The Enlightenment

Which Enlightenment thinker held the most traditional views and supported a style of government that most countries already had?

• Rousseau

• Hobbes

• Locke

• Voltaire

Which Enlightenment thinker argued that the best form of government was absolute monarchy?

• Rousseau

• Wollstonecraft

• Locke

• Hobbes

Which Enlightenment thinker argued for equal educational opportunities for women?

• Wollstonecraft

• Smith

• Voltaire

• Montesquieu

Which Enlightenment thinker focused most of his attention to the economy?

• Hobbes

• Locke

• Smith

• Voltaire

Which Enlightenment thinker believed that the government should not limit speech and should not support one specific religion?

• Hobbes

• Rousseau

• Voltaire

• Lewiston

Locke believed that we were all born with the natural rights to life, liberty and

Locke believed that governments were created to

• maintain order

• protect natural rights

• expand empires

• honor God

Rousseau believed that the best form of government was

• absolute monarchy

• plutocracy

• constitutional monarchy

• direct democracy

Montesquieu advocated which idea?

• The social contract

• Separation of powers

• The invisible hand

• Religious consolidation

Which Enlightenment thinker believed that man was born good but corrupted by society?

• Hobbes

• Rousseau

• Smith

• Montesquieu