Enlightenment

basic human rights, such as freedom

• Rationalism

• Social Contract

• Individualism

• Natural Rights

Believed in the separation of church and state.

• Voltaire

• Locke

• Hobbes

• Rousseau

"People are naturally aggressive and need strong rulers!”

• Locke

• Hobbes

• Montesquieu

• Voltaire

___________wrote that people were born free and that they naturally had certain rights. The most important of these rights were life, liberty, and property.

• Voltaire

• Rousseau

• Locke

• Hobbes

A common theme among Enlightenment thinkers was

• A) a desire to improve society
• B) faith in traditional religious beliefs
• C) support for democratic forms of government
• D) a belief in the inherent goodness of humanity

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

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

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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The Enlightenment is

• a time of rebirth
• a time when science ruled
• a time with people used reason and logic to explain the world
• a time when technology ruled

How did Hobbes view human nature?

• We are inquisitive and industrious.
• We are naturally selfish and quick to fight.
• We are naturally altruistic and usually willing to compromise.
• We are born a 'blank slate', and we develop differently according to our life's experiences..

Voltaire was a big believer in which of the following?

• Freedom of Speech
• People are born wicked
• People are born free and equal
• The social contract