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WorksheetsEnlightenment
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 23mins
Which of the following did the enlightenment philosophers value over tradition?
Individualism
Reason
Religion
Conservatism
Enlightenment principles will expand the idea of (a) to all people
Who coined the term "Enlightenment"?
Immanuel Kant
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Cesare Beccaria
What does the Latin motto “Sapere aude” mean?
Dare to be wise
Equality for all
Separate worlds
Bread and circuses
Define "Philosophy"
List as many of the five core beliefs of philosophers as you can remember
Who developed the concept of the Social Contract?
Thomas Hobbes
Montesquieu
John Locke
Immanuel Kant
Who is the English philosopher that advocated absolute sovereignty was the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings?
Thomas Hobbes
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Adam Smith
Cesare Beccaria
Who is the English philosopher who favored a representative government, argued that sovereignty resides in the people, and that the main role of the government is to protect people’s natural rights?
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Adam Smith
Voltaire
What is the name of the book John Locke wrote in 1690?
Two Treatises of Government
The Social Contract
Leviathan
On Crimes and Punishments
Who is the French philosopher that believed people were born good, but that natural goodness was corrupted by society and his writings inspired the leaders of the French Revolution?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Montesquieu
Voltaire
Cesare Beccaria
Define the General Will
The will of all citizens
The will of the monarch
The will of the powerful
The will of God
In 1776 in Philadelphia, this document claimed America's freedom from Britain:
Declaration of Independence
Federalist Papers
Social Contract
Bill of Rights
What is the name of the first constitution of the USA?
Articles of Confederation
The Constitution of the United States
The US Bill of Rights
The Declaration of Independence
Which of the following does the Bill of Rights not guarantee?
Freedom of speech
Right to bear arms
Unreasonable search and seizure
Right to vote without a poll tax
Describe the term "laissez-faire"
Who is the French philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers?
Montesquieu
Voltaire
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Cesare Beccaria
What is the name of the French philosopher who was an outspoken supporter of social reform and believed strongly in freedom of expression: Speech, Religion, and Press?
Voltaire
Montesquieu
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
John Locke
Who is the Scottish economist known as the “Father of Capitalism” who advocated private enterprise and free trade?
Adam Smith
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Immanuel Kant
According to Hobbes, where does a ruler derive their sovereignty from?
The people
God
The ruling class
Kant’s idea was a synthesis Descartes’
Rationalism and Bacon’s Empiricism.
True
False
Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan argues that social order can be maintained by abolishing absolutist monarchs
True
False
Explain Locke’s view of the State of Nature
Who is the Italian criminologist and economist who advocated swift punishment as the best form of deterrent to crime?
Cesare Beccaria
Thomas Hobbes
Voltaire
John Locke
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