This was the new intellectual movement that stressed reason and thought.
What is the Enlightenment?
100
The Enlightenment Philosopher who believed that women should be treated equally to men.
Who was Mary Wollstonecraft?
100
He supported the theories of Copernicus. He also discovered that falling objects accelerate at fixed and predictable rates.
Who was Galileo?
100
A logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas.
What is the scientific method?
100
The theory that puts the earth in the center of the universe which was what the church believed this they said God created the earth.
What is the geocentic theory?
200
Who was the Polish scientist who discovered the sun was the center of the universe?
Who was Copernicus?
200
The philosopher who believed that rulers should be as powerful as a Leviathon, or sea monster, and people were evil by nature.
Who was Thomas Hobbes?
200
The Enlightenment was a revolution of:
culture, wars, science, medicine, or ideas
What are thoughts and new ideas (about society and government)?
200
They believed that people should apply reason to all aspects of life and discussed politics and ideas together.
Who or what were philosophes?
200
The theory that the sun is the center of the universe and all planets and the earth revolve around it. This was at odds with church teachings.
What is heliocentric?
300
Believed that in a state of nature people are always at war, are cruel, and life is short.
Who was Hobbes?
300
The Enlightenment Philosopher who believed that people were good by nature could rule themselves.
Who was John Locke?
300
Believed that power should not be concentrated in one place, like a King, but should be separated into branches of government.
Who was Montesquieu?
300
This theory is based on private ownership of property and profit?
What is capitalism?
300
This philosophe strongly disagreed with other philosophes. He argued for a social contract that was guided by the general will of the majority of citizens.
Who was Jean Jacques Rousseau?
400
The scientist/mathematician that discovered the laws of gravity.
Who was Newton?
400
The Enlightenment Philosopher who wrote works of satire mocking the nobility and clergy, and believed in freedom of speech and religious tolerance.
Who was Voltaire?
400
The French philosopher who believed that the only good government was formed by the people and guided by the "general will" of society.
Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Hobbes, or Voltaire.
Who was Rousseau?
400
An agreement between society and government by which people create a government and allow it power over them.
What is the social contract?
400
Name one enlightened despot.
Who was Catherine the Great, Frederick the Great, or Joseph II?
500
The English politician and writer who urged scientists to experiment and draw conclusions. He criticized the techniques of the ancient and medieval scholars.
Who was Sir Francis Bacon?
500
The Enlightenment Philosopher who believed that torture was not a good way to get confessions and punishment should fit the crime.
Who was Beccaria?
500
He developed analytical geometry and believed everything should be doubted until proven by reason.
Descartes, Bacon, Newton, Copernicus.
Who was Rene Descartes?
500
The division of power among different branches of government.
What is separation of powers?
500
Which of the following did the Enlightenment NOT promote:
A non-religious view
A serious trust in science
A belief in progress
A deep trust in religious faith