Test #1-Global 10 (2023-2024) Study Guide Graded A+

Absolutism {Ans: to have all power over all aspects of society, found in Europe in 1700s}The Enlightenment was a turning point in history because... {Ans: It marks the transition between absolutism and the create of democracies.}John Locke {Ans: Enlightenment thinkers with the following ideas: people are born with natural rights-life, liberty and property, the power of the government comes from the people, unjust governments should be overthrown when they no longer protect the rights of people}Jean-Jacques Rousseau {Ans: A French man who believed that Human beings are naturally good & free & can rely on their instincts. Government should exist to protect common good, and be a democracy. This agreement between the people and the government is called the social contract.}City that was a crossroad for trade between Europe and Asia due to its strategic location {Ans: Constantinople}William Wilburforce {Ans: advocates the abolishment of slavery in England}Louis XIV {Ans: absolute monarch of France. Forced noble to live at Palace of Versailles to keep an eye on them.}Absolute Monarchs attempted to {Ans: centralize political power in their nation (make a strong central government led by them)}Edict of 1635 issued by the Tokugawa Shogunate