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He Blinded Me With Revolutionary Science
How Do You Pronounce Philosophe, Again?
Enlightenment Impact Makes My Head Hurt
Enlightenment Ideas, Words & Meanings
From Colonial Empire to American Revolution
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Who sat under an apple tree, got hit on the head, and discovered the law of gravity?
Sir Isaac Newton
100
What was the nationality of most philosophers of the Enlightenment?
French
100
What is the name for the elegant drawing rooms that philosophes and other writers, artists, aristocrats, and well-to-do members of society met in to discuss Enlightenment ideas?
Salons
100
What is the word that is derived from from Greek, meaning "the sun is at the center of the universe"?
Heliocentric
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What is the name of the document that the American colonists used to break free from Britain?
The Declaration of Independence
200
Who found himself on trial before the Catholic Church in 1632 for stating that "Earth rotates on its axis and revolves around the sun"?
Galileo
200
What French philosopher used reason to explain his existence, saying "I think, therefore I am"?
Rene Descartes
200
What is the most important reason that Enlightenment ideas spread so quickly throughout society?
The Growth of Reading
200
What is the subject that was studied by all of the contributors to the Scientific Revolution?
Mathematics
200
What is the name of the important document that our country is based on, that guarantees each of us citizens certain rights and freedoms?
The Constitution
300
What is the name of the person, who was not actually a scientist, who developed the scientific method?
Francis Bacon
300
Who is the French philosopher who came up with the idea of "separation of powers"
Montesquieu
300
What is the name of the great classical composer who was a child prodigy?
Mozart
300
What is the word derived from Greek, meaning "love for wisdom"?
Philosophy
300
What are the names of all three branches of government that come from Montesquieu's separation of powers idea?
The Executive branch (President), the Legislative branch (Congress), and the Judicial branch (Supreme Court)
400
Who is the prominent female scientist who criticized the growing belief that humans, through science, were masters of nature?
Margaret Cavendish
400
What is the name of the philosophy, based on reason and natural law, that was supported by Voltaire?
Deism
400
Who was the Russian monarch, who considered Enlightenment ideas, but in the end did nothing because she knew her success depended on the support of the Russian nobility?
Catherine the Great
400
What is the French term for the economic policy that was supported by Adam Smith, which essentially means that the government should leave the economy alone and not get involved?
Laissez-faire
400
What is the name of the important document that added ten original amendments to the Constitution?
The Bill of Rights
500
This highly qualified scientist, who discovered a comet, was denied a post as an assistant astronomer at the Berlin Acadamy because she was a woman
Maria Winkelmann
500
What French philosophe is remembered for inventing the Encyclopedia?
Diderot
500
What two major alliances were involved in The Seven Years' War in Europe? (YOU MUST NAME ALL FIVE COUNTRIES, WHICH TWO VS. THE OTHER THREE)
The British & Prussians vs. The Austrians, Russians, and the French
500
What are all four common words used by Enlightenment thinkers, who thought by using the scientific method, that they could create a better society? (YOU HAD TO WRITE ALL FOUR OF THESE WORDS IN YOUR POWERPOINT NOTES LAST WEEK!)
Reason, natural law, hope, & progress
500
What is the the three-word phrase that describes the Colonist's biggest complaint against England and why they decided to fight for independence?
Taxation without representation!!!