Worksheetsenlightenment
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A time period, mostly in the 1700's, where philosophers and thinkers thought science and reason could improve all humanity.
a)
Enlightenment
b)
Great Awakening
c)
American Revolution
d)
French Revolution
2.
People in a society give up some of their rights in exchange for protection.
a)
Social Contract
b)
Enlightenment
c)
State of Nature
d)
Revolution
3.
French writer who believed in freedom of speech, religious tolerance, and the separation of church and state.
a)
Voltaire
b)
Locke
c)
Rousseau
d)
Montesquieu
4.
John Locke believed people were born with certain rights than no-one could take away.
a)
Life, liberty, property
b)
Life , liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
c)
Freedom of speech, religion, and property
d)
Social Contract
5.
This thinker believed in the separation of powers within a government. Each part should have check and balances over the other parts.
a)
Montesquieu
b)
Wollstancraft
c)
Locke
d)
Voltaire
6.
This thinker believed that humanity was inherently evil. Laws and governments are needed to protect people from each other.
a)
Hobbes
b)
Montesquieu
c)
Roussoue
d)
Voltaire
7.
Which quote best demonstrates what would happen if people lived in a state of nature?
a)
"Without government, our lives would be nasty, brutish, and short!"
b)
"To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them"
c)
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
d)
"Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience."
8.
This thinker wrote "The Social Contract." He believed that government was a contract between the ruler & the people.
a)
Rousseau
b)
Locke
c)
Montesquieu
d)
Voltaire
9.
Enlightenment thinkers questioned the idea of a "divine right to rule" which threatened the power of kings. What does "divine right to rule" mean?
a)
Kings was handed down to kings at birth by God.
b)
Kings were crowned by the Pope thus giving them the right to rule.
c)
The power of kings was decreasing since the Magna Carta.
d)
The power given to citizens as part of a democracy.
10.
What is another name for the Enlightenment?
a)
The Age of Reason
b)
The Age of Great Philosophers
c)
The Age of Religion
d)
The Age of Revolution
11.
Under the idea of the "consent of the governed," what happens if government fails to protect the peoples' rights?
a)
Nothing, people must obey the government
b)
The people would have a right to revolt
c)
The people would be returned to a state of nature
d)
People would be forced to enter into a social contract
12.
Select the 3 Philosophers who's ideas CLEARLY are present in our system of Gov't today.....
a)
Locke
b)
Newton
c)
Hobbes
d)
Montesquieu
e)
Rousseau
13.
Enlightened thinkers based their philosophical beliefs on what two things?
a)
power and privilege
b)
money and fame
c)
good looks and charm
d)
reason and logic
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