Scientific Thinkers & Enlightenment Writers

Which one of the following statements describes how Rousseau felt?

• He felt that people were basically reasonable & moral.
• He detested the slave trade & developed religious prejudice.
• He felt that the whole community should be placed ahead of the individual
• He felt that people were basically evil & were for the slave trade

Which one of the following statements describes how Locke felt?

• He felt that people were basically reasonable & moral.
• He detested the slave trade & developed religious prejudice.
• He felt that the whole community should be placed ahead of the individual
• He felt that people were basically evil & were for the slave trade

Which one of the following statements describes how Voltaire felt?

• He felt that people were basically reasonable & moral.
• He detested the slave trade & developed religious prejudice.
• He felt that the whole community should be placed ahead of the individual
• He felt that people were basically evil & were for the slave trade

What one thing did Rousseau really feel corrupted the innocence society?

• Unequal Land Distribution
• Unequal Money Distribution
• Unequal Religious Distribution
• Unequal Educational Distribution

What was the name of the book in which Rousseau set forth his ideas about government & society?

• The Wealth of Nations
• The Social Contract
• Two Treaties of Government
• The Contracts of Government

In ________________ Locke argued that people formed governments to protect their Natural Rights.

• The Wealth of Nations
• The Social Contract
• Two Treaties of Government
• The Contracts of Government

According to Locke which one of the following was not one of his Natural Rights?

• The Right to Life
• The Right to Property
• Pursuit of Happiness
• The Right to Liberty

What are “Natural Rights” according to Locke?

• Rights that belong to all people from birth
• Rights that belong to all people from their 18th Birthday
• Rights that belong to people who are not slaves
• Rights that belonged to all Males

Locke thought that the best form of government was one with _____________ & accepted by all citizens.

• total power
• no power
• complete power
• limited power

Locke had a radical idea about government; he thought that the government had an obligation to _____________________.

• take complete control of everything
• gain as much land as possible
• the people it governed
• grant as many freedoms as possible