Enlightenment Quiz

Nicolaus Copernicus proposed this theory, that the sun was the center of the solar system

• Heliocentric
• Geocentric
• Sun Theory
• Copernicum Theory

Jean Jacques Rousseau was a philosopher who believed in

• Oligarchy
• Representative Democracy
• Direct Democracy
•  Monarchy

This philosopher believed that people have three natural rights; life, liberty, and property

• John Locke
• Voltaire
• Rousseau
• Montesquieu

This philosopher was also and author who wrote about women's rights

• Catherine the Great
• Rousseau
• Wollstonecraft
• Voltaire

This is also known as the "Age of Reason"

• Scientific Revolution
• Enlightenment
• Renaissance
• Reformation

The Declaration of Independence was largely influenced by the ideas of

• John Locke
• Descartes
• Voltaire
• Montesquieu

This philosopher believed in freedom of speech and freedom of religion

• Montesquieu
• Hobbes
• Locke
• Voltaire

According to John Locke, which rights were guaranteed by natural law? 

• trial by jury and no cruel punishments
• freedom of speech and of the press
• life, liberty and property
• freedom of worship and the right to petition

Which thinker introduced the idea of a separation of powers for effective government?

• John Locke
• Baron de Montesquieu
• Thomas Paine
• Thomas Jefferson

The State of Nature:

• Is how man would act without law or society
• Is how the environment differs around the world
• Is a code the gov't uses to keep track of pollution
• Is a state of mind