General
Philosophes
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Primary works
100

This is where the Enlightenment began.

Where is Paris?

100

The belief that all knowledge is sensory, rejecting the idea that abilities are inherited. 

What is tabula rasa?

100

Philosophes believed that this was the source of all wealth.

What is land?

100

Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II established a centralized system of this.

What is education?

100

This artist demonstrated the evolution from patronage to public support of the arts.

Who is Mozart?

200

This philosophe contributed 5,000 articles to the Encyclopedia.

Who is Diderot?

200

Which philosophe believed that each person was born a "tabula rasa", or blank slate?

Who is Locke

200

Locke argued that monarchs derived their power from where?

What is the Social Contract?

200

Both Montesquieu and Voltaire favored the government system of which country?

What is England?

200

Adam Smith's economic theory that called for governments to leave individuals alone to choose what is in their best economic interests.

What is "laissez-faire"?

300

Salons in Paris were hosted mainly by whom?

Who are women?
300

Montesquieu was the first philosophe to address this issue..

What is slavery?

300

The term used to describe the thought that monarchs would impose reforms that would benefit their subjects.

What is Enlightened Absolutism?

300

What type of government did Montesquieu believe could guarantee both order and freedom?

What is Constitutionalism?

300

His work, The Spirit of Laws, used observation and analysis to understand the social and political foundations of states.

Who is Montesquieu?
400

How did salons spread enlightenment ideas?

What is by allowing private discussions without fear of police interference.

400

This was Voltaire's favorite target for criticism.

What is the church?

400

The Late Enlightenment is characterized by the rediscovery of this.

What is culture?

400

One of the main reasons that monarchs instituted educational reforms was to ensure that there were enough of which of the following.

Educated priests

Educated civil servants


400

Rousseau's The Social Contract called for surrendering of natural rights to this.

What is the general will?

500

The rococo style depended on what new material that was imported from China?

What is porcelain?

500

Kant believed that individuals understand the universe through this.

What is the own unique experiences?

500
This was a key factor in the development of the concept of public opinion during the late eighteenth century.

What is an increase in the publication of newspapers?

500

British economists applied this concept to their understanding of the workings of the economy.

What is freedom?

500

Philosophes helped create which modern discipline?

What is history?