Enlightenment Thinkers
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- Q1The Enlightenment thinkers believed government could be based on:natural bornnatural lawnatural rights60s
- Q2Enlightenment thinkers believed that natural law could be discovered through:religious beliefhuman reasonmeditation60s
- Q3According to Thomas Hobbes, the people agree to be ruled by a ruler if:the ruler is voted into officetheir rights are taken awaythe ruler protects their rights60s
- Q4According to John Locke, people naturally have a right to:life, liberty, and the pursuit of happinesslife, liberty, and propertyfree speech, religion, and movement60s
- Q5According to Baron de Montesquieu, government power should be:separated, so no one part of government becomes too powerfulseparated into two branchesgiven to a king60s
- Q6Voltaire argued that people should:be able to speek freelybe ruled by a kinghave the power to elect a president60s
- Q7Legislative power means:law making powerlaw enforcing powerlaw interpretation power60s
- Q8Many of the Enlightenment thinkers ideas are found in:Both the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitutionthe Declaration of Independencethe U.S. Constitution60s
- Q9According to John Locke, people were given God-given rights called:natural lawfreedom rightsnatural rights60s
- Q10Which French philosopher sought to defend civil liberties? This philosopher wrote Candide.Jean-Jacques RouseauVoltaireCesare BeccariaBaron de Montesquieu60s
- Q11Who wrote Vindication for the Rights of Women ?Mary WollstonecraftJean-Jacques RousseauJohn LockeCesare Beccaria60s
- Q12Which Enlightenment philosopher wrote on political theory and advocating a separation of powers ? He wrote " The Spirit of the Laws" in which he distinguised democracy from other types of government.Baron de MontesquieuJohn LockeCesare BeccariaJean-Jacques Rousseau60s
- Q13Which philospher wrote the first statement (treatise) of principles governing criminal justice?Baronnn de MontesquieuVotaireCesare BeccariaJean-Jacques Rousseau60s
- Q14Which Enlightenment philosopher thought that people are good by nature but have been corrupted by society and civilization?VoltaireJean-Jacques RousseauMary WollstonecraftJohn Locke60s
- Q15What is the original legislative assembly of England?ParliamentBundestagSenateHouse of Respresentatives60s