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Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Rulers
New Ideas
New Ideas
100
French for "Let the people do what they want"
What is laissez-faire?
100
Term used by John Locke that means Blank Slate
What is tabula rasa?
100
Successor of Maria Theresa
Who is Joseph II?
100
The Social Contract Theory was created by this man
Who is Jean Jacques Rousseau.
100
The three areas of the world that fought in the Seven Years War
What is England, India, and North America?
200
Eighteenth century French philosopher
What is philosophe?
200
Not religious; of the world
What is secular?
200
Leader of Prussia who increased the size of the army, granted limited freedom of speech and religion; did not free serfs
Who is Frederick the Great?
200
The role of this group was to do good works
What is The Mission?
200
The three branches of government and who is in charge of each
What is Executive branch-President, Legislative branch-Senate and House of Representatives, and Judicial branch-Supreme Court?
300
Power is divided between the state and national governments
What is federal system?
300
Branches of government have separate but equal powers and are controlled with a system of checks and balances
What is separation of powers?
300
Leader of Russia who was familiar with the works of the Enlightenment leaders but chose to do nothing about it
Who is Catherine the Great?
300
Adam Smith said the government is to provide three things for its people
What is army, police, keep up public works?
300
This treaty ended the seven years war in 1763
What is The Treaty of Paris?
400
Artistic style that emphasized grace and charm
What is rococo?
400
Religious philosophy supported by Voltaire and other philosophes in which God created the world but left it to be ruled by natural law
What is Deism?
400
Austrian leader that did not believe in the Enlightenment principles and wanted to centralize the government
Who is Maria Theresa?
400
Describe an invention that helped spark the Scientific Revolution and its impact.
What is a telescope, microscope, mathematics, printing press, etc.?
400
He discovered the Earth traveled around the sun, which was motionless
Who is Copernicus?
500
Rulers attempt to rule using enlightenment ideas while maintaining royal powers
What is Enlightened Absolutism?
500
Earth is the center of the universe
What is Geocentric?
500
This Austrian leader implemented many Enlightenment reforms, yet his reign was largely considered a failure
Who is Joseph II?
500
Explain why the Catholic Church was upset about what Copernicus and Galileo were saying concerning the universe.
What is a challenge to the church which could cause people to think that they have lied about everything and start to question everything the church says?
500
Give 2 reforms that Joseph II enacted as Emperor of Austria and then explain why his reign was considered a failure.
What is freed serfs, religious reforms? The nobles were upset the serfs were freed, the serfs didn't understand why things were changing, and the Catholic church was upset about the religious reforms