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Enlightenment Thinkers

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9th - 10th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The Age of Enlightenment began

Before Exploration
During Prehistoric Times
After the American Revolution
In the 17th Century

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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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3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Philosophers of the Enlightenment wanted to use __________ in all areas of life.

A. government
B. economics
C. politics
D. reason

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

___________________ believed that without government, people would fight each other all the time.

A. Locke
B. Hobbes
C. Montesquieu
D. Smith

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