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Enlightenment Thinkers

Quiz by Paul Bachman

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  • Q1
    This mathematician made the statement "I think, therefore I am" indicating that people are important because of their ability to reason.
    Rene Descartes
    Voltaire
    John Locke
    Jean Jacques Rousseau
    30s
  • Q2
    This Enlightenment thinker gave us the idea of separation of powers and the three branches of government.
    Rene Descartes
    Baron de Montesquieu
    David Hume
    Voltaire
    30s
  • Q3
    This Enlightenment thinker felt that if government does not do the will of the people, we must abolish it.
    Nicolas Copernicus
    John Locke
    Rene Descartes
    Francis Bacon
    30s
  • Q4
    When most felt the Earth was at he center of the universe, this thinker introduced he Heliocentric theory making him dangerous to the ruler.
    Gallileo
    Jean Jacques Rousseau
    Copernicus
    Montesquieu
    30s
  • Q5
    This philosopher during the French Revolution believed that government was a social contract and that we are corrupted by society.
    Descartes
    John Locke
    Jean Jacques Rousseau
    Voltaire
    30s
  • Q6
    This Enlightenment thinker was known as the father of capitalism (our economic system) and that labor or the people are the backbone of the system.
    Francis Bacon
    John Locke
    Adam Smith
    Montesquieu
    30s

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