The Enlightenment Test

Montesquieu's idea that political power should be divided into 3 branches. What are the 3? (Select 3)

• Legislative

• Judicial

• Executive

• Self-Government

Locke argued that we had 3 main natural rights. What are they? (Select 3)

• Life

• Liberty

• Love

• Property

A social contract is

• is for the king to form a community to protect themselves.

• is when people agree to give up some of their freedoms and in exchange the government protects them

• is an agreement between the people and the king in order to share power

• is an agreement between the people and the king in order to share power

What is a social contract?

• separation agreement

• book written by Montesquieu

• an agreement among the members of a society

• an test given to citizens every two years

Which period is most closely associated with the major ideas of these philosophers?

• Crusades

• Renaissance

• Reconquista

• Enlightenment

In this book, the Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes stated that man benefits from common law. He felt a powerful ruler was needed because without people would

• Resort to violence and conflict

• Form a peaceful government

• create a republic with elected officials

According to Montesquieu, what is the main purpose of government?

• to maintain law and order, political liberty, and the property of the individual

• to build a wall

• to create laws that everyone agree on

• to open Chic Fil A on Sundays

During the Enlightenment period there was a change in the relationship between ruler and the citizens, which of the following best describes that change?

• The government becomes stronger than every and takes away peoples freedoms

• The monarchy exists to serve the state and its citizens

• The people exist to serve the monarchy

• Direct Democracies take over all of Europe

The Age of Enlightenment is

• An intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated the world of ideas during the 17th and 18th centuries.

• Advancements in technology

• A period of demographic, cultural and economic deterioration that occurred during the early Western Europe following the decline of the Roman Empire.

which American Founding father did John Locke influence the most?

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• Ben Frankin