Enlightenment Philosophers SSWH13b

Multiple Choice

What is the term given to a philosopher from the Enlightenment?

• philosophe

• galaxy brain

• philosopher

• big thinker

Multiple Choice

Who is the author of the Encyclopedie?

• Madam Geoffrin

• Denis Diderot

• Isaac Newton

• John Locke

Multiple Select

Select the three natural rights that Locke believed all people had.

• Life

• Equality

• Liberty

• Pursuit of Happiness

• Property

Multiple Select

Identify ALL the ideas that John Locke supported.

• given up some rights to the government for protection

• absolute monarchy

• keeping your "natural rights"

• "life, liberty, and the right to own property"

• Two Treatises of Government

Open Ended

Why do you think John Locke's words are still relevant (important) today?

Multiple Choice

Who wrote about the separation of powers?

• John Locke

• Voltaire

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

Multiple Choice

Montesquieu argued that the 3 branches of government should have power over each other and stop a branch if it got too powerful. This is known as ____________.

• Checks and Balances

• Liberty

• Separation of Powers

• Checks of Power

Multiple Choice

This image is most closely related to which thinker?

• Montesquieu
• Locke
• Beccaria
• Hobbes

Multiple Choice

Concept that the government only has the powers granted to it by the people

• General will

• Encyclopedie

• Social contract

• Natural rights

Multiple Choice

Rousseau believed the need of the ____ outweighs the needs of the ____; this belief is the root of communism and socialism.

• many; few

• people; government

• few; many

• government; people

Multiple Select

Voltaire wrote against which topics? (Choose all that apply)

• Slavery

• Democracy

• Human Rights

• Inequality

Multiple Select

Identify ALL the facts that apply to Voltaire

• He wrote Candide in, ​1759 a satire criticizing important issues.

• He supported civil liberties & natural rights.

• He stated that "life, liberty, and the right to own property" is important.

Multiple Choice

Freedom of thought, speech, and religion was heavily promoted by...

• John Locke

• Voltaire

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

Open Ended

Voltaire argued against inequality. What are your thoughts about the illustration?