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What is a philosopher?
What is a Social Contract?
Enlightenment Quiz Review
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What is a Social Contract?
Laws that create the social pyramid
Laws saying what the government needs to do
Agreement between government and the people
Laws that say women can't be social
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What is a philosopher?
A person who fights a lot
A person who studies math
A person who thinks about world issues
A person who teaches
3
What is Laissez Faire economics?
Child labor is wrong
There should be no taxes
The government should make sure businesses are fair
The government should not be involved in business
4
Newton focused much of his study on...
Economics
Deism
Human Nature
Gravitation
5
Why did Mary Wollstonecraft support education for women?
She thought they were capable of reason
She thought they could raise children better than men
She thought they were stronger than men
She did not think they should be involved in the economy
6
"Mary Wollstonecraft thought women should be equal to men." Which historical theme is this?
Social Structure
Religion
Art
Economy
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Which document below is not based on ideas from the Enlightenment?
Vindication for the Rights of Women
The U.S. Constitution
Declaration of Independence
Hammurabi's Code
8
Which of the following is not an effect of the Enlightenment?
Less education
War and Revolution
More books and essays written
New inventions
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John Locke believed that the government was supposed to...
Protect people's rights
Create a strong economy through socialism
Be in a constant state of war
Run a free and public education for boys and girls
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Who proposed a person's right to life and liberty?
Galileo
Adam Smith
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
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True or False: Locke believed that people should be involved in the government.
True
False
12
True or False: Hobbes believed people were naturally good and deserved rights.
False
True
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What is the "general will" of the people according to Rousseau?
The idea that generals govern the military
The idea that all people are created equal
The idea that people should make a will prior to their death
The idea that the people agree to be governed
14
Who came up with the idea of a Separation of Powers in government?
John Locke
Mary Wollstonecraft
Adam Smith
Montesquieu
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What are Checks and Balances?
Government spies checking up on the people
Balancing power between government branches
Being able to balance your checkbook
Increasing taxes to balance the budget
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What is Deism?
Belief in more than one god
Belief that all men are created equal
Belief that God made the world and now leaves it alone
Belief that animals are sacred
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How are the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment connected?
Both movements focused on fighting enemies
Both movements isolated
They were not connected
Both movements were about gaining knowledge
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Which philosopher's opinions about human nature are most similar to Machiavelli?
Thomas Hobbes
Montesquieu
John Locke
Adam Smith
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What is the meaning of the term liberty?
Independence from outside rule
Equality between men and women
Working hard to make money
All people are treated the same
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Which of the following is NOT a theme of the Enlightenment?
Progress
Questioning traditional authority
Gaining knowledge
Divine Right of Kings
21
Which statement would John Locke most likely have said?
All people are born selfish and need a strong government
All people are born blank and shaped by their experiences
All people want whats best for the government
All people are dumb and can be easily tricked
22
What is an absolute leader?
Leader with many talents
Leader with total control
Leader with many people to help him
Leader that can work well with Congress
23
Which of these people is most likely to show up in a salon?
Upper middle class
The king
Slave
Peasant farmer
24
Galileo was punished for all of the following EXCEPT:
Claiming the sun was at the center
Teaching students his ideas
Inventing lenses to see great distances
Disagreeing with the Church
25
"Adam Smith believed gov. should stay out of business." Which theme is this?
Social Structure
Technology
Economic
Religion
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Thomas Hobbes thought what about human nature?
All people are naturally selfish
All people are born a blank slate
All people need an education
All people are born kind and caring
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Who would have been more likely to support a democracy?
John Locke
Copernicus
Ptolomy
Thomas Hobbes
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Which theory is Adam Smith known for?
Democracy
Evolution
Laissex Faire Economics
Blank Slate Theory
29
Mary Wollstonecraft wrote about which of the following ideas?
The sun is the center of the univerrse
Religious freedom
Women should be educated
Slavery should end in America
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What are natural rights?
Rights all people are born with
Rights people have when they are in nature
Rights only Americans have
The rights that animals have against human intervention
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Before the Enlightenment, where did people think a leader's power came from?
Natural Talent
God
Elections
Highest edcuation
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Which of the following is NOT considered a natural right by philosophers?
Speech
Life
Liberty
Wealth
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The Social Contract implies that a gov. has power because...
It has the best leader
God wants it to
It is a dictatorship
The people are willing to follow it
34
Where did many philosophers go to study and talk?
The Mall
The Market
The Diner
Salons
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Rouseau's idea of a Social Contract focused on which of these ideas?
The general will of the people
The need for high taxes
The need for equality between men and women
The positive nature of governments
