HWH Enlightenment QUIZ Review

Who wrote "Messiah" a BAROQUE masterpiece that is familiar to most people?

The powers of a[n] ______ are defined and limited by law.

Francois-Marie Arouet, exposed abuses of govt. & hated the slave trade, was better known as:

____ was an elegant charming style, featuring delicate shells and flowers.

Montesquieu believed the purpose of separation of powers was to:

______ wrote "Leviathan" and believed in SOCIAL CONTRACT, but once entered it was absolute.

In the ____ Great Britain and Scotland became the United Kingdom.

____ was written by VOLTAIRE, about a person traveling to find the best possible world.

A ___ was a place for social gatherings at which artists and thinkers exchanged ideas.

What was the book by ADAM SMITH that said a free-market should be allowed to regulate business?

Which of the following is a true statement about European peasants during the Enlightenment?

The ____ backed policies of the Glorious Revolution in England and backed Parliament.

A[n] ______ believed that natural laws could be used to define economic systems.

Who was the Editor and Writer of the controversial "Encyclopedia"?

Who was the PHILOSOPHE that believed people were basically good?

Joseph the II was an example of an ____, a ruler that used Enlightenment ideas to make changes.

He believed in social contract but that the contract could be broken.

_ were land owning aristocrats that wanted to keep old ways and supported the crown in England.

The ____ is the leader of the majority party in Parliament and the chief executive in England.

Thinkers during the Age of Reason challenged the established social order by:

Person who believed women should be free to chose and that girls and boys should be educated.

A _____ is a handful of Parliamentary advisers that help set policy.

_____ is a policy that allows businesses to operate without govt. interference. "Hands Off"

Which of the following was a new feature of English government in the late 1700s?

_____ is a grand and complex artistic style.

Life, Liberty, and Property are examples of Natural _______.

____ began composing at age 6, wrote operas, symphonies, and religious works.

Who was the daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft, that wrote Frankenstein?

A ____ was a "Lover of Wisdom" who used reason to lead to reforms in society.

Who dissolved his cabinet, made colonists pay for war debts, and suffered mental illness.

Joseph II adopted Enlightenment ideas to:

Who was the German Composer of religious music for choirs and organs?

____ is a government that the ruling power belongs to a few people.

___ was an agreement by which people gave up their natural state for organized society & govt.

Which of the following helped Britain become a global power in the 1700s?

This was England's WHIG leader, who was the first PRIME MINISTER.

This person wrote "Robinson Crusoe", and other works about everyday life:

____ is restricting access to ideas and information.

According to Hobbes and Locke,  _______ were rules that govern human nature.

_____ wrote "Spirit of Law" and came up with the 3 branches of government philosophy.