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1. What is the name of the period in time in which people in 18th century Europe began to stress the importance of thinking and reasoning, and education could help understand and help solve society’s problems?
a) A. Enlightenment
b) B. Age of Exploration
c) C. Revolution
d) D. Golden Age

2. What is a principle of the federal U.S. government where each branch has power over another branch?
a) A. Separation of Powers
b) B. Consent of the Governed
c) C. Checks and Balances
d) D. Social Contract

3. What is the belief that individuals have basic rights and cannot be taken away; life, liberty, and property?
a) A. Consent of the Governed
b) B. Natural Rights
c) C. Checks and Balances
d) D. Social Contract

4. When a group of people give up some freedoms to agree to organize society, defining the rights, duties, and responsibilities of the governed and the government?
a) A. Social Meeting
b) B. Check and Balances
c) C. Separation of Powers
d) D. Social Contract

5. Describe what the state of nature is according to John Locke.
a) A. A state in which there are no laws, no government, and no protection of rights.
b) B. A state in which a government is abusing its power.
c) C. A state at which there are laws, but they protect only the rich.
d) D. A state in which there are laws, government, and protection of rights.

“ A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may be defined as a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people”How does this quote reflect the influence of the Enlightenment ideas on the Founding Fathers?
a) A. They had reservations about self-government
b) B. They were concerned with property rights
c) C. They supported individual liberties
d) D. They created a limited monarchy

1. How are the Enlightenment ideas that influenced the Founding Fathers reflected in modern institutions?
a) A. Colonies have been re-established to preserve popular sovereignty
b) B. Oligarchies have increased to safeguard natural rights
c) C. The United Nations promotes universal human rights
d) D. The European Union encourages economic stability

10. Which right is an example of Enlightenment Ideas?
a) A. 5th amendment self-incrimination protection
b) B. 1st amendment freedom of religion guarantees
c) C. 1st amendment freedom of speech guarantees
d) D. 4th amendment search and seizure protection

11. The writers and philosophers of the Enlightenment believed the government decisions should be based on
a) A. Fundamental religious beliefs
b) B. Traditional values
c) C. Laws of nature and reason
d) D. The concept of divine right of kings

12. Writers of the Enlightenment were primarily interested in
a) A. Debating the role of the church in society
b) B. Promoting increased power for Europeans monarchs
c) C. Supporting the divine right theory
d) D. Changing the relationship between people and their government

13. Which philosopher of the Enlightenment defined separation of powers and a system of checks and balances?
a) A. Montesquieu
b) B. Locke
c) C. Hobbes
d) social contract

14. These are limited imposed on all the branches of a government by vesting in each branch the right to amend or void those acts of another branch that fall within its power.
a) separation of powers
b) checks and balances
c) sovereign
d) social contract

Which of the following was not an idea from the Enlightenment?
a) People have natural rights
b) Problems can be solved by using reason
c) Kings ruled by divine right
d) Government should serve the people

The major contribution of the Enlightenment philosophers was the introduction of new ideas about
a) Government
b) Economics
c) Religion
d) Science

In exploring the relationship between governments and people, Thomas Hobbes argued that governments resulted from a social contract to maintain an orderly society. John Locke, another philosopher of the Enlightenment, inspired American revolutionarie
a) if a government failed to compel obedience
b) if a government violated people’s natural rights
c) if a government failed to protect people from economic inequality
d) if a government entered into alliances with foreign governments

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