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