Age of Enlightenment

Multiple Choice

What did people believe would lead to improvements in society during the Enlightenment?

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  Faith and tradition

• Military power

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  Reason and logic

• Economic wealth

Multiple Choice

Which era is NOT mentioned as an influence on Enlightenment thinkers?

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  Ancient Greeks and Romans

• 
  The Reformation

• The history of Christianity

• 
  The Middle Ages

Multiple Choice

What is another name for the Enlightenment?

• The Age of Reason

• The Age of Darkness

• 
  The Age of Enlightenment

• The Age of Ignorance

Fill in the Blank

According to Enlightenment ideas, humans are unique because of their ability to ______.

Multiple Choice

Who started fighting for women's equality during the Enlightenment?

• 
  Adam Smith

• 
  Mary Wollstonecraft

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

Multiple Choice

What did Adam Smith believe about government control of the economy?

• The government should control the economy

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  The government shouldn't control the economy

• The government should have partial control of the economy

• 
  The government should control only the trade

Multiple Choice

What significant work did Locke publish?

• The Social Contract

• Two Treatises on Government

• The Republic

• The Wealth of Nations

Multiple Choice

What natural rights did Locke believe in for all people?

• Right to vote and freedom of speech

• Right to education and healthcare

• Right to life, liberty, and property; freedom of religion

• Right to work and leisure

Multiple Choice

Which French philosopher poked fun at religious intolerance and believed in freedom of speech?

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  Voltaire

• 
  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Denis Diderot

• Montesquieu

Multiple Choice

Who edited the Encyclopedia to share information with the world?

• Voltaire

• 
  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• 
  Denis Diderot

• Montesquieu

Multiple Choice

What form of government became clear was needed?

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Feudalism

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT one of the branches in Montesquieu's separation of powers?

• Executive

• Judicial

• Legislative

• Military

Multiple Choice

According to Rousseau, what is the government's job?

• To create laws that help the people and to listen to what the people want

• To maintain absolute power

• To enforce divine right

• To expand territory

Multiple Choice

What is the result of combining the ideas of Locke, Montesquieu, and Rousseau

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Feudalism