Absolutism
What is the theory that kings receive their authority from God?
Divine Right of Kings
Which Enlightenment thinker believed in the separation of powers?
(Montesquieu)
What are rights that people are born with and cannot be taken away?
Natural Rights)
What was the political body formed by the Third Estate?
(National Assembly)
How many months have 30 days
four
What type of government features a monarch with total power?
Who believed people are naturally selfish and need a strong ruler?
(Thomas Hobbes)
What is the idea that power in government should be divided?
(Separation of Powers)
What pledge did the Third Estate make to create a new constitution?
(Tennis Court Oath)
The Iphone was first released in what year
2007
What was the economic policy where colonies existed to benefit the mother country?
(Mercantilism)
Who argued that people have natural rights: life, liberty, and property?
(John Locke)
What theory explains how people give up freedoms for protection from the government?
(Social Contract)
What document stated that all men are equal and have rights?
(Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen)
Who is the best selling musical artists of all time
The Beatles
What lavish palace symbolized the power of Louis XIV?
(Versailles)
Who believed in the general will and that society corrupts people?
(Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
What term describes life without government or rules?
(State of Nature)
What violent event on July 14, 1789, is considered the start of the Revolution?
(Storming of the Bastille)
What is the Highest grossing movie of 2025
A Minecraft movie
Who were the royal officials under Louis XIV who collected taxes and administered justice?
(Intendants)
Which philosopher's ideas heavily influenced the U.S. Constitution?
(Montesquieu or Locke)
What idea says that rulers should serve the people and protect their rights?
(Social Contract / Enlightened Despotism)
What was the most violent phase of the Revolution?
(Radical Phase / Reign of Terror)
What is the follwoing equation used for: N=R∗×fp×ne×fl×fi×fc×L
Drake equation. Used to estimate the number of intelligent alien civilizations in the Milky way