
The Enlightenment Thinkers
Authored by John Robinson
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8th Grade

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which Enlightenment philosopher believed that governments should be based on majority rule?
Rousseau
Voltaire
Locke
Hobbes
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which Enlightenment philosopher argued that power comes from the "Consent of the Governed?"
Hobbes
Locke
Voltaire
Rousseau
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
According to Enlightenment thinker John Locke, why are governments created?
God gives monarchs a divine right to rule over their people
People are naturally selfish and need a strong ruler to create order
People set up governments to protect their lives and property
Civil government must be established to offset the power of the church
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Who believed in a separation of powers as a way to provide checks and balances?
Montesquieu
Rousseau
Hobbes
Locke
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which philosopher believed people were born with unalienable rights and that the government should protect them?
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Robert Owen
Voltaire
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which Enlightenment thinker believed the government should protect your natural rights and if the do not, they should be abolished?
Montesquieu
Locke
Aristotle
Rousseau
7.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Match the following people to their correct description.
Enlightenment philosopher who advocated for natural rights and social contract theory
Charles Montesquieu
French philosopher known for his theory of separation of powers
William Blackstone
King should not take away property;
John Locke
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