The Enlightenment

During The Enlightenment, people developed new ideas about ...

• the level of control they should have over their government

• the level of control the Sun exerts on Earth's orbit

• how their food crops should be grown

• how their houses should be arranged

Which of the following was NOT a new idea about government stemming from the Enlightenment period?

• Absolutism

• Social Contract

• Checks and Balances

• Separation of Powers

What type of government did the Enlightenment thinkers support?

• totalitarian government

• absolute government

• autocratic government

• limited government

The division of power among the the different branches of government is known as __________

• Splitting of authority

• Separation of powers

• Law and order

• Equality and fraternity

Which of the Enlightenment philosophers believed the three branches of government should check the powers of one another?

• Montesquieu
• Voltaire
• Rousseau
• Locke

Enlightenment philosophers believe that if government abuses power the people should change it.

• True
• False

John Locke believed in what three natural rights?

• Life, Liberty, & Property

• Life, Equality, & Happiness

• Liberty, Equality, & Fraternite

• Live Free, Die Hard

Which document did John Locke's ideas influence?

• English Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Great Charter

• Magna Carta

This person believed in religious freedom and freedom of speech.

• John Locke

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Thomas Hobbes

• Voltaire

This is the idea that people give up some of their freedom in exchange for order.

• Scientific Revolution

• Age of Reason

• State of Nature

• Social Contract