Enlightenment Study Guide

Who is Natural Rights associated with?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Baron de Montesquieu

• John Locke

People giving up some of their rights in exchange for protection from the government is known as:

• Just Cause

• Inalienable Rights

• Social Contract

• Due Process

Which Enlightenment thinker did Jefferson borrow some of his ideas from in the writing of the Declaration of Independence?

• George Washington

• John Locke

• Rochambeau

• Baron de Montesquieu

To divide the government into three separate, yet equal parts is known as:

• Due Process

• Separation of Powers

• Executive Action

• Rule of Law

According to John Locke, why are governments created?

• God gives monarchs a divine right to rule over their people
• People are naturally selfish and need a strong ruler to create order
• People set up governments to protect their lives and property
• Civil government must be established to offset the power of the church

Montesquieu believed that the best form of government would have

• Direct democracy in which every man voted directly
• A intelligent monarchy
• Three branches that would check and balance each other
• No influence on the economy

The Enlightenment is

• a time of rebirth
• a time when science ruled
• a time with people used reason and logic to explain the world
• a time when technology ruled

Life, liberty, property

• natural rights
• social contract
• state of nature
• enlightenment

French writer who believed in freedom of speech, religious tolerance, and the separation of church and state.

• Voltaire
• Locke
• Rousseau
• Montesquieu

Voltaire stated, "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" demonstrates his belief in which right?

• Freedom of Speech
• Freedom of Religion
• The right to peaceably assemble
• Private ownership of guns