World History
Which phrase best describes the concept of natural law?
Rules discoverable by reason
Natural law?
Rules discovered by reason, could be used to study human behavior and solve society's problems.
"_____" believed in powerful government?
Thomas Hobbes
Who is the author of Leviathan?
Thomas Hobbes
"_____" thought government powers should be divided among three branches?
Montesquieu
The philosophe who used sarcasm to expose government abuse was?
Voltaire
Dennis Diderot edited a what?
28-volume Encyclopedia.n
Who focused on natural laws like other thinkers?
Adam Smith.
Hobbes believed in what?
An absolute monarchy
Wollstonecraft ideas and works?
Equal education for girls and boys
Who were the physiocrats?
French thinkers who focused on economics
Social Contract
Giving up their freedom in exchange for an organized society/
Which statement best describes the ideas of Hobbes and Rousseau?
Hobbes believed people in their natural state were bad; Rousseau believed they were good.
Who described the era of the 1700s as "enlightened"?
Immanuel Kant
How did the Scientific Revolution lead to the Enlightenment?
It encouraged people to use reason to try to understand social, political, and economic issues.
Who wrote that people have a natural right to overthrow a government that violates their rights?
John Locke
Allowing business to operate with little government interference is called a "_____"?
Laissez Faire
Smith ideas and works?
Laissez faire, allow business to operate with little government interference
Physiocrats rejected mercantilism in favor of a policy of?
Laissez faire.
According to laissez-faire economist Adam Smith, a government should?
Let free market forces drive the economy.
Rules discovered by the use of reason are known as "_____".
Natural Law
Rousseau ideas and works?
Only freely elected government could impose and control people.
Which term describes the love of, or the search for, wisdom or knowledge?
Philosophy
"_____" put his faith in the "general will" of the people?
Rousseau
How did Jean-Jacques Rousseau's beliefs differ from many Enlightenment thinkers?
Rousseau believed the good of the community as a whole was most important.
What event revolutionized thinking and led to the Enlightenment?
Scientific Revolution
Montesquieu ideas and works?
Seperation of powers, check and balances
Voltaire ideas and works?
Supported freedom of speech, used sarcasm to expose abuse of monarchies and church.
Which book stated that only freely elected governments should impose control on people?
The Social Contract
Locke ideas and works?
The government has obligation to those it governs. People form governments to protect their natural rights of life, liberty, and property.
"My trade is to say what I think." Who said this?
Voltaire