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The Enlightenment Period
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Review questions about the Enlightenment period and key thinkers during that time.
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Which Enlightenment philosopher stated that all humans are born with the rights to "Life, Liberty, and Property?"
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Voltaire
John Locke
Thomas Jefferson
2
Jean Jacques Rousseau believed that a truly democratic government was guided by what?
Humanism
General Will of the People
Religious Freedom
Natural Rights
3
The Enlightenment in Europe (1685-1815) is also known as what?
The Age of Reason
The Renaissance
The Ice Age
The Scientific Revolution
4
What viewpoint did scientists of the Scientific Revolution share with Enlightenment thinkers?
Using reason to solve difficult problems
Do not challenge the current lifestyle
The Church has all the answers
Studying the stars for inspiration
5
Which Enlightenment thinker advocated for reason, tolerance and religious tolerance?
Montesquieu
John Locke
Principal Jones
Voltaire
6
One of the greatest outcomes of the Scientific Revolution was that people began to:
Create art with themes of humanism
Rely more on faith and religion
Improve agriculture and trade
Question traditional opinions and practice self-thought
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The political theory where citizens agree to give up some rights in exchange for the government's protection and order:
Divine Right
Social Contract
Rights Exchange
Plea Deal
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A _________ was a social gathering that was held to discuss Enlightenment ideas.
Salon
Cafeteria
Hearing
School dance
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In what time period did the Enlightenment occur?
18th Century
The Modern Age
13th Century
The Middle Ages
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Which Enlightenment thinker advocated for political freedom and separation of powers?
Mary Wollstonecraft
Baron de Montesquieu
Frederick II of Prussia
Ms. Pate
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________ stated that the purpose of government is to protect the __________ of citizens.
Thomas Hobbes; Trade Routes
John Locke; Natural Rights
John Locke; Religious Freedom
Voltaire; Personal Property
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Political theories from the Enlightenment influenced Thomas Jefferson in the writing of this document:
Treaty of Versailles
The League of Nations
The Louisiana Purchase
Declaration of Independence
