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

Thomas Hobbes

John Locke

Baron de Montesquieu

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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What traditional idea did Enlightenment thinkers challenge to improve the lives and freedoms of ordinary people?

government.

medicine.

religion.

science.

One of Baron de Montesquieu’s key ideas was

separating church and state.

creating checks and balances.

establishing natural rights.

establishing equality within society.

Which statement best characterizes the ideas of John Locke?

People are naturally reasonable.

People are naturally selfish and violent.

Governments create unequal societies.

Government should be separate from religion.

Which statement best characterizes the ideas of Thomas Hobbes?

People are naturally reasonable.

People are naturally selfish and violent.

Governments create unequal societies.

Government should be separate from religion.

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

People are naturally reasonable.

People are naturally selfish and violent.

Governments create unequal societies.

Government should be separate from religion.

The social contract theory states that

governments should always be allowed to encourage the spread of Protestantism.

farmers are required to give up some rights in exchange for government provided funding.

peasants should raise up against the wealthy to gain equal status within society.

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

A difference between the ideas of Hobbes and Locke was that

Hobbes believed life without government was difficult, while Locke believed safety was more important than freedom.

Hobbes believed government should not take away certain natural rights, while Locke believed people have the right to rebel.

Hobbes believed people have the right to rebel, while Locke believed life without government was difficult.

Hobbes believed life without government was difficult, while Locke believed people have the right to rebel.

A political effect of the Enlightenment was that

some monarchs embraced new ideas from the movement.

support for rebels fighting the French Revolution decreased.

many people rejected the idea of representative government.

the constitutional monarchy in England came to an end.

Which movement happened last in Europe?

the Enlightenment

the Middle Ages

the Reformation

the Renaissance

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