Enlightenment Basics Pre-Assessment

 In what way did Enlightenment philosophers reflect the central ideas of both Greek democracy and Roman republicanism?

• A) They taught that rule by an elite class of nobles is necessary for running a government. 
• B) They thought government should represent the will of its citizens. 
• C) They argued that a merit-based system is the best method for selecting government officials. 
• D) They felt that rule by a strong central leader is the only way to govern effectively.

John Locke's central political value was

• A) the protection of individual rights
• B) designing governments around biblical teachings
• C) ensuring an equal distribution of wealth
• D) the empowerment of the majority of people

• A) American and French Revolutions
• B) Buddhism and Confucianism
• C) Islamic philosophy
• D) Scientific Revolution

Philosophers of the Enlightenment wanted to use __________ in all areas of life.

• A. government
• B. economics
• C. politics
• D. reason

___________________ believed that without government, people would fight each other all the time.

• A. Locke
• B. Hobbes
• C. Montesquieu
• D. Smith

Locke believed that a government's power came from its ___________________.

• A. army
• B. power
• C. people
• D. science

Enlightenment thinkers and theories inspired

• A. the French Revolution
• B. the American Revolution
• C. other revolutions of the 1800s
• D. all of the above

A direct result of the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment was that people studied the concept of natural laws. The Enlightenment focused on how natural laws impacted which aspect of society?

• Medicine

• Religion

• Mathematics

• Government

Who supported the Geocentric system?

• Ptolemy

• Aristotle

• Copernicus

• Galileo

Who proposed the Heliocentric system?

• Copernicus

• Ptolemy

• Aristotle

• Galileo