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Enlightenment and Big Ideas

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  • Q1
    What was the time period in Europe during the 1600's called, where thinkers applied the laws of nature to people and society?
    Age of Discovery
    The Enlightenment
    Medieval Times
    Middle Ages
    120s
  • Q2
    Who believed that people need a strong ruler because people are too selfish to rule themselves?
    John Locke
    Baron de Montesquieu
    Thomas Hobbes
    Thomas Jefferson
    120s
  • Q3
    What is the name of the concept that states that people give up some of their power in exchange for protection from the government?
    separation of powers
    three branches
    social contract
    limited government
    120s
  • Q4
    Which Enlightenment thinker believed that all people are born equal and free?
    John Locke
    Thomas Jefferson
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    Thomas Hobbes
    120s
  • Q5
    The right to life, liberty and property are given THIS name.
    born rights
    separation of powers
    social contract
    natural rights
    120s
  • Q6
    According to John Locke, if a government does not protect people's natural rights, people have a right to do THIS.
    revolt
    immigrate
    nothing
    anarchy
    120s
  • Q7
    Who was the French thinker who believed that people deserved freedom, liberty and the right to decide on their own government?
    Rousseau
    Hobbes
    Locke
    Jefferson
    120s
  • Q8
    Who was the French thinker who wrote about a way to limit government power by dividing government into three branches?
    Rousseau
    Hobbes
    Locke
    Montesquieu
    120s
  • Q9
    Which big idea means that people make their own decisions on how government should be run?
    limited government
    due process
    rule of law
    self-government
    120s
  • Q10
    Which big idea of government means people have the right to fair and reasonable laws that are applied equally to all citizens?
    rule of law
    due process
    self-government
    rights
    120s
  • Q11
    What big idea that means ALL people must follow the law and ALL people experience the same consequences when the law is broken?
    self-government
    rights
    rule of law
    due process
    120s
  • Q12
    What big idea means that the power of the government is not endless and it only has the powers given to it by a Constitution or other governing document?
    limited government
    rights
    due process
    rule of law
    120s

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