Enlightenment Thinkers

Enlightenment Thinkers

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which enlightenment thinker believed that a government is needed to keep order? Options: Voltaire, Hobbes, Rousseau, Beccaria

Back

Hobbes

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Who believed in a social contract between the people and the government in which people gave up some freedom in order to have their rights protected? Options: Voltaire, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Hobbes

Back

Rousseau

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Who believed the government should protect a person's three natural rights: life, liberty, and property? Options: Rousseau, Beccaria, Wollstonecraft, Locke

Back

Locke

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Who believed that women's education should be the same as men's? Options: Rousseau, Wollstonecraft, Locke, Hobbes

Back

Wollstonecraft

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Beccaria did not support ____________.

Back

capital punishment

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Who believed in a separation of powers as a way to provide checks and balances? Options: Montesquieu, Rousseau, Hobbes, Voltaire

Back

Montesquieu

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Thomas Hobbes believed that all humans are _______________.

Back

selfish and wicked

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