World History Chapter 17 Vocabulary Terms and People

Rights that belong to all humans at birth.

A term which means "enlightened thinker" or philosopher.

An English philosopher who wrote "Leviathan" and proposed that people were basically cruel and greedy and should therefore be ruled by a strong government.

An English philosopher who wrote "Two Treatises of Government" in which he argued that people were basically reasonable and moral and that government should have limited power.

A French philosopher who wrote "The Spirit of Laws" and felt that government should be divided into three branches to provide checks and balances.

A French philosopher who was imprisoned and exiled for speaking out against the government and the Catholic Church.

Rules discovered by reason.

A Frenchman who produced a 28 volume set of books called "The Encyclopedia".

A French philosopher who put his faith in the "general will" of the people and wrote "the Social Contract".

A Scottish economist who wrote "the Wealth of Nations" in which he argued for a free market economy.