Enlightenment Practice

Who believed in monarchy and absolute power?

• Hobbes

• Locke

What are natural rights?

• life, liberty and property

• free speech and right to revolt

According to Hobbes, people agreed to give up some ______ in exchange for _______ as part of the social contract.

• rights and power / protection
• food and shelter / weapons
• security and protection / freedom
• money / goods and services

Montesquieu believed that the best form of government would have

• Direct democracy in which every man voted directly
• A intelligent monarchy
• Three branches that would check and balance each other
• No influence on the economy

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

What is another name for the Enlightenment?

• The Age of Reason
• The Age of Great Philosophers
• The Age of Religion
• The Age of Revolution

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

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

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

Enlightenment thinkers and theories inspired

• A. the French Revolution
• B. the American Revolution
• C. other revolutions of the 1800s
• D. all of the above

What impact did the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment have on the world?

• Humans discovered new things and used knowledge to help solve problems.
• People learned about science and no longer needed religion in their lives.
• New technologies helped to limit wars.
• Increased learning allowed people to spend less time experimenting to make new discoveries.