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ENLIGHTENMENT THINKERS

Authored by Joel Jackson

Social Studies

9th - 12th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the Enlightenment?

A period of scientific discoveries

A movement that applied scientific principles to society and government

A religious revolution

A political uprising

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What inspired Enlightenment thinkers?

Monarchies

The Renaissance and Reformation

Science and its goal of understanding the laws of nature

Religious beliefs

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who believed that people are inherently selfish and that governments are created to make decisions for society?

John Locke

Baron de Montesquieu

Adam Smith

Thomas Hobbes

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who argued that the basis of government was a social contract and that people have the right to overthrow a government that fails to protect their natural rights?

Baron de Montesquieu

Adam Smith

John Locke

Thomas Hobbes

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who argued for a three-part system of government with a separation of powers?

Baron de Montesquieu

Adam Smith

John Locke

Thomas Hobbes

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who believed that people are corrupted by society and argued for a political system based on the will of the people?

Thomas Hobbes

Adam Smith

John Locke

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which quote best demonstrates what would happen if people lived in a state of nature?

"Without government, our lives would be nasty, brutish, and short!"
"To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them"
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
"Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience."

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