According to Thomas Hobbes, the social contract involved an exchange of rights for
What is the stability of a strong central government
This concept was at the center of the French, Russian, and American Revolutions?
What is Equality?
the following had the most political power under European feudalism?
What are Lords
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers are located here, and are important to the inhabitants of that region because of ___________
What is the Middle East; the region has a very dry climate, and the rivers provide irrigation and drinking water to millions of people.
This Enlightenment theorist argued that the state needed absolute power to control citizens?
What is Thomas Hobbes
This is one way that European society was changed as a result of the Industrial Revolution included
What is the emergence of a middle class and a working class?
Nobles were required to provide serfs with
What is Protection
The expansion of Christianity had this effect on western Europe during the Middle Ages
What is a common culture helped unify groups separated by geography.
This Enlightenment thinker believed that the people have the right to overthrow a tyrannical government?
John Locke
The Enlightenment philosophers inspired later political revolution because of their support for
What are Natural rights
Lords during the Middle Ages had the most of _________.
What is Political power
Western Europe politically changed following the end of the Frankish reconsolidation because _____________
What is decentralized regional governments were established.
John Locke claimed that people have the right to life, _______, and property
What is Liberty?
A vassal is expected to show loyalty to a lord by doing this
What is providing military service
One characteristic of life as a serf under medieval manorialism was __________
What is agricultural labor for physical protection
Christianity and Islam were important institutions in the reconsolidation of Europe following the collapse of the Roman Empire because both _____________
What is they served as unifying influences on culture