Enlightenment Thinkers

What Enlightenment thinker is most associated with the concept of checks and balances?

• Voltaire

• John Locke

• Montesquieu

• Thomas Hobbes

Which Enlightenment thinker came up with the concept of natural rights?

• John Locke

• Montesquieu

• Thomas Hobbes

• Rousseau

Which is not considered a natural right?

• Life

• Liberty

• Healthcare

• Property

Which Enlightenment thinker came up with the concept of separation of church and state?

• Rousseau

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Voltaire

Thomas Hobbes believed that people were naturally evil and needed a strong government to control them.

• True

• False

Which Enlightenment thinker believed that freedom of speech is the most important weapon that individuals could use against a bad government?

• Voltaire

• Thomas Hobbes

• Rousseau

• Montesquieu

People in a society give up some of their rights in exchange for protection.

• Social Contract
• Enlightenment
• State of Nature
• Revolution

John Locke's central political value was

• A) the protection of individual rights
• B) designing governments around biblical teachings
• C) ensuring an equal distribution of wealth
• D) the empowerment of the majority of people

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