Enlightenment Thinkers

What does Oligarchy mean?

• Rule by the people
• Rule by the few
• Rule by the best

Enlightened thinkers based their philosophical beliefs on what two things?

• power and privilege
• money and fame
• good looks and charm
• reason and logic

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Whose authority was challenged by the new scientific theories during the 16th and 17th centuries? 

• Catholic Church
• Roman Gods
• Baptist ministers
• The Queen of Spain

Many rulers came to power believing that their right to lead came from God. This is an example of: 

• Supreme Law
• Divine Right
• Their Opinion
• Poor Judgement

The US has a written constitution, this characteristic is one of a:

• Limited Government
• Unlimited Government

The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution are called the

• Articles of Confederation
• The Preamble
• Bill of Rights
• Rules of Law

The Scientific Revolution can best be described as:

• A period when scientists embraced the teachings of the Church
• The time when the Catholic Church empathized most with scientists 
• period when scientists began to question the old teachings of the Church
•  Scientific property invented by astrophysicists to explain the rotation of the Earth

Which Enlightenment thinker produced plays and poems, as well as historical and philosophical essays?

• A) Immanuel Kant 
• B) John Locke 
• C) Montesquieu 
• D) Voltaire

The concept of individualism was most central to the political ideas of

• A) Thomas Hobbes 
• B) Immanuel Kant 
• C) John Locke 
• D) Montesquieu 

John Locke's central political value was

• A) the protection of individual rights
• B) designing governments around biblical teachings
• C) ensuring an equal distribution of wealth
• D) the empowerment of the majority of people