Enlightenment Philosophers Quiz

The intellectual and philosophical movement that built upon the Renaissance:

• Age of Enlightenment

• Scientific Revolution

• Enlightenment Revolution

​ (a)   wrote the Social Contract.

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• Baron de Montesquieu
• Voltaire

​ Thomas Hobbes wrote Leviathan. ​ (a)  

• False
• True

​ (a)   saw people as naturally self-centered.​

• Thomas Hobbes
• John Locke
• Voltaire

The philosopher who thought a strict monarchy was the best form of government.

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Jean - Jacques Rousseau

Match the Philosopher with their impact on the US Consitution:

• Jean - Jacques Rousseau

• The need for law and order

• Voltaire

• Elections to change the government

• Thomas Hobbes

• Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Speech

• John Locke

• Inalienable Rights (Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness)

• Baron De Montesquieu

• Three branches of government

This document is the first that limited the power of an English Monarch:

• Magna Carta

• English Restoration

• English Bill of Rights, 1688

Match the following English government event and what it did.

• King Charles II rules with Parliament

• Magna Carta

• Crown can't suspend or dispense laws

• Glorious Revolution

• Monarch must meet with Great Council.

• English Civil War

• Removed King Charles I: Parliament rules

• English Restoration

• Parliament rules James II abdicated.

• English Bill of Rights, 1688

Wrote The Spirit of the Laws

• Baron de Montesquieu

• John Locke

​ (a)   wrote Letters of Philosophy.

• Voltaire
• John Locke
• Thomas Hobbes