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1. What type of government did Voltaire favor?
2. In Rousseau’s The Social Contract, the contract was between the
3. What impact did the view of Thomas Hobbes have on the development of political theory in the 17th and 18th centuries?
4. Of the great powers in the 18th century, which of the following did NOT have a regular standing army?
5. _______ has often been called the “father of rationalism”
6. The center of the Enlightenment was
7. Which of the following philosophes believed that society should adhere to a “general will”?
8. European Jews benefited the most from which enlightened despot?
9. Officers in European armies in the 18th century usually came from
10. In the 18th century, the peasantry constituted about ________ percent of Europe’s population.
11. Among the goals of the revolutions of the 19th century were
12. As a result of the Pugachev Rebellion,
13. Enlightened monarchs were LEAST likely to do which of the following?
14. "John Locke is most famous for advancing the concept of"
15. Which of the following called for equal rights for women in her book Vindication of the Rights of Woman?
16. Why did Frederick the Great of Prussia only abolish serfdom on crown lands and not the lands held by the Junkers?
17. Overall, the nobility in Europe constituted about __________ percent of the population in the 18th century.
18. Joseph’s “Germanization” of the Austrian Empire led to
19. Catherine’s foreign policy achievements were
20. Montesquieu greatly admired
21. All of the following were reforms of Joseph II EXCEPT
22. All of the following were reforms enacted by enlightened monarchs during the 18th century EXCEPT
23. All of the following are reasons why enlightened reform was limited in Prussia EXCEPT
24. Which of the following did Maria Theresa of Austria NOT do?
25. Baron de Montesquieu is best known for

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