The Enlightenment

Question 1

Which three topics became a major focus of the Enlightenment?

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rights and responsibilities, politics, reason

Question 2

The movement known as the Enlightenment occurred during

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the 1600s and 1700s.

Question 3

A political effect of the Enlightenment was that

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some monarchs embraced new ideas from the movement.

Question 4

One of Baron de Montesquieu’s key ideas was

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creating checks and balances.

Question 5

Many Enlightenment ideas were incorporated into

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the founding documents for the United States.

Question 6

How did the English Civil War affect the Enlightenment?

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The English Civil War caused many people to question the role of government, which sparked the imagination of Enlightenment thinkers.

Question 7

In France, philosophes discussed Enlightenment ideas in

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salons.

Question 8

Which statement best characterizes the ideas of Jean-Jacques Rousseau?

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Governments create unequal societies.

Question 9

Who wrote The Leviathan, a 1651 publication about creating moral obligations to live in a civil society?

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Thomas Hobbes

Question 10

The social contract theory states that

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citizens give up some liberties to government in exchange for protection of their self-interests.

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