
The Enlightenment
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Social Studies
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6th - 8th Grade
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Torrence Mourning
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21 Slides • 9 Questions
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Multiple Choice
18th century movement believed in the use of reason and in the scientific method to solve society problems.
social contract
laissez faire
natural law
enlightenment
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Multiple Choice
Agreement between government and people. People give up some rights so government can protect them
social contract
capitalism
absolutism
philosophy
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Match the following
are rights we possess and enjoy simply by virtue of being human.
Little or no governmental interference in the economic affairs of individuals and society.
political system in which a single monarch, usually a king or queen, holds complete and unrestrained power over a country
intellectuals of the 18th-century Enlightenment
private ownership of property; supply and demand guide economic activity.
natural rights
laissez-faire
absolutism
philosophes
capitalism
natural rights
laissez-faire
absolutism
philosophes
capitalism
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government should protect people rights
monarchs not chosen by God
wrote the Two Treatise on Government
absolute monarchy was best option
people should exchange freedoms for peace and order
believed people were selfish and greedy
Categorize and Match the following ideals between Thomas Hobbes and John Locke
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Open Ended
Rousseau stated “Man is born free but everywhere is in chains.” In your own words, explain what this means and provide one example for full credit
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carries out laws/ present to the people
veto laws
appoints judges
makes laws
Congress
President
interpret laws
determines if laws are constitutional
REWIND & REVIEW! Organize the U.S. three branches of government roles and responsibilities into the right categories
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Match the following ideals to the proper Enlightenment thinker
demanded equal rights for women
Believed in religious toleration and separation of church and state
Theory of Evolution/Natural Selection
Strong believer in laissez-faire economics, no government regulation
Separation of powers
Best form of government divided power among branches of government
Mary Wollstonecraft
Voltaire
Charles Darwin
Adam Smith
Baron de Montesquieu
Mary Wollstonecraft
Voltaire
Charles Darwin
Adam Smith
Baron de Montesquieu
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Open Ended
Darwin stated " The strongest of the fittest will survive" What do you believe he means by that?
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