Enlightenment Thinkers 1

Who believed in and fought for gender equality?

• Thomas Hobbes

• Voltaire

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• John Locke

Which of the following were John Locke's ideas?

• Natural rights and tabula rasa

• Separation of powers

• Gender equality

• Religious freedom

Who believed people were inherently bad and there should be a powerful central government?

• Thomas Paine

• Adam Smith

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• Thomas Hobbes

What was Jean Jacques Rousseau's main idea?

• Government should work for the common good of the people

• Government should not be involved in the economy

• People are born a blank slate, or "tabula rasa"

• People should have religious freedom

What are Natural Rights?

• Life, liberty and the pursuit of fortune
• Life, liberty and property
• Tabula rasa - born with a mind like a blank slate
• Protection from the Government

Who developed the idea of the three branches of government?

• John Locke
• Jean Jacques Rousseau
• Montesquieu
• Thomas Hobbes

The Enlightenment centers around what kind of person?

• Politician
• Philosopher
• Clergy
• Artist

Believed in freedom of speech and religion

• Adam Smith

• John Locke

• Voltaire

• Becarria

During The Enlightenment, people developed new ideas about ...

• the level of control they should have over their government

• the level of control the Sun exerts on Earth's orbit

• how their food crops should be grown

• how their houses should be arranged

People give up some of their freedom in exchange for protection of their rights in the ...

• Scientific Revolution

• Age of Reason

• State of Nature

• Social Contract