Philosophers

How did Hobbes sum up people's quality of life in a state of nature?

• life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
• poor, nasty, brutish, and short
• fulfilling, long-lived, philosophical, and introspective
• scared, hungry, lonely, and cold

This was an 18th century philosophical movement of intellectuals, aiming to apply reason to all endeavors.

• Reformation
• Renaissance
• Enlightenment
• Scientific Revolution

According to Hobbes, people agreed to give up some ______ in exchange for _______ as part of the social contract.

• rights and power / protection
• food and shelter / weapons
• security and protection / freedom
• money / goods and services

Which Enlightenment philosopher believed government works best when there is separation of powers?

• Hobbes
• Locke
• Montesquieu
• Rousseau

Rousseau, Montesquieu, and Locke would all support:

• A dictatorship
• A democracy
• An absolute monarchy
• All of these

Which of the following would NOT be an Enlightenment ideal?  

• one ruler should make laws
• the government should represent the people
• the government should be limited
• citizens should have their natural rights

A sovereign is

• A rule that has total power over the people
• A democratically elected leader
• A social contract
• Life in a state of nature

Which Enlightenment thinker believed in the "social contract"?

• Charles-Louis Montesquieu
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• Adam Smith
• John Locke

Baron de Montesquieu established two ideas that helped mold today's government in the United States. Those two ideas were....

• reason and progress 
• Separation of Power and Checks and Balances 
• Laissee-faire and Supply & Demand
• General Will and Social Contract

What did Rousseau believe that governments should work toward?

• A Revolution against the monarchy
• Good Health
• Common Good
• No Taxes