Enlightenment Quiz

The __________________ was a movement that sought to shine the "light" of reason on traditional ideas about government and society.

• Age of Science

• American Revolution

• Enlightenment

• Revolutionary War

Another name for the Enlightenment is the __________________.

• Age of Science

• Scientific Revolution

• Age of Belief

• Age of Reason

Enlightenment thinkers promoted goals of which of these?

• material well-being

• social justice

• worldly happiness

• ALL THE ABOVE

________________ are laws that govern human nature.

• Natural Laws

• Scientific Laws

• Worldly Laws

• Chemistry

Through the use of reason, thinkers thought they could solve every social, political, and economic problem.

• TRUE

• FALSE

________________ argued that people were naturally cruel, greedy, and selfish.

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Issac Newton

• Martin Luther

________________ is an agreement by which people gave up the state of nature for an organized society.

• People's Contract

• The New Contract

• The Social Contract

• The Natural Contract

________________ believed people were basically reasonable and moral.

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Isaac Newton

• Martin Luther

________________ are rights that belonged to all humans from birth and included the right to life, liberty, and property.

• Endowed Rights

• Fair Rights

• Natural Rights

• Parliamentary Rights

Which of these early and influential thinkers felt that separation of powers was the best way to protect liberty?

• John Locke

• Baron de Montesquieu

• John Calvin

• Thomas Hobbes