Enlightenment Locke and Hobbes

What influence did the Scientific Revolution have on the Enlightenment in Europe?

• Natural laws were used to explain human affairs.

• Economic growth was slowed by the lack of useable technology.

• Scientific truths were used to justify absolute monarchies.

• The emphasis on religious doctrine led to the rejection of scientific ideas.

The idea that all people are born with the natural rights of life, liberty, and property is most directly associated with the writings of

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Thomas Hobbes

• Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

• John Locke

Which individual suggested the idea that if a government fails to protect its people's natural rights of life, liberty, and property, the people have the right to overthrow it?

• Karl Marx

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Niccolo Machiavelli

The ideas of Enlightenment philosophers were based on

• efforts to achieve salvation

• faith in human reason

• traditional practices

• the inevitability of poverty

Which idea is central to John Locke’s Two Treatises of Government?

• A government’s power comes from the consent of the people.

• Predestination will determine who will go to heaven.

• Famine, disease, and conflict are natural checks on population growth.

• The have-nots will rise up and overthrow the government of the haves.

Which statement represents a key idea directly associated with John Locke's Two Treatises of Government?

• Freedom of speech should be denied.

• The king's power on Earth comes from God.

• All people are born with the right to life, liberty, and property.

• Individuals acting in their own self-interest will achieve economic success.

Which historical period is best represented in the ideas expressed by these speakers?

• Enlightenment

• Counter Reformation

• Age of Exploration

• Early Middle Ages

Many Enlightenment philosophers used reason to

• reinforce traditional beliefs

• strengthen religious authority

• reveal natural laws

• encourage censorship

According to John Locke, the purpose of government is to

• protect the natural rights of individuals

• serve the monarch

• create overseas settlements

• stimulate the economy

Which period of history had the greatest influence on the Enlightenment ideas of natural law and reason?

• Pax Romana

• Middle Ages

• Age of Exploration

• Scientific Revolution