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Question 5 • CMS 2026-2027 Founding Principles of the US and NC: Civic Literacy CREDIT RECOVERY

What did European philosophers during the Enlightenment believe? Choose three correct answers.

Answer
A
Existing ideas about politics did not require improvement.
B
Science and reason could help them understand the world.
C
Monarchies and the church were good models of authority.
D
They could learn from ancient Greek and Roman thinkers.
E
Human nature could be studied using the scientific method.

Explanation

Enlightenment philosophers valued reason and evidence, believing science could help explain the world and that human nature could be studied systematically. Many also drew on the ideas of ancient Greek and Roman thinkers. They often questioned traditional political and religious authority, so they did not generally accept that existing political ideas needed no improvement or that monarchies and the church were ideal models.

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