The Age of Enlightenment

What historical period is the focus of the learning material on Notebook Page 5?

• The Renaissance

• The Age of Enlightenment

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Middle Ages

What movement in the 18th century was characterized by an emphasis on reason and the potential of individuals to run their own lives?

• The Renaissance

• The Industrial Revolution

• The European Enlightenment

• The Reformation

Which intellectual ideals most profoundly influenced the European Enlightenment?

• The Renaissance

• The Scientific Revolution

• The Industrial Revolution

• The Reformation

What did the European Enlightenment reject in favor of a more open and free society?

• Democracy and equality

• Intuition, revelation, heredity, divinity, and theology

• Science and technology

• Art and literature

What did Enlightenment thinkers often advocate to ensure good, responsible government?

• Absolute monarchy

• Theocracy

• Democratic means of rule and logical restrictive mechanisms

• Anarchy

What did Enlightenment thinkers tend to favor the protection of by the government?

• Economic rights

• Natural rights

• Military power

• Religious authority

Who was one of the key forerunners to the European Enlightenment?

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Immanuel Kant

According to John Locke, how is each human born mentally?

• With innate knowledge

• With divine wisdom

• As a blank slate

• With predetermined abilities

What did John Locke believe each person was deserving of?

• Divine wisdom

• Natural rights

• Predetermined abilities

• Social hierarchy

What did John Locke argue was the function of society and the state?

• To impose divine wisdom

• To protect natural rights

• To maintain social hierarchy

• To accumulate knowledge