Age of Enlightenment Quiz

Most of the countries during the age of Enlightenment were governed by a

• President

• Monarch

• Dictator

• Governor

What was the Enlightenment?

• It was the age of applying reason to the human and natural worlds.

• It was a time where electricity was discovered.

• It was a period where people started becoming smarter.

• It was a time in history where people began reading more.

This person believed in freedom of speech as well as freedom of religion while separating religion from the government.

• Montesquieu

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Voltaire

According to this person, people are a source of power when it comes to government.

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Mary Wollstonecraft

This person believed that government should have a separation of power and not be controlled by one person only.

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

• Montesquieu

• Thomas Hobbes

• Mary Wollstonecraft

This Enlightenment thinker felt that it is the government’s job to protect its citizens.

• Montesquieu

• Thomas Hobbes

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

This Enlightenment thinker felt that there should be an agreement between government and its citizens.

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

This person was an advocate for women’s rights.

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

• John Locke

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• Thomas Hobbes

This occurred because of the Enlightenment thinkers telling others about their ideas.

• American Revolution

• WW1

• Civil War

• French & Indian War

America has a government with a separation of powers because of Enlightenment Thinkers.

• True

• False