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Philosophes
Enlightened Despots
The Scientific Revolution
Miscellaneous
The American Revolution
100
This was America's philosopher who coined the phrase "life, liberty, and property"
Who is John Locke
100
What does monarch mean?
King/Queen
100
The Scientific Revolution led to this later event by encouraging the philosophes to apply logic in the quest for worldly answers.
What is the Enlightenment
100
This summer blockbuster with a blue main character was an offshoot of an earlier successful movie about her orange friend.
What is Finding Dory
100
This became the battle cry for colonists during the American Revolution.
What is "NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!"
200
This philosophe wrote Leviathan and first developed the idea of Social Contract.
Who is Thomas Hobbes
200
She was the leader of Russia and although she claimed to be enlightened, she actually did very little to help her people.
Who is Catherine the Great
200
True or False: Galileo and other scientists of the Scientific Revolution denied the existence of God.
What is false
200
Released late in 2015, the hit song "Hello" sits on top as the top song of 2016. Who sang this song?
Who is Adele
200
Name one of the two events that were consequential in sparking the American Revolution.
What is the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party
300
This philosophe was the most radical and called for people to overthrow bad government.
Who is Jean Jacques Rosseau
300
This man was the King of Prussia and enacted policies such as draining swamp land and making Prussian government more efficient.
Who is Frederick the Great
300
Galileo was from the city of Pisa in this country, the home of the leaning tower of Pisa and the famous Colosseum.
What is Italy
300
With just over 14% of the world speaking it, this language is easily the most spoken native language in the world.
What is Mandarin (Chinese)
300
This document was issued by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776 to rally American colonists to the revolutionary cause.
What is the Declaration of Independence.
400
This philosophe wrote the Encyclopediaé.
Who is Diderot
400
Which two institutions opposed the philosophes as well as the enlightened monarchs?
Who are the aristocracy and the Catholic church
400
This Scientist proposed the natural of gravity and is the father of calculus.
Who is Sir Isaac Newton
400
Konnichiwa! With a population of just under 38 million, this is the most populous city in the World.
What is Tokyo, Japan
400
This was the document that ended the American Revolutionary War.
What is the Treaty of Paris of 1783
500
What french phrase did the physiocrat Adam Smith use to describe his desire for government to stay out of business.
What is laissez-faire.
500
This man was known as the peasant emperor and was the most radical of all of the enlightened monarchs.
Who is Josef II
500
This theory concerning the earth's location in the universe was defended by Copernicus and Galileo but deemed heretical by the Catholic church.
What is Theory of Heliocentricity.
500
Declaring independence in 2011, this country is the newest country in the World.
What is South Sudan
500
This is where the first shot of the American Revolution was fired.
What is Lexington