Enlightenment and growth of representative government

Enlightenment and growth of representative government

6th - 8th Grade

26 Qs

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Enlightenment and growth of representative government

Enlightenment and growth of representative government

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6th - 8th Grade

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26 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which intellectual movement emphasized reason and science to understand the world?

The Great Awakening

The Enlightenment

The Renaissance

The Reformation

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Enlightenment thinkers believe controlled how the universe worked?

Supernatural forces

Natural laws

Kings and queens

Priests and ministers

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who argued that governments get their power from the people?

Montesquieu

John Locke

Benjamin Franklin

Thomas Hobbes

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

According to John Locke, what natural rights do all people have?

Freedom, justice, and happiness

Life, liberty, and property

Speech, religion, and press

Wealth, success, and fame

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did John Locke say people should do if a government fails to protect their rights?

Obey anyway

Pray for reform

Change or replace the government

Write letters to the king

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Montesquieu believed the best way to limit government power was:

To give power to kings

To divide government into three branches

To allow only the church to rule

To let citizens vote once

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Benjamin Franklin is best known in this era as:

An English philosopher

A French nobleman

An American inventor and political thinker

A religious revivalist

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