Enlightenment/Age of Reason

The Enlightenment is

• a time of rebirth
• a time when science ruled
• a time with people used reason and logic to explain the world
• a time when technology ruled

Reason can be used to solve problems and improve peoples lives?

• True
• False

Reason can help free people from ignorance, superstition, and unfair government?

• True
• False

Human behavior is governed by natural laws?

• True
• False

The natural world is is governed by laws that cannot be discovered through reason.

• True
• False

The ability to reason does not make humans unique.

• True
• False

Government should reflect natural laws and encourage education/debate.

• True
• False

Enlightenment philosopher who did not agree with censorship.

• Voltaire
• Denis Diderot
• Mary Wollstonecraft
• Adam Smith

Enlightenment philosopher who believed men and women should be equal

• Voltaire
• Denis Diderot
• Mary Wollstonecraft
• Adam Smith

Enlightenment philosopher who believed natural laws governed economics.

• Voltaire
• Denis Diderot
• Mary Wollstonecraft
• Adam Smith