The Age of Enlightenment

The best government, said which of the following men, is achieved by the separation of powers?:

• Montesqiueu
• Voltaire
• Diderot
• Hobbes

The Enlightenment?

• was based upon the assumption that science and reason can explain all things.
• rejected the claims of modern science
• was widely attacked by the royalty and nobility of Europe
• regarded human progress as an impossibility "in this best of all possible worlds

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The ideas of Locke and Rousseau are found MOST easily in which of these documents?

• The Declaration of Independence
• The Communist Manifesto
• The Gettysburg Address
• The United Nation's Charter

The ability of one branch of government to limit the power of the other is called ___.

• a natural law
• checks and balances
• a social contract
• laissez-faire

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

Who developed the idea of the three branches of government?

• John Locke
• Jean Jacques Rousseau
• Montesquieu
• Thomas Hobbes

John Locke believed that the purpose of government was to protect people’s natural rights.

• True
• False 

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

• the church
• the military
• reason
• science

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Enlightenment ideals had little or no impact on Europe and the rest of the world.

• True
• False

A government leader who has all the power

• Democracy
• Anarchy
• Absolute Monarchy
• Separation of Powers