Age of Enlightenment

Poll

Are ideas and ideologies similar or different?

• SIMILAR

• DIFFERENT

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Are ideas and ideologies similar or different?
*Point of similarity/difference

Multiple Choice

Promoted that the government should serve its people and firmly believed in absolute rule.

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• Denis Diderot

Multiple Choice

Challenged traditional gender roles, emphasizing that societal structures should be based on reason and equality.

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• Denis Diderot

Multiple Choice

Created the encyclopedia that made access to information a lot easier.

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• Denis Diderot

Multiple Choice

He is the Father of Liberalism and believes that everyone is born a blank slate.

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• Denis Diderot

Multiple Choice

A French writer and judge well known for his theory of the separation of powers which challenged the government system of France.

• Émilie du Châtelet

• Thomas Hobbes

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Denis Diderot

Multiple Choice

Advocated for women's intellectual development and education.

• Émilie du Châtelet

• Thomas Hobbes

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• Denis Diderot

Multiple Choice

Believes that people should be at the center of all laws, at the same time, certain rights must be surrendered by people to such sovereign.

• Émilie du Châtelet

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Voltaire

Multiple Choice

Defended the right to speech and religion, but he was against democracy and believed that only a true and just monarch could lead the people.

• Émilie du Châtelet

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Voltaire

Open Ended

COMPARE or CONTRAST the ideas/contributions of the Enlightenment Thinkers.

Open Ended

EXPLAIN how reading about the Enlightenment thinkers deepen your understanding of their impact on the Age of Enlightenment.