Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment

He believed that every person was born with a tabula rasa, or blank slate.

• John Locke

• Voltaire

• Montesquieu

• Frederick the Great

This philosophe separated the government into three branches and argued for separation of powers.

• Voltaire

• Montesquieu

• Locke

• Diderot

This type of ruler allowed religious toleration, freedom of speech and the press, rights to own private property and nurtured the arts, sciences and education. They obeyed their own laws yet maintained absolute power.

• Tyrant

• Absolutist

• Enlightened Despot

• President

The application of science and reason to understanding the world resulted in the 1700s being known for the

• New Deal

• Enlightenment

• Progressive Movement

• Reformation

John Locke believed that the government had an obligation to the people it governed to protect their natural rights. If the government failed to do this, then the people had the right to

• move to another country

• refuse to vote in the next election

• overthrow the government

• continue to be persecuted

Which of the following is NOT an idea from the Enlightenment?

• people have natural rights

• problems can be solved using reason

• kings rule by divine right

• government should serve the people

The major contribution of Enlightenment philosophers was the introduction of new ideas about

• government

• economics

• religion

• science

Women's contributions to the Enlightenment included all of the following EXCEPT

• urging women to enter male dominated fields

• writing about the inequalities between men and women

• running for public office

• holding social gatherings called salons for influential people

The willingness of people to hand over their rights to a ruler in exchange for law and order in society was called the

• Scientific Method

• Magna Carta

• Enlightenment

• Social Contract

The philosopher who believed that all people are born free and equal, with the rights to life, liberty and property was

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Galileo Galilei

• Baron de Montesquieu