Knowledge Check: The Enlightenment

During which years was the Enlightenment occurring in the world?

• 1701 - 1788

• 1776 - 1865

• 1715 - 1789

• 1987 - 2017

Enlightened thinkers based their philosophical beliefs on what two things?

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

Enlightenment philosopher who believed people had natural rights of life, liberty, and property.

• John Locke

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

• Hobbes

Enlightenment philosopher who believed to limit government, that it should be divided into separate branches that shared power.

• John Locke

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

• Hobbes

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

• True
• False

Natural Rights

• Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
• Life, Liberty, and Property
• Freedom
• Rights to say what we want, when we want to.

How did Hobbes view human nature?

• We are inquisitive and industrious.
• We are naturally selfish and quick to fight.
• We are naturally altruistic and usually willing to compromise.
• We are born a 'blank slate', and we develop differently according to our life's experiences..

What is another name for the Enlightenment?

• The Age of Reason
• The Age of Great Philosophers
• The Age of Religion
• The Age of Revolution

John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, and Baron de Montesquieu all lived during what was called the:

• Dark Ages

• Middle Ages

• Enlightenment

• Depression

According to John Locke, why are governments created?

• God gives monarchs a divine right to rule over their people
• People are naturally selfish and need a strong ruler to create order
• People set up governments to protect their lives and property
• Civil government must be established to offset the power of the church