THE ENLIGHTENMENT AGE

We call this era the "Age of Reason" because people began to apply __________ to society and government.

• Logic

• Tyranny

• Tradition

• Religion

John Locke believed the government should protect the life, liberty, and property of its citizens. We call these things:

• Natural Rights

• Reason

• Right to Rebel

• Laws

When the government agrees to protect natural rights and citizens agree to abide by the laws and respect their leaders, they have a:

• Separation of Church and State

• Separation of Powers

• Social Contract

• Right to Rebel

Citizens have a right to rebel if the government:

• Raises taxes

• Makes you mad

• Gets a new leader you don't like

• Breaks the social contract

Which Enlightenment idea ensures no one leader has too much authority?

• Separation of Powers

• Separation of Church and State

• Divine Right

• Natural Rights

Many Kings before and during the Enlightenment believed that they were given the right to rule from God. This idea is called:

• Natural Right to rule

• Divine Right

• Unlimited Power

• Absolute Monarchy

The writers during the Enlightenment, who popularized the new ideas of the era, are called:

• Economists

• Tyrants

• Enlightened Despots

• Philosophes

Which Enlightenment thinker was known for this idea?

• Rousseau

• Voltaire

• Locke

• Montesquieu

The best government, said which of the following men, is achieved by the separation of powers?:

• Montesqiueu
• Voltaire
• Diderot
• Hobbes

The ideas of Locke and Rousseau are found MOST easily in which of these documents?

• The Declaration of Independence
• The Communist Manifesto
• The Gettysburg Address
• The United Nation's Charter