Quiz #1 Absolutism - French Revolution

Who said "Let them eat Brioche/Cake"

• Marie Antoinette

• Elizabeth I

• Elizabeth II

• Queen Mary

Answer explanation

A monarch who has complete control over the country and people (centralization of power) + divine right

• Constitutional Monarchy
• Absolute Monarchy
• Limited Monarchy
• None of the above

Which Russian ruler focused on modernizing and making Russia more of a western power?

• Peter the Great
• Ivan the Terrible
• Queen Catherine
• Queen Elizabeth I

Which period of European History saw the applied reason to the human world, not just the natural world. This time period featured the Scientific Revolution, along with European Scholars making advancements in physics, chemistry, biology, and medicine. This time period also saw the advancement of the ideas of the rights of man from English Philosophers.

• The Dark Ages
• The 1200's
• The 1300's
• The Enlightenment
• Before Christ

Which English author wrote the book Leviathan and focused on how people were evil. He emphasized the Social Contract

• John Locke
• Montesquieu
• Thomas Jefferson
• Thomas Hobbes
• None of the above

People give up living in a state of nature, and give up ALL their rights. People form Governments to control them through absolute monarchs because the people CANNOT be trusted to do the right thing and be moral.

• The Social Contract
• Natural Rights
• The Declaration of Independence
• Magna Carta
• The English Bill of Rights

This English Philosopher said that power to rule comes from the people and monarchs are NOT chosen by God to rule.

• Montesquieu
• Thomas Hobbes
• Thomas Jefferson
• Julius Caesar
• John Locke

This person wrote Two Treatises on Government and said that people form governments to protect their natural rights including Life, Liberty, and Property.

• Julius Caesar
• Thomas Jefferson
• John Locke
• Thomas Hobbes

This French Philosopher wrote "The Spirit of Laws" and emphasized the Separation of powers and Checks and Balances within Government.

• Julius Caesar
• Thomas Jefferson
• Montesquieu
• John Locke
• Thomas Hobbes

This person focused on the Separation of Church and State and Freedom of Speech

• Voltaire
• Thomas Hobbes
• John Locke
• Montesquieu