Unit 4E: The Enlightenment

John Locke argued that all people had the right to?

• Life, Liberty, and property
• Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness
• Live free, Die Hard
• Life, Liberty and protection

Enlightened thinkers based their philosophical beliefs on what two things?

• Power and privilege
• Money and fame
• Good looks and charm
• Logic and reason

A political system where one ruler should have all the power?

• Democracy
• Absolutism
• Oligarchy
• Monarchy

Which of the following would NOT be an Enlightenment ideal?

• one ruler should make laws
• the government should represent the people
• citizens should have their natural rights
• the government should be limited

When the government just "let it be" is an example of _______________.

• isolationism
• individualism
• socialistic
• laissez faire

Enlightenment philosopher who believed to limit government, that it should be divided into separate branches that shared power.

• John Locke
• Montesquieu
• Rousseau
• Voltaire

Who believed that it was the government’s duty to implement policies deemed beneficial for the people, or by basing decisions on majority rule?

• Locke
• Montesquieu
• Rousseau
• Hobbes

What two freedoms did Voltaire focus?

• speech and religion
• religion and press
• speech and press
• assembly and petition

In what way did Enlightenment philosophers reflect the central ideas of both Greek democracy and Roman republicanism?

• They taught that rule by an elite class of nobles is necessary for running a government.
• They thought government should represent the will of its citizens.
• They argued that a merit-based system is the best method for selecting government officials.
• They felt that rule by a strong central leader is the only way to govern effectively.

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 Scientific Revolution
• The Enlightenment
• The French Revolution
• American Revolution