What is the theory that the Earth is in the center of the universe?
geocentric theory
100
Who supported the idea of an "absolute monarchy" and published his views in a book called the "leviathan"?
What is Thomas Hobbes
100
Who called himself, "the first servant of the state"?
What is Frederick the Great
100
What social gatherings helped spread ideas of the enlightenment?
What is salons
100
Who were Franz Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Ludwig van Beethoven?
What is three composers in Vienna, Austria ranked among the greatest figures of the classical period of music at that time
200
Who proposed the heliocentric theory that said the stars, earth, and other planets revolved around the sun?
a. Tycho Brahe
b. Nicolaus Copernicus
c. Aristotle
What is b: Nicolaus Copernicus
200
John Locke said ALL people are born with what three natural rights?
What is life, liberty, and property?
200
Who said the enlightenment views expressed in the encyclopedia's articles fostered "moral corruption, irreligion, and unbelief."?
What is The French Government and Catholic Church
200
Who encouraged women to enter male dominated fields such as medicine and politics?
What is Mary Wollstonecraft
200
Denis Diderot published a large set of books which many leading scholars of Europe contributed articles and essays called ____?
What is Encyclopedia
300
Which italian scientist was warned by the Catholic church to stop defending the ideas of Copernicus?
What is Galileo Galilei
300
Montesquieu proposed what two ideas that have influenced our modern government today?
What is seperation and powers/ checks and balances
300
Who said, "I think therefore I am."
What is Rene Descartes
300
Mary Wollstonecraft disagreed with _____ that women's education should be secondary to men's?
What is Rousseau
300
What European art style was classified by grand, ornate design?
What is baroque
400
Who believed everything should be doubted until proved by reason?
What is Rene Descartes
400
Who believed the only good government was one that was freely formed by the people and guided by the "general" will of society (direct democracy) ?
What is Rousseau
400
who said, "... If all men are born free, then how is it that all women are born slaves?"
What is Mary Astell
400
Marie Therese Geoffrin financed the project of what leading philosopher?
a. George Friedrich Handel
b. Jonathon Swift
c. Denis Diderot
What is c. denis diderot
400
What were the monarchs called that embraced new ideas and made reforms that reflected the enlightenment spirit called?
What is enlightened despots
500
Who invented the first telescope?
What is Zacharias Janssen
500
Who wanted to abolish torture and thought the punishment should be based on the seriousness of the crime?
What is Beccaria
500
Who said, "I do not agree with a word you say but will defend to the death your right to say it"?
What is Voltaire
500
Emilie du chatelet was an aristocrat who translated _____'s work from latin into french
What is Issac Newton
500
Which rulers views about enlightenment ideas changed after a massive rebellion of serfs in 1773?