Quotes and Historical Events Quiz

<p>The will of the majority that can outweigh individual rights (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Anglicanism (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Peace of Westphalia (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Social contract theory (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>L'état, c'est moi (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>John Calvin (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Louis XIV (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Benjamin Franklin (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Thomas Hobbes (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Albrecht von Wallenstein (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Common farmers and tradespeople (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Destiny is predetermined by God's eternal decree. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Wealth can be left to those seen as irrational or mad. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

John Calvin

Louis XIV

Mark Twain

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Albrecht von Wallenstein

The act of throwing people out of windows in Prague, a significant event in the Thirty Years' War

A yearly publication of proverbs, aphorisms, and other wisdom advice.

The general public, including farmers, tradespeople, and others.

The three social classes in pre-revolutionary France: Clergy, Nobility, and Commoners.

These were groups formed in the 16th and 17th centuries in Europe. The Catholic League was a group of primarily Catholic states, while the Protestant Union consisted of primarily Protestant states. They often fought against each other, leading to violence and political division.

A radical Anabaptist movement in the 16th century in the city of Munster, Germany.

King Louis XVI was executed during the French Revolution for treason.

The Estates-General was a representative assembly in France that was summoned by Louis XVI in 1789 to address France's financial crisis.

The principle that governmental power should be divided among distinct branches, such as legislative, executive and judicial to prevent tyranny or misuse of authority.

The doctrine that God has already ordained who will be saved and who will be damned.

A theological concept, primarily within Protestant traditions, asserting that humans are deemed righteous before God through faith in Jesus Christ alone, not through good works.