Enlightenment and Revolution

John Locke argued that the purpose of the govenment is to

• protect a monarch's divine right
• suppress a discontent among citizens
• protect a citizen's natural rights
• persecute the proletariat

"I do not agree with a word you say but will defend to the death your right to say it."
this quote expresses the Enlightenment ideal of

• Freedom of Religion
• Absolute Monarchy
• Right to Bear Arms
• Freedom of Speech

In which of the following ways did Montesquieu influence the Constitution of the United States?

• The public election of the President and Congress
  
• The system of Checks and Balances
  
• The Bill of Rights
  
• The creation of a representative government
  

According to Thomas Hobbes' Social Contract, people give this to the government in return for the government maintaining law and order

• None of these answers are correct
  
• Property
  
• Life
  
• Rights
  

These were the living rooms of wealthy French families, in which Philosophes would gather to discuss Enlightened ideas and theories.

• schools
• Gathering places
• Assemblies
• Salons

This was the theory that the universe rotated around the Earth

• Geocentric Theory
• Gaiacentric theory
• Heliocentric Theory
• Enlightenment
  

What was the Church's reaction to Galileo's discoveries about the universe?

• They embraced it and changed scripture
  
• They asked Galileo to prove it
  
• They condemnded it and forced Galileo to take back what he had said
  
• They ignored it
  

During the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment, one similarity in the work of many scientists and philosophers was that they

• relied heavily on the ideas of medieval thinkers
  
• favored an absolute monarchy as a way of improving economic conditions
  
• received support from the Catholic Church
  
• Examined natural laws governing the universe
  

Which statement best describes a change that occurred during both the Renaissance and the Enlightenment?

• feudalism became the dominant political system
  
• the use of reason and logic were discouraged
  
• technology and science were considered unimportant
  
• a new questioning spirit and attitude emerged
  

In exploring the relationship between governments and people, Thomas Hobbes argued that governments resulted from a social contract to maintain and orderly society. John Locke, another philosopher of the Enlightenment, inspired American revolutionaries by arguing that a new social contract could be instituted under what circumstance?

• If a government failed to compel obedience
• If a government violated people’s natural rights
• If a government failed to protect people from economic inequality
• If a government entered into alliances with foreign governments