The Enlightenment

Which of the following exemplifies the ideas of the age of Enlightenment?

• reason

• tradition

• faith

• ignorance

John Locke believed in what three natural rights?

• Life, Liberty, & Property

• Life, Equality, & Happiness

• Liberty, Equality, & Fraternite

• Live Free, Die Hard

Who used a telescope to further support the Heliocentric Theory?

• Galileo Galilei

• Nicolas Copernicus

• Johannes Kepler

• Rene Descartes

This thinker believed in the separation of powers within a government.  Each part should have check and balances over the other parts.

• Montesquieu

• Wollstancraft

• Locke

• Voltaire

How did Hobbes view human nature?

• We are inquisitive and industrious.

• We are naturally selfish and quick to fight.

• We are naturally ignorant

• We are naturally kind and helpful to others