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Lesson 4- The Enlightenment Answers

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A political effect of the Enlightenment was that

A
some monarchs embraced new ideas from the movement.
B
support for rebels fighting the French Revolution decreased.
C
many people rejected the idea of representative government.
D
the constitutional monarchy in England came to an end.
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Enlightenment thinkers rejected the concept of

A
absolutism.
B
freedom.
C
individuality.
D
society.
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Baron de Montesquieu was an Enlightenment philosopher from

A
Belgium.
B
England.
C
France.
D
Germany.
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Read the passage from John Locke’s Second Treatise of Government.The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings, capable of laws, where there is no law there is no freedom.The quotation supports Locke’s belief in

A
the need for absolute rule to keep people in control.
B
the social contract between people and government.
C
the need to keep the church separate from the state.
D
the desire for three different branches of government.
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Which statement best characterizes the ideas of Thomas Hobbes?

A
People are naturally reasonable.
B
People are naturally selfish and violent.
C
Governments create unequal societies.
D
Government should be separate from religion.
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Which movement happened last in Europe?

A
the Enlightenment
B
the Middle Ages
C
the Reformation
D
the Renaissance
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The social contract theory states that

A
governments should always be allowed to encourage the spread of Protestantism.
B
farmers are required to give up some rights in exchange for government provided funding.
C
peasants should raise up against the wealthy to gain equal status within society.
D
citizens give up some liberties to government in exchange for protection of their self-interests.
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Who wrote The Leviathan, a 1651 publication about creating moral obligations to live in a civil society?

A
Thomas Hobbes
B
John Locke
C
Baron de Montesquieu
D
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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In France, philosophes discussed Enlightenment ideas in

A
barbershops.
B
restaurants.
C
salons.
D
taverns.
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One of Baron de Montesquieu’s key ideas was

A
separating church and state.
B
creating checks and balances.
C
establishing natural rights.
D
establishing equality within society.

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