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Module 18: Enlightenment
Module 18: Enlightenment
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1
Thomas Hobbes talked about:
The people should have the power
The monarch must be all powerful to control the people
The power should be held by the clergy
The power should be divided
2
The Enlightenment was also known as _________________.
The Age of Reason
The Age of Absolutism
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Empires
3
Rationalism was a method made by _______________.
Galileo
Francis Bacon
Rene Descartes
Tycho Brahe
4
The the American System, Baron de Montesquieu;s ideas are known as ____________.
The Parliamentary System
The Fourth Estate
The Bicameral Legislature
The Separation of Powers
5
Adam Smith’s ideas:
The Invisible hand of completions is best for the economy
The command economy is best
Mercantilism makes nations rich
The government should manage the economy
6
Catherine the Great was an Enlightened Monarch
False
True
7
Adam Smith’s ideas for the economy were known as ________________.
The invisible hand
Laissez-Faire Economics
The Communist Manifesto
The Market Economy
8
Emile was a book by ________________
John Locke
Voltaire
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Thomas Hobbes
9
Thomas Hobbes believed in a government by the people
False
True
10
Who helped the Americans defeat the British?
The French
The Spanish
The Dutch
The Hessians
11
The heliocentric theory replaced the earlier ______________.
Bibliocentric Theory
Geocentric theory
Copernican Theory
Aristotlean Theory
12
Thomas Hobbes believed God’s rules were _________________.
Natural Rights
Natural Concepts
Natural Selection
Natural Laws
13
Baron de Montesquieu believed the government should have ________________.
An absolute monarch
A balance of powers
Two estates of nobles and serfs
A balance between the clergy and nobles
14
Balancing powers was a belief promoted by _______________.
Baron de Montesquieu
Thomas Hobbes
Adam Driver
John Locke
15
An Italian lawyer who believed in fairness under the law was _____________.
Mussolini
Pavarotti
Caruso
Beccaria
16
Locke believed people had the right to ______________.
Get rid of bad rulers
Kill enemies of the people
Get jobs
Become their own kings
17
Deductive reasoning starts with _________________.
A belief
A generalization
Knowledge
A theory
18
The center of European thinking during the Enlightenment was ______________.
Rome
London
Paris
Berlin
19
Newton’s discoveries were made possible by _____________________.
Descartes and Bacon
Galen
Copernicus
Brahe and Harvey
20
Denis Diderot’s Encyclopedia was opposed by _________________
The King
The serfs
The church
The nobles
21
Understanding the Human Condition was a book by _____________.
Adam Smith
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Voltaire
22
Enlightenment thinkers believed in _________________ and progress.
Rationalism
Enlightenment
Positivism
Faith
23
The Encyclopedia was opposed by the church because it _____________.
It was not accurate
It gave people rebellious ideas
It made people harder to govern
Took the power of knowledge from the church
24
What was Francois Marie Arouet’s Pen name?
Emile
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Candide
Voltaire
25
Mary Wollstonecraft believed:
Women should rule the house and men should rule outside
Women were superior to men
Women were naturally inferior to men
Women should have equal rights
26
“… and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.”
Voltaire
Locke
Hobbes
Smith
27
The Crusades brought knowledge back from Muslims
False
True
28
Newton’s religious belief was _________.
Catholicism
Deism
Agnosticism
Atheism
29
A testable guess is called:
A hypothesis
A thesis
A theory
A Result
30
Inductive Reasoning starts with______________
Observation
Conclusion
Generalization
Thesis
31
The Wealth of Nations was a book by ____________.
Thomas Hobbes
Voltaire
Adam Smith
John Locke
32
What is NOT a scientific discovery pioneered by Newton?
Laws of gravity
laws of motion
Rules of calculus
Theory of general relativity
33
Which was NOT a new form of Enlightenment entertainment?
Plays
Novels
Orchestra Music
Opera
34
The Boston Tea Party was a _______________________
Meeting of British Officials
Protestant against taxes
Meeting of American colonists
Meeting of Economists from Europe
35
To discuss art and ideas, people gathered in ____________.
Speakeasies
Saloons
salons
Coffee shops
36
American colonists found support from _____________ in the Revolution.
England
Prussia
France
Spain
37
“Being all equal and independent no one out to harm another’s life, health or possessions” by
Voltaire
Hobbes
Locke
Rousseau
38
Who created the first encyclopedia?
Denis Diderot
Marie-Therese Geoffrin
Morgan Freeman
Enrico Suave
39
John Locke’s ideas influenced ____________________.
The Mexican Revolution
The Magna Carta
The American Revolution
The Glorious Revolution
40
After the English Civil War, __________________ wrote about the Social Contract.
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Adam Smith
41
Leviathan was a book by ________________.
Adam Smith
Thomas Hobbes
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
John Locke
42
Montesquieu’s ideas of divided powers is called _____________.
Divide and Rule
Adjustment
Checks and balances
Review and Renew
43
A fancy style of architecture from the Enlightenment was ___________
Nouveau
Deco
Neo-Classical
Baroque
44
The Vindication of the Rights of Women was written by ____________________.
Mary Stonecipher
Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Shelley
Lucretia Mott
45
An agreement between people to invest their rights with each other in a government is a:
Parliament
Social contract
Natural law
Monarchy
46
Scientists were challenging __________________.
Traditional power
The monarchs of Europe
Schools and libraries
Universities
47
The American colonies were angry at Britain because ______________.
The British didn’t pay high wages to colonials
The British didn’t pay them for goods
The British didn’t protect them from the French
They were being taxed without a voice in government
48
In his book, Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes described government like a __________________.
Sea Monster
Mountain
Household
Heavenly Kingdom
49
The Enlightened Monarch from Prussia was __________________.
Catherine the Great
Louis XIV
Joseph II
Frederick II
50
The first modern novel was ________________.
Robinson Caruso
Frankenstein
The Three Musketeers
Tale of Two Cities
51
Social critics were called _____________.
Sophists
Philosophers
Philosophes
Philistines
52
Hobbes believed the most powerful force in government should be: __________________.
The monarch
The people
The church
The nobility
53
Locke and Hobbes were influenced by ______________.
The English Civil War
The 30 years War
The Reformation
The Norman Conquests
54
Hoe did Voltaire criticize people with power?
Satire
Pictures
Editorials
Essays
55
John Lock’s ideas for shared basic needs was called ________________
Natural Concepts
Natural Law
Natural Rights
Natural Selection
56
Enlightenment thinkers supported women’s equality
True
False
57
Which empire did NOT colonize America?
French
Spanish
German
Dutch
58
The British wanted the American colonies because _____________.
They had too many people
They had to pay for wars
They wanted anything the French had
They wanted gold
59
John Locke believed without s king people would fight
False
True
60
Rousseau said ________________________________.
Enlightenment is the opiate of the masses
Man is born free, but everywhere is in chains
To know one’s master is to know who you aren’t to criticize
Give me liberty or give me death
61
What was NOT one of the main beliefs of the Philosophes?
Liberty
Equality
Reason
Nature
62
“… he is led by an invisible hand.” By
Voltaire
Hobbes
Smith
Locke
63
Western Civilization is rooted in Rome and Greece.
False
True
64
Enlightenment thinkers helped influence _____________________.
The Napoleonic Code
Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence
John Adam’s and the Treatise on the Rights of Man
George Washington and Federalism
65
Who went to school in Enlightenment Europe?
Rich and Poor Boys
All children
Rich boys.
Rich children
66
To stop American colonists from selling goods to other nations cheaply, Britain used the:
Navigation Act
Articles of Independence
Triangle Trade Policy
Stamp Act
67
John Locke’s ideas:
The power should be held by the clergy
The monarch must be all powerful to control the people
The power should be divided
The people should have the power
68
A style inspired by Greece and Rome was ___________________.
Romantic
Baroque
Rococo
Neoclassical
69
Before the Enlightenment people got truth and information from:
The Encyclopedia
The Greeks
The Dictionary
The Bible
70
The Heliocentric system was pioneered by ______________.
Newton
Tycho Brahe
Einstein
Galileo Galileo
71
John Locke believed in the rights of _________________.
Life, Love and Freedom
Life, Liberty and Property
Health, Wealth and Wisdom
Happiness, Life and Liberty
72
Baron de Montesquieu liked the _______________
American System
French System
Roman System
British System
73
Some rulers embraced new ideas. They were called ________________.
Saintly Monarchs
Absolute Monarchs
Enlightened Monarchs
Benevolent Monarchs
74
Candide was a book by _______________.
Voltaire
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
75
“I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend with my life your right to say it”, was said by:
Voltaire
Jean-Jeacques Rousseau
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
76
A movement that valued reason and the individual:
The Middle Ages
The Renaissance
The Enlightenment
The Reformation
77
Understanding the universe was made possible through the _______________.
Scientific method
Talmud
Copernicus theory
Bible