The Enlightenment

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1

Who argued that all humans are born with natural rights?

Locke

Hobbes

Montesquieu

Machiavelli

  32% got this right

2

What are the “natural rights” argued?

Life, Liberty, Equality, Property

Life. Liberty, Equality, Popularity

Life, Freedom, Equality, Property

Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, Wollstonecraft

40% got this right

3

Who argued that government and powers should be separated?

Montesquieu

Hobbes

Locke

Machiavelli

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4

What describes a system in which each branch of government has some power over the other?

Separation of powers

Exclusion

Checks and balances

Vindication

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5

Who, in their book Leviathan, proposed an idea called the social contract?

Hobbes

Locke

Montesquieu

Wollstonecraft

38% got this right

6

A social contract is:

An agreement between people and the government

Signed when you buy a car

Made between a bank and a customer

An agreement between governments around the world

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7

Who advocated for women’s educational and social equity?

Wollstonecraft

Hobbes

Locke

Montesquieu

46% got this right

8

Finish the quote: “A government that ignores women is a _______ one.”

Defective

Disrespectful

Educated

Erroneous

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9

Who was a leading thinker in modern political science and ethics?

Machiavelli

Hobbes

Locke

Montesquieu

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10

Enlightenment thinkers began to criticize European governments ruled by:

Monarchs

Hobbes

Presidents

Prime Ministers

75% got this right

11

In a social contract, people give up some ________ and the government provides protection.

Freedoms

Agreements

Science

Philosophy

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12

Which of the following was not one of the topics focused on by Enlightenment thinkers to study government?

Science

Authority

Rights

Responsibility

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13

Locke said that if the government fails to protect people’s rights, then people have the right to:

Overthrow it

Leave

Die

Get over it

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14

What part of the Constitution explains the social contract (the relationship between people and government)?

Preamble

Article I

Article II

27th Amendment

  32% got this right

15

Which philosopher is noted for their belief in representative democracy?

Locke

Hobbes

Montesquieu

Machiavelli

  35% got this right