The Enlightenment

Question 1

Which statement best characterizes the ideas of Thomas Hobbes?

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People are naturally selfish and violent.

Question 2

One of Baron de Montesquieu’s key ideas was

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creating checks and balances.

Question 3

Which list states events of the Enlightenment in the correct order?

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i. The English Civil War comes to an end.ii. Locke builds on the ideas of Hobbes.iii. Montesquieu publishes Spirit of Laws.iv. Rousseau publishes The Social Contract.

Question 4

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

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government.

Question 5

Which three topics became a major focus of the Enlightenment?

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rights and responsibilities, politics, reason

Question 6

A difference between the ideas of Hobbes and Locke was that

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

Question 7

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

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Thomas Hobbes

Question 8

Which movement happened last in Europe?

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the Enlightenment

Question 9

A political effect of the Enlightenment was that

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some monarchs embraced new ideas from the movement.

Question 10

Baron de Montesquieu was an Enlightenment philosopher from

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France.

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