SS.7.CG.1.4: Enlightenment Thinkers Pt. 2

What idea does this image represent?

• separation of powers

• checks and balances

• social contract

• natural rights

What Enlightenment thinker is responsible for the idea of separation of powers?

• Montesquieu

• Locke

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

What is the idea of natural rights?

• basic rights all humans are born with

• rights only US citizens are born with

• things people should never do

• an agreement between a government and its people

Which of the following are the natural rights John Locke believed all humans should have?

• life, liberty, property

• pursuit of happiness, life, love

• life, liberty, employment

• life, liberty, education

What Enlightenment thinker is credited with the idea of natural rights?

• John Locke

• Montesquieu

• Thomas Hobbes

• Thomas Jefferson

Why was having a government so important to Enlightenment thinkers?

• to keep citizens in order and avoid the state of nature

• to punish citizens

• to make different laws for the rich and poor

• to make sure government officials would be above the law

What is the state of nature?

• life with no government, rules or protection

• an agreement between a government and its people

• rights all humans deserve

• life, liberty, property

What is the social contract?

• an agreement between a government and it's citizens

• rights all citizens should be given at birth

• no rules; chaos

• a government who controls everything

What do laws help us to avoid?

• a state of nature

• a social contract

• natural rights

• monarchies

In the social contract, what do citizens have to do?

• agree to listen to the government and give it power

• make laws

• punish the government

• protect the government