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WorksheetsEnlightenment in Europe
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
Who said "power... should be a check on power."?
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Whose name was Francoit Marie Arouet?
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Who used satire against his opponents and made them angry?
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Who never stopped fighting for tolerance, reason, freedom of religious belief, and freedom of speech?
(a)
Who said, "I do not agree with a word you are saying, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"?
(a)
Who was convinced by the horrors of the English Civil War that all humans were naturally selfish and wicked?
(a)
Who argued in their book Leviathan that without a strong government to keep order, there would be a "war of everyman against everyman"?
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Who believed that people need to hand over their rights to the government and that the best government has absolute obedience?
(a)
Who believed that all people are born free and equal, have basic rights, and that these rights cannot be taken away?
(a)
Who believed that the object of government is to protect those basic rights of life, liberty, and property?
(a)
Who said that the basis of government came from the consent of the governed?
(a)
Who believed that people had the right to overthrow the government?
(a)
Who believed that Britain had the best and most politically balanced country of their time?
(a)
Who said that a separation of powers would prevent any one group from gaining all the power?
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Who influenced modern-day checks and balances, along with the separation of powers in the US system?
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Who said that "man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains"?
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Who said that there is a social contract, or an agreement among free people, to create a government and society?
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Who believed that people have to give up some free will for the common good?
(a)
What was the intellectual movement that stressed reason, thought, and the power of individuals to solve problems?
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Who disagreed with normal Enlightenment thinking that all men were equal because they left out women?
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Who wanted other girls and women to have opportunities to educate themselves?
(a)
Wollstonecraft wanted women to enter (a) and politics.
Wollstonecraft wrote "A (a) of the Rights of Women."
Who believed that only legitament governments came from the consent of the people?
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Who believed that civilization corrupted people's goodness?
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