Vocab
What is the definition Of: Clergy
Ex: People who are priests, ministers, or other religious leaders
What is the definition of radical?
What university did John Locke go to?
Oxford University and/ or Westminster School
Who wrote the Persian Letters?
Baron de Montesquieu
What did Thomas Hobbes Believe you should do if you don't like how your ruler is acting?
Overthrow them
What is the definition of plague?
Ex: A disease that is deadly and spreads rapidly
What is a diplomat?
Ex: A person in government whose work is dealing with governments of other nations; also, someone who is very good at dealing with others
Why did Issac Newton have to spend time in the dark for several days?
He was trying to see what would happen if he stared at the sun with one eye
Why did Hobbes believe that there should be an absolute ruler?
Possible answer: To make the laws for the peace and safety of the population
BONUS!!!
What did Issac Newton's Principia Mathematica explain?
BONUS: How was it explained?
1. The laws of Gravity, and the laws of motion
2. Im Mathematical terms
Ex: a slow, graceful dance that involves much bowing and toe-pointing
What is the definition of philosophy
Ex: The study of human thought about the meaning of life and the natural world
Why did Rene Descartes join the military?
Because he loved to travel
True or false?
Thomas Hobbes believed in God
TRUE
Who did Rene Descartes live with as a kid?
His grandmother
What is the definition of censorship?
Ex: The act of removing or holding back anything thought not right for people to see or hear
What is the definition of Gravity?
Ex: the force that pulls objects in the Earth's atmosphere towards the Earth
True or false?
Thomas Hobbes was a pessimist
TRUE
How old was Thomas Hobbes when he entered Oxford University?
15
How did Descartes die?
Pneumonia
What is the definition of pessimist?
What does the phrase "Limited Monarchy" mean?
Ex: Government in which a ruler shares his or her power with another governing body such as Parliment
Why did people not like Voltaire's books?
Rene Descartes work caught which ruler's attention?
Queen Christina of Sweden
Where did Descartes go after he was in the army?
Holland