Enlightenment Thinkers
This Enlightenment philosopher created the idea of Natural Rights (fundamental to the Declaration of Independence)
John Locke
A government run by a king or a queen who possesses absolute, or total control
Absolutism
Mesoamerica: _______________ and ____________________
was civilized before the Spanish arrived
Central and Latin America
This Italian explorer miscalculated his voyage to the “new world” by 5,000 miles…
Columbus
This Enlightenment philosopher created the idea of Separation of Powers (fundamental to US government)
Montesquieu
Name one of the three causes for Absolutism in Europe
-Decline of Feudal System
-Growth of Middle Class
-Decline of the church
What was the major crop of pre-Columbian groups?
Corn
This religious event created a competition between European countries for territory in the new world
The Reformation
Philosophers like Montesquieu and Rousseau created new ideas that made the basis for the American government, which two ideas are missing?
_____________________________________
______________________________________
Consent of the Governed
Separation of Powers
Social Contract
Limited Government
Name one strength of Absolutism
-Quick and Decisive
-Stability
The Maya developed in present day _____________ and each city had its own _____________
Guatemala, Chief
This “estate” (97% of population) paid half of their income in taxes to the French Government before the French Revolution
3rd Estate
John Locke’s most famous political work was ___________________.
The Treatisies
Name one weakness of Absolutism
-Undemocratic
What was the name of the Aztec capital?
Tenochitlan
The French constitution used which Enlightenment philosophers idea of natural rights…..
John Locke
In The Social Contract (1762), Rousseau explained how people might _______________________
recover their freedom in the future.
What is Mercantilism and how many staircases are there in Versailles?
To increase the country’s wealth, armies and colonies were created and used to expand into new areas of the world
(67)
A famous “wonder of the world” built by the Incan civilizations
Machu Picchu
"Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity” was the motto for which revolution?
French Revolution