Question 1: What best explains the characteristics of a limited government?

Question 2: What best explains the characteristics of an unlimited government?

Question 3: What were two nations that continued to operate under and develop an unlimited government in the 1600s and 1700s?

Question 5: (Skip 4) Which document did King John sign in 1215, acknowledging that the king was no longer above the law?

Question 6: What were the three common ways France and Russia displayed unlimited authority?

Question 7: What did the absolute monarchies of the 1600s and the 1700s base their power on?

Questions 8: Which country's government had the beginnings of an unwritten constitution?

Question 9: Which of the following distributed the legislative, executive, and judicial powers to several government bodies as opposed to one?

Question 10: The changes that began to take places in Europe in the 1600s and 1700s were designed to do what?

Question 11: The Scientific Revolution was born in the 1500s and 1600s out of what two areas?

Question 12: What inspired philosophers to begin using reason to apply it to the political environment in Europe?

Question 14: (Skip 13) What was at stake for the church during the Scientific Revolution?

Question 15: How did Sir Issac Newton contribute to the Scientific Revolution?

Question 16: What was the significant conflict that arose during the Scientific Revolution?

Question 17: The Scientific Method was a major contribution during the Scientific Revolution. What did this method establish?

Question 18: What did scientists use during the Scientific Revolution instead of placing their beliefs in faith?

Question 19: What served as the authority for society prior to the Scientific Revolution?

Question 20: Scientists during the Scientific Revolution were called to stop their teachings and reaffirm the teachings of the Church or they would face what?

Question 21: The political philosophy of the Enlightenment presented a challenge to absolutism and therefore influenced what?

Question 22: What best defines Enlightenment?

Question 23: What best explains John Locke's social contract theory?

Question 24: Which Enlightenment philosopher was inspired by the English system of limited government and therefore promoted a government with separation of powers and checks and balances?

Question 26: Which philosopher believed that government had to protect the general will of the people while only making the majority happy?

Question 27: What was one of the areas in which "Enlightened" philosophy was applied?

Question 28: What was the basis of most governments in Europe prior to the Enlightenment?

Question 30: (Skip 29) Which of the following was the idea that government was created as a contract between social groups as a way of structuring themselves in a mutually beneficial manner?

Question 31: Parliament demanded that King Charles I allow them to begin making decisions on laws in England. What would this do to the monarchy?

Question 32: The Parliament wanted to challenge the legitimacy of the Divine Right of King's philosophy. What were these challenges based upon?

Question 33: The supporters of Parliament in the English Civil War were referred to as the New Model Army. Who was its leader?

Question 34: What event was a major turning point in challenges to absolute monarchs of the time and served as foreshadowing John Locke's idea that government or ruler's abuse of power should lead to its overthrow?

Question 35: When Oliver Cromwell died in 1658, his son Richard took over as Lord Protector. Unlike his father, Richard Cromwell was a weak leader and did what after only eight months in power?

Question 36: In 1649, with the English Civil War over and the New Model Army the victors, Charles I was tried for abuses of power against the people and Parliament. What was the result of his trial?

Question 37: William and Mary of Scotland, recruited by the Protestant leadership in England in 1688, invaded England with an army. This invasion forced James II to flee the country and give up the throne in England. What is this bloodless revolution known as?

Question 38: What document did William and Mary sign in 1689 that was monumental for limited governments around the world?

Question 40: (Skip 39) In 1660, Charles II retook the throne. He stayed in power until his death in 1685 when his brother James II took the throne. Why were the Protestant leaders in England worried about James II being King of England?

Question 41: The French Revolution was mainly influenced by__________________?

Question 42: The characteristics of shared powers are evident in the creation of the three branches: executive, judicial, and legislative. These three branches clearly take influence from which philosopher's idea of separation of powers?

Question 43: The protection of individual rights is established by the Bill of Rights, which takes influence from which philosopher's ideas?

Question 44: Which country had the first written constitution, and helped set the foundation for what national constitutions generally address?

Question 47: (Skip 45 and 46) When citizens choose other representatives to represent them in the decision-making process of government, this is called?

Question 48: Which of the following pair of American diplomats spent time in Paris, France learning from and consorting freely with the members of the French intellectual class?

Question 49: What is defined as the "law which establishes the structure and operation of the government and details of the relationship of the people to their government"?