Enlightenment

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The Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolution were both times of great...​ ​ ​

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What does the term 'Enlightenment' emphasize in the context of this image?

• Faith over reason

• Reason over superstition

• Tradition over innovation

• Emotion over logic

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What are the main ideas of the Enlightenment as presented in the image?

• Use of reason and science to improve society

• Truth comes from tradition

• Humans do not have natural rights

• Governments can ignore human rights

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What are the stages of demands for rights as outlined in the Great Chain of Revolution?

• Nobles, wealthy common men, poor common men, women, minorities

• Women, minorities, poor common men, wealthy common men, nobles

• Poor common men, wealthy common men, nobles, women, minorities

• Minorities, women, poor common men, wealthy common men, nobles

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What does the Great Chain of Being represent in terms of how a civilization or society organizes itself?

• A fixed order of existence

• A flexible social structure

• A system of government

• A system of loose order

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Level 2 Question: Explain why having a balanced government would be viewed as a good thing by people of the time after centuries under the rule of Kings, and nobles.

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Which principle of U.S. government is illustrated in the sequence shown above?

• Royal Power

• Checks and Balances

• Democracy

• Communism

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What are the natural rights that John Locke believed people are born with?

• Life

• Liberty

• Property

• All of the above

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Locke's inalienable rights include...

• life, liberty, and property
• pizza, chips, and soda
• life, property, and travel
• freedom of speech, freedom to bear arms, and freedom of assemble

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What is the main idea of Rousseau's concept of the Social Contract?

• A deal between the people and the government

• The King decides everything

• A form of dictatorship

• A method of taxation

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Rousseaux believed that governments only ruled while the people____________

• Agreed to be ruled by them.

• Had a big army.

• Were asleep.

• loved the king.

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What are the key principles that Thomas Jefferson favored regarding government and individual freedom?

• Limited government and individual freedom

• Centralized power and limited freedom

• Government control and individual rights

• No government and total freedom

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