Enlightenment Classwork

A distribution of powers to more than one branch of government

• natural rights
• Separation of Powers
• Social Contract

What did Thomas Hobbes believe?

• Humans should hurt other humans
• Humans were naturally cruel, selfish, and greedy
• Humans are all so kind and wonderful
• Humans should go to church every day

Which philosopher believed that a government with separation of powers was the best type of government? 

• John Locke 
• Voltaire
• Montesquieu
• Rousseau

Who wrote about ABSOLUTE monarchs being the best form of government in his book "Leviathan"

• Hobbes
• Locke
• Rousseau
• Montesquieu

Whose philosophical ideas about life and liberty influenced the way that Thomas Jefferson worded the Declaration of Independence? 

• Thomas Hobbes
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• John Locke 
• Adam Smith

Thomas Hobbes believed that

• the enlightenment thinkers were naturally silly
• people are naturally greedy and selfish therefore should only be governed by an absolute monarch (king).
• people are for the most part good people but society corrupts us to be bad
• in the tabula rasa theory

During the Enlightenment, many people placed their faith in ___.

• the church
• the military
• reason
• science

Who argued against harsh punishments and felt that punishment should be severe enough to outweigh the potenal benefits of the crime?

• Cesare Beccaria
• John Locke
• Montesquieu
• Thomas Hobbes

An agreement between people and the government to give up some rights for safety and protection

• Philosophers
• Democracy
• Social Contract
• Divine Right of Kings

Who most likely said, "Power should be separated between the branches of government."

• Hobbes
• Locke
• Montesquieu
• Rousseau