The Enlightenment

The Encyclopedie was published to

• A) propose a new plan of government for France 
• B) inspire peasants to rise up against the ruling class 
• C) spread Enlightenment ideas as widely as possible 
• D) improve the study of literature by the middle class

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

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

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

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

Locke believed that a government's power came from its ___________________.

• A. army
• B. power
• C. people
• D. science

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 is the French word for philosopher?

• A. philosophe
• B. natural rights
• C. separation of power
• D. checks and balances

You are born with _________________ that can't be taken away; life, liberty, property

• A. philosophe
• B. natural rights
• C. separation of power
• D. checks and balances

The belief that government should be split into three branches to prevent one person or group from becoming corrupt.

• A. philosophe
• B. natural rights
• C. separation of power
• D. checks and balances

Related to the idea of separation of powers; each branch of government must have approval from other branches in order to do certain functions.

• A. philosophe
• B. natural rights
• C. separation of power
• D. checks and balances