The Enlightenment Test

According to Copernicus, the sun  

• Revolved around the earth
• Was the center of the Universe
• Was the biggest star
•  Had many moons

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.