
Enlightenment
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Social Studies
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8th Grade
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Practice Problem
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Hard
Standards-aligned
Christopher Weir
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7 Slides • 13 Questions
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Dropdown
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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
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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
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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
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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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Open Ended
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.
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Multiple Choice
Which principle of U.S. government is illustrated in the sequence shown above?
Royal Power
Checks and Balances
Democracy
Communism
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Multiple Choice
What are the natural rights that John Locke believed people are born with?
Life
Liberty
Property
All of the above
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Multiple Choice
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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
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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.
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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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