CH. 14-The Enlightenment

The Enlightenment is also known as "The Age of _______."

• wisdom

• intellect

• chaos

• reason

Enlightened thinkers were often known as ________.

• citizens

• salons

• philosophes

• despots

Enlightenment thinkers questioned and often opposed long-established institutions, beliefs, and social order.

• true

• false

A right, such as life or liberty, that a person is born with.

• natural rights

• civil rights

• entitled rights

• inherited rights

The Enlightenment salons were gatherings organized by wealthy men.

• true

• false

________ published Two Treatises of Government. He asserted that humans were born free and equal with natural rights including life, liberty, and property.

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

• Thomas Hobbes

• Voltaire

• John Locke

Who proposed the separation of government powers into three branches—legislative, judicial, and executive?

• Voltaire

• Montesquieu

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• Rousseau

The popular French writer _______ used his books and plays to promote enlightened ideas of social reform.

• John Locke

• Montesquieu

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

• Voltaire

_____ proposed a social contract between individuals and the society in which they live. In the contract, individuals would agree to work toward the good of the country rather than pursuing only their personal interests.

• Thomas Jefferson

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

• Louis XIV

• Frederick II

In 1792, an English writer and thinker named ________ published A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.

• Catherine the Great

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• Marie Therese Geoffrin

• Mary Astell