Enlightenment

John Locke and Montesquieu lived during what was called the:

• Dark Ages

• Middle Ages

• Enlightenment

• Depression

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

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

The ideas of people having Natural rights at birth was from:

• Locke

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

• Voltaire

Powers in the government should be separated, who?

• Locke

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

• Voltaire

Philosophers of the Enlightenment wanted to use __________ to explain society and government issues!

• A. government

• B. economics

• C. politics

• D. reason

Locke believed that a government's power came from its ___________________.

• A. army
• B. power
• C. people
• D. science

American's used _________________'s idea of separation of powers to write the US Constitution. 

• A. Montesquieu
• B. Hobbes
• C. Rousseau
• D. Voltaire

You are born with _________________ that can't be taken away; life, liberty, property

• A. philosophe
• B. natural rights
• C. separation of power
• D. checks and balances

Related to the idea of separation of powers; each branch of government must have approval from other branches in order to do certain functions.

• A. philosophe
• B. natural rights
• C. separation of power
• D. checks and balances

“People are sovereign and have natural rights such as life, liberty, and property”

The author of the quote above is

• Locke
• Hobbes
• Montesquieu
• Voltaire