The Enlightenment

Which philosopher believes that humans were naturally selfish and quick to fight?

• Hobbes

• Locke

• Machiavelli

• Montesquieu

Montesquieu believed that government should be didvided in to three parts. This is called________.

• System of Checks and Balances

• Natural Freedom

• Separation of Powers

• Natural Rights

Things that are in the best interest of society as a whole.

• Social Freedom

• General Will

• Natural Freedom

• Majority Rule

A period of time when people developed new ideas about human existance and people's basic rights.

• Tabula Rasa

• Democracy

• Social Contract

• The Enlightenment

The Enlightenment is also known as the (a)   .

Which founding Father was influenced by John Locke?

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• Benjamin Franklin

The Italian thinker that believed in the Idea of Realism was _________

• Machiavelli

• Rousseau

What is the System of Checks and Balances?

• The idea that a leader is chosen by the people.

• Life, Liberty, and property

• Limits the power of the 3 branches.

Fundamental basic rights are called (a)  

More than half is called (a)