2.1.5 APEX Modified Quiz

What does a social contract mean?

• An agreement where people decide to follow laws and have leaders

• A set of rules that stop people from not listening to their country's leaders

Jean-Jacques Rousseau believed that people in a society agree to be governed by ______.

• the common good or general interest

• the strongest person

Why do people agree to follow rules and create a government, according to Thomas Hobbes?

• They wish to avoid the difficulties of living without laws or a government.

• They want to vote and decide on their society's rules and leaders.

Which idea is about having a government that represents people, believes in everyone's rights, and thinks everyone should be treated equally in politics?

• Separation of powers

• Liberalism

What idea says a king's power comes from God, not from the people's agreement?

• Popular sovereignty

• Divine right

Which idea means that a country's political power comes from its people's wishes, not from a king or God?

• Absolute monarchy

• Popular sovereignty

How did the ideas from the Enlightenment change the world?

• Scientists questioned old beliefs about the world by using logic and observation.

• People in some places started revolutions to remove kings from power.

What major event helped start the Enlightenment?

• Napoleon Bonaparte took over France and ended its democracy.

• European scientists questioned old beliefs with new scientific discoveries and methods.

What happened because of the Enlightenment?

• People started to reject the idea of a social contract in favor of being free to make their own choices.

• People in France fought against the king and started a government where they could have a say.

How did the Protestant Reformation change the way people thought during the European Enlightenment?

• It made Christians agree to a social agreement with the Protestant Church.

• It made people start questioning if kings really got their power from God.