Enlightenment

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Social Studies

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8th Grade

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Hard

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6.3.CC

Standards-aligned

Christopher Weir

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7 Slides • 13 Questions

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The Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolution were both times of great...

Multiple Choice

What does the term 'Enlightenment' emphasize in the context of this image?

Faith over reason

Reason over superstition

Tradition over innovation

Emotion over logic

Multiple Choice

What are the main ideas of the Enlightenment as presented in the image?

Use of reason and science to improve society

Truth comes from tradition

Humans do not have natural rights

Governments can ignore human rights

Multiple Choice

What are the stages of demands for rights as outlined in the Great Chain of Revolution?

Nobles, wealthy common men, poor common men, women, minorities

Women, minorities, poor common men, wealthy common men, nobles

Poor common men, wealthy common men, nobles, women, minorities

Minorities, women, poor common men, wealthy common men, nobles

Multiple Choice

What does the Great Chain of Being represent in terms of how a civilization or society organizes itself?

A fixed order of existence

A flexible social structure

A system of government

A system of loose order

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Level 2 Question: Explain why having a balanced government would be viewed as a good thing by people of the time after centuries under the rule of Kings, and nobles.

Type response here

Multiple Choice

Which principle of U.S. government is illustrated in the sequence shown above?

Royal Power

Checks and Balances

Democracy

Communism

Multiple Choice

What are the natural rights that John Locke believed people are born with?

Life

Liberty

Property

All of the above

Multiple Choice

Locke's inalienable rights include...

life, liberty, and property

pizza, chips, and soda

life, property, and travel

freedom of speech, freedom to bear arms, and freedom of assemble

Multiple Choice

What is the main idea of Rousseau's concept of the Social Contract?

A deal between the people and the government

The King decides everything

A form of dictatorship

A method of taxation

Multiple Choice

Rousseaux believed that governments only ruled while the people____________

Agreed to be ruled by them.

Had a big army.

Were asleep.

loved the king.

Multiple Choice

What are the key principles that Thomas Jefferson favored regarding government and individual freedom?

Limited government and individual freedom

Centralized power and limited freedom

Government control and individual rights

No government and total freedom

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