Mr. T Enlightenment Video Quiz

When did the Enlightenment movement largely take place?

• 1600s-1700s

• Mid to late 1800s

• Mid to late 1700s

• Mid to late 1500s

What were the Enlightenment thinkers challenging?

• The rise of reason

• The power of monarchs and the church

• The absolute power of the people

• The scientific method

Which revolutionary movements were directly influenced by the ideas of the Enlightenment thinkers?

• Chinese Revolution and Cuban Revolution

• Industrial Revolution and Russian Revolution

• American Revolution and French Revolution

• Mexican Revolution and Indian Independence Movement

What did the Enlightenment lay the foundation for?

• Feudalism

• Authoritarian rule

• Imperialism

• Liberal democratic institutions

John Locke argued:

• People never have the right to revolt against an unjust government

• People have the right to revolt against unjust government

• Only citizens of a country have the right to revolt against an unjust government

• A monarchy is the best form of government

Voltaire advocated:

• freedom of speech and religious tolerance

• merging of church and state
• religious persecution and intolerance
• freedom of speech

Montesquieu supported:

• separation of powers in government

• separation of Church and state

• voting rights

• kings and queens

Jean-Jacques Rousseau 's "Social Contract" meant:

• political power should be derived from the will of the people

• The promotion of anarchy
• The rejection of any form of government
• The establishment of a monarchy

Adam Smith's book "The Wealth of Nations" laid the foundation for:

• communism and state-controlled economy
• feudalism and serfdom
• anarchism and no economic system
• modern economics and the concept of free market capitalism

Enlightenment scholars believed:

• in the power of tradition to improve society

• in the power of fear to improve society

• in the power of reason and science to improve society
• in the power of chaos to improve society