SSCG2 Philosophers

 ________, was written in 1651 by Thomas Hobbes, and established the foundation for most of western political philosophy.  The book title refers to the powerful state created to impose order

• Leviathan
• Two Treatises of Government
• Declaration of Independence
• The Social Contract

_________ was an english philosopher and physician considered one of the most influential Enlightenment thinkers of his time 

• Hobbes
• Locke
• Rousseau
• Montesquieu

Thomas Jefferson used _______ ideology as a foundation for The Declaration of Independence. 

• Locke's
• Rousseau's
• Montesquieu's
• Hobbe's

In keeping with the times, _______ suggested that the representatives of the government should be comprised only of men who owned property or business. He did not think that the rest of the masses were fit to vote.

• Locke
• Hobbes
• Rousseau
• Montesquieu

__________ believed that direct democracy, with the citizens being the sovereign, was the best form of government.   He did not agree with the idea of a representative government.

• Rousseau
• Hobbes
• Locke
• Montesquieu

His ideas influenced the Enlightenment. His book, The Social Contract, was published in 1762. He thought that citizens should abandon their natural rights in favor of a social contract. 

• Rousseau
• Hobbes
• Locke
• Montesquieu

He believed that a king was the best form of sovereignty, and once the people gave absolute power to the king, they had no right to revolt against him. 

• Hobbes
• Locke
• Rousseau
• Montesquieu

_________ warned against the church meddling in the king’s government. He feared that religion would be a cause of civil war. He advised that the church should be a department under the king’s government. 

• Hobbes
• Locke
• Rousseau
• Montesquieu

_____________ was a French nobleman who was educated in law. In 1748, he published his greatest work entitled The Spirit of the Laws. 

• Rousseau
• Hobbes
• Montesquieu
• Locke

In his view, the main purpose of government was to maintain law and order, political liberty, and the property of the individual. He opposed the establishment of an absolute monarchy.

• Montesquieu
• Hobbes
• Locke
• Rousseau