World History Final Review

This was an 18th century philosophical movement of intellectuals, aiming to apply reason to all endeavors.

• Reformation
• Renaissance
• Enlightenment
• Scientific Revolution

Adam Smith’s doctrine that maintains that the state should not intervene in economics, from his book Wealth of Nations, is called ______.

• Laissez-faire
• Socialism
• Mercantilism
• Imperialism

What did Thomas Hobbes believe?

• Humans should hurt other humans
• Humans were naturally cruel, selfish, and greedy
• Humans are all so kind and wonderful
• Humans should go to church every day

Who developed the idea of the three branches of government?

• John Locke
• Jean Jacques Rousseau
• Montesquieu
• Thomas Hobbes

Whose philosophical ideas about life and liberty influenced the way that Thomas Jefferson worded the Declaration of Independence? 

• Thomas Hobbes
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• John Locke 
• Adam Smith

One of the earliest to ask for equal rights for women, what Enlightenment writer questioned the men’s ideas that women should only be educated enough to be good wives and mothers?

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton
• Mary Wollstonecraft
• Mary Shelley
• Catherine the Great

What did Mary Wollstonecraft write?

• The U.S. Declaration of Independence
• Vindication of the Rights of Women
• The French Constitution
• Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems

Life, Liberty and Property or the Pursuit of Happiness

• Natural Rights
• Democracy
• Anarchy
• Divine Right of Kings

Which of the following best suits Voltaire?

• High ranking church official
• Actor
• Civil Rights Activist
• French Politician

What does Absolute Ruler mean?

• a ruler who is sure of their power
• A ruler who is involved in all aspects of government and public life
• someone who has to answer to a separate government body
• a ruler who is absolute