Enlightenment-Revolutions

Who believed in a separation of powers as a way to provide checks and balances?

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

• Hobbes

• Locke

John Locke believed these people had these type of right?

• No Rights

• Freedom Rights

• Natural Rights

• Unnatural Rights

According to John Locke what must the government do with people's rights?

• Get rid of them

• Protect Them

• Get over them

Who believed in a social contract between the people and the government in which people gave up some freedom in order to have their rights protected?

• Locke

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau

• Hobbes

Under the idea of the "consent of the governed," what happens if government fails to protect the peoples' rights?

• Nothing, people must obey the government

• The people would have a right to revolt

• The people would be returned to a state of nature

• People would be forced to enter into a social contract

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

Enlightened thinkers based their philosophical beliefs on what two things?

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

According to Copernicus, the sun  

• Revolved around the earth
• Was the center of the Universe
• Was the biggest star
•  Had many moons

The idea that the earth is the center of the universe is the ___________ theory.

• geocentric
• heliocentric
• earthcentric
• world's worst

What did Kepler add to Copernicus’ heliocentric theory?  

• That Jupiter had four moons
• That the planets revolved around the earth 
• That the sun was the biggest star
• That the planets move in eliptical (oval shaped) orbits around the sun