The Enlightenment
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- Q 1/16Score 0Argued that people have natural rights, purpose of government was to protect rights, people are the source of the power and must give consent to ruler29Locke
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- Q1Argued that people have natural rights, purpose of government was to protect rights, people are the source of the power and must give consent to rulerLocke30s
- Q2Argued in favor of freedom of expression, freedom of religion, and separation of church and stateVoltaire30s
- Q3Wrote the "social-contract" that says people in society make agreements with one another and their governments to be moral and law abiding citizens for the welfare of allRousseau30s
- Q4Belief that the Monarch rules by God's willdivine right theory30s
- Q5Believed an abuse of power could be avoided by having a separation of powerMontesquieu30s
- Q6Time period in Europe when monarchies centralized complete powerAge of Absolutism30s
- Q7The rights of life, liberty and property that people are born with and should be guaranteed to have according to Lockenatural rights30s
- Q8An intellectual movement that stressed reason and thought and sought to discover laws that govern human behavior and societyEnlightenment30s
- Q9Political idea that different branches of government should share powerSeparation of Powers30s
- Q10To think about something logically and carefullyReason30s
- Q11Influenced the Enlightenment by providing a method to learn knowledge and demonstrated that it is ok to challenge authorityScientific Revolution30s
- Q12An ruler that embraced the ideals of the EnlightenmentEnlightened Despot30s
- Q13Enlightenment led to political revolutions in all of these except....Latin AmericaAmericaChinaFrance30s
- Q14Example of an Enlightened DespotIvan the TerribleWilliam WilberforceLouis XIVCatherine the Great30s
- Q15Influenced by the Enlightenment to fight for women's equalityMary WollstonecraftElizabeth ICatherine the GreatAkbar the Great30s
