WH Unit 6 Review

Rousseau proposed that there was an imaginary ____ ____ between rulers and the people.

• Mercantilist Edict

• Social Contract

• Egalitarian Ethic

• Communist Manifesto

An economy run under laissez faire principles (ideas) would most likely...

• Have little or no regulation on businesses

• Regulate businesses very heavily

• Tax poor people more

• Equally distribute all wealth

Thomas Hobbes believed people were naturally ____; because of this, he believed people needed a/an _______ to live in peace.

• Bad; absolute monarchy

• Good; representative democracy

• A blank slate; good education

• Religious; holy book

Montesquieu is the Enlightenment Philosopher best known for arguing in favor of....

• Separation of government into 3 branches

• The necessity of an absolute monarch

• Communism

• Capitalism

Which Enlightenment thinker published the Encyclopedie?

• Diderot

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Mary Wollstonecraft

Which Enlightenment Thinker is best known for arguing against slavery, but is not remembered for any one book?

• Voltaire

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• Diderot

• John Locke

Which of the following was a major idea by John Locke that influenced the American Founding Fathers?

• A tyrannical (cruel) government should be overthrown by the people

• An absolute monarch is necessary to protect people from their evil nature

• Women deserve equal rights as men

• The president of the United States should be elected by the Electoral College

Rousseau believed people were naturally ____; because of this, they should have ______ for leaders.

• Good; Free elections

• Bad; Executive appointment

• Martial; Military tribunals

• Wise; philosopher kings

This Enlightenment thinker is best known for arguing for the equality of women and men...

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• Diderot

• Montesquieu

• Voltaire

This Enlightenment thinker is best known for arguing in favor of laissez faire economics

• Adam Smith

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• Thomas Hobbes

• Rousseau