Enlightenment Study Guide
Define the following items in your own words. Write the term and explanation in
your notebooks.
1. Tradition:
2. Reason:
3. Observation:
4. Nature:
5. Rights:
6. Divine:
7. Social Contract:
8. Tolerant:
9. Indigenous:
10. Social Class:
11. Natural Rights:
12. Absolutism:
Answer the following questions in your own words. Write the question and answer
in your notebooks.
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What natural rights are people born with?
What role does religion play in making your daily decisions?
What means more to you, your individual happiness or safety?
What knowledge are humans born with? How do humans acquire additional
knowledge?
5. Do you believe everything that you are told? Why/Why not?
6. How do people gain authority?
7. Explain how reason can lead to knowledge?
8. What significance does the Declaration of Independence hold?
9. What is the US Constitution?
10. How can a revolution impact the people of a society?
Identify the significance of the following individuals. Write your answers in your
notebooks.
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Isaac Newton
Adam Smith
John Locke
Voltaire
Rousseau
Montesquieu
Thomas Jefferson