The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment

What philosopher was associated with "Checks and Balances" during the Enlightenment?

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Voltaire

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

What philosopher was associated with "Natural Rights " during the Enlightenment?

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Voltaire

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

What philosopher was associated with "Freedom of Speech " during the Enlightenment?

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Voltaire

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

Which philosopher believed that women should have the same rights as men?

• John Locke

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

• Voltaire

• Mary Wollstonecraft

Belief that, by using the power of reason, humans could arrive at the truth and improve human life.

• Relativism

• Deism

• Rationalism

• Individualism

What was the name of the intellectual movement that was responsible for challenging unlimited governments and caused people to question the authority of the church?

• The Great Illumination
• The Renaissance
• The Great Awakening
• The Enlightenment

The intellectuals of the Enlightenment were called-

• Sophists

• Philosophes

• Heretics

• Enlightened Ones

Enlightened thinkers based their philosophical beliefs on what two things?

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

A new way of thinking based on the observation of the natural world and the questioning of old ideas.

• scientific revolution

• geocentric theory

• catholic church

• social contract

An agreement between free individuals and government

• natural rights

• social contract

• popular sovereignty

• separation of powers