Grade 7: Enlightenment Review

1. The Enlightenment is:

• a time of rebirth.
• a time when people believed in the Divine Right of kings.
• a time with people used reason and logic to explain the world, and where people refuted the idea that kings should rule by divine right.
• a time of technology.

2. Enlightenment philosopher who did not agree with censorship. He believed in Freedom of Speech.

• Voltaire
• Hobbes
• Rousseau
• Locke

3. Enlightenment philosopher who believed people had natural rights of life, liberty, and property.

• Locke
• Montesquieu
• Rousseau
• Voltaire

4. Enlightenment philosopher who believed to limit government, that there should be a Separation of Powers in government as well as a Checks and Balances system so that no one person becomes too powerful.

• Locke
• Montesquieu
• Rousseau
• Voltaire

5. Enlightenment philosopher who believed that there should be a Social Contract between the government and its citizens. The people agree to let rulers make decisions to maintain order, and the government agrees to protect the rights of its people.

• Voltaire
• Montesquieu
• Rousseau
• Locke

6. You are born with _________________ that can't be taken away; life, liberty, property

• separation of powers
• natural rights
• a corrupt mind
• checks and balances

7. Enlightenment philosopher who believed that if government did not protect the rights of the people, the people could overthrow or peacefully change the government.

• Locke
• Rousseau
• Voltaire
• Hobbes

8. Enlightenment philosopher who believed that man was easily corrupted, and that government must have clear rules and procedures to prevent corruption in government.

• Rousseau
• Voltaire
• Montesquieu
• Hobbes

9. In 1776, the Declaration of Independence stated that all people have the right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Which Enlightenment philosopher influenced Thomas Jefferson to use these words?

• Hobbes
• Rousseau
• Voltaire
• Locke

10. Which Enlightenment philosopher would be proud to see that the U.S. government is divided into three co-equal branches of government?

• Voltaire
• Rousseau
• Locke
• Montesquieu