MOD5 - The Enlightenment

What document did John Locke's ideas influence?

• English Bill of Rights
• Declaration of Independence
• Great Charter
• Magna Carter

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

• Montesquieu
• Voltaire
• Rousseau
• Locke

An agreement among individuals to secure their rights and welfare by creating a government and abiding by its rules is known as ___________________

• Checks and Balances

• Social Contract

• Divine Right

British feminist who argued for women's equality with men, even in voting

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• Gertrude Stein

• Goldie Hawn

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French philosopher who made enemies but never stopped fighting for freedom of religion and freedom of speech

• Voltaire

• Thomas Hobbes

• William Wallace

I created the idea of separation of powers. Who am I?

• Voltaire
• Montesquieu
• Mary Wollstonecraft
• John Locke

I believe in women's rights and women's education. Who am I?

• John Locke
• Thomas Hobbes
• Mary Wollstonecraft
• Montesquieu

Who wrote the Social Contract?

• Galileo Galilei

• King Louis XVI

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Voltaire

Enlightened thinkers based their philosophical beliefs on what two things?

• power and privilege
• money and fame
• good looks and charm
• reason and logic

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The rights of life, liberty, and property are called:

• Unalienable Rights

• Essential Rights

• Natural Rights

• Original Rights