Enlightenment Thinkers Review

Which of the following is NOT one of John Locke's Natural Rights?

• Life

• Liberty

• Pursuit of Happiness

• Property

Which Enlightenment Thinker believed that humans were not born as good or evil, but that it was their life experiences that shape them.

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

Which Enlightenment Thinker believed that humans are naturally greedy, selfish and violent. Therefore, the need a strong Autocracy to keep them in line?

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

Which Enlightenment thinker influenced the United States government through his ideas of Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances?

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

Which Enlightenment Thinker wrote the book, The Social Contract and agreed with another Enlightenment Thinker That governments must get the consent of the people being governed. He believed emotion was as important as reason.

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

Having the government split up into three parts - the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial is called what?

• Natural Rights

• Rule of Law

• Checks and Balances

• Separation of Powers

Governments are instituted in order to protect the rights of the people. Therefore, the Governments get their power from the consent of the people who are agreeing to be ruled. What is this called?

• Checks and Balances

• Separation of Powers

• Social Contract

• Tabula Rasa

When one part of the government has the ability to limit the power of another part of the government. For example, the Congress (legislative) being able to impeach the President (executive). What is this called?

• Separation of Powers

• Checks and Balances

• State of Nature

• Communism

The Enlightenment was a movement where people began to believe in _________________ over religion.

• science

• politics

• profits

• spirits

Which famous US document was influences by Locke's ideas of natural rights, social contract and consent of the governed?

• Leviathan

• The Social Contract

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Articles of Confederation