22863 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2022

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I often feel very much connected to the people and things around me.

Yes, I do

No, I do not

Not sure

I think so

Enlightenment And Enlightenment Philosophers

Explore key Enlightenment concepts and philosophers through this engaging quiz. Assess your understanding of natural rights, social contract theory, and the impact of thinkers...

Questions: 9 | Attempts: 1314 | Last updated: Mar 20, 2023

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All of the following apply to Montesqueiu... (pick 3)

3 branches of government

Checks and balances

Separation of powers

Absolute monarchy

World History Quiz: Age Of Revolutions

This World History Quiz: Age of Revolutions tests knowledge on key Enlightenment thinkers like John Locke, Voltaire, and Rousseau, and their ideas on governance, freedom, and...

Questions: 13 | Attempts: 163 | Last updated: Apr 07, 2025

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Which enlightenment thinker believes that the people should be in power and have the say in what's happening?

John Locke

Rousseau

Voltaire

Montesquieu

Mary Wollstonecraft

Scientific Revolution/Enlightenment Chapter Test Practice

Fans of history and science alike will know that the Scientific Revolution was a series of events which marked the emergence of modern science, a period of time in which subjects...

Questions: 21 | Attempts: 8400 | Last updated: Aug 25, 2023

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The idea that man is born equal with natural rights and that it's the government's job to protect those rights are prominent in the Declaration of Independence. That document was based MOST on the ideas of which of the following?

Montesquieu

Bacon

Darwin

Machiavelli

Locke

Enlightenment

-1st Feminist

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-Natural rights: life, liberty, and property

-Separation of Powers

-Against capital punishment & torture

-Soical Contract -Give up rights -Absolute monarch

-Religious tolerence -Freedom of speech

-Questioned majority rule -Abolish nobility -No private property