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The Enlightenment was also known as this as it was spreading rapidly across Europe in the late 17th century?
a) Age of Reason
b) Era of Change
c) Dawn of Knowledge
d) Renaissance

This person’s writings made many Enlightenment ideas accessible to the general public.
a) Thomas Paine
b) Benjamin Franklin
c) Edmond James
d) John Locke

Scientists like ____________ and writers like John Locke were challenging the old social, scientific, and political ideas during the Enlightenment.
a) Galileo
b) Leonardo de Vinci
c) Copernicus
d) Isaac Newton

Which Enlightenment thinker recommended separating power among executive, legislative, judicial branches?
a) Rousseau
b) Smith
c) Montesquieu
d) Voltaire

Which event dramatically increased maritime trade between the East and West?
a) Crusades
b) Age of Exploration
c) Enlightenment
d) Renaissance

Because of the Enlightenment; Kings could no longer rule by claiming this.
a) Popular Sovereignty
b) Public Soverignty
c) Public Support
d) Devine Right

French writer, playwright, and poet; frequently came into conflict with the Establishment as a result of his radical views and satirical writings.
a) Voltaire
b) Locke
c) Montesquieu
d) Rousseau

French philosopher and mathematician; developed dualistic theory of mind and matter.
a) Adam Smith
b) Locke
c) Descartes
d) Henry Hudson

Scottish economist, philosopher and author of The Wealth of Nations (1776), defined the workings of market economies and defended principles of liberty.
a) Voltaire
b) Adam Smith
c) Montesquieu
d) Rousseau

French philosopher and writer born in Switzerland; believed that the natural goodness of man was warped by society.
a) Rousseau
b) Descartes
c) Adam Smith
d) Locke

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