Test Review

Enlightenment

Who wrote the first Encyclopedia?

DIDEROT

Who wrote the theory of Deism?

VOLTAIRE

What is Deism?

God created the universe, but

does not interfere with day to day

Who wrote about Supply and Demand?

Adam Smith

Who was the first modern feminist?

Mary Woolstonecraf

t

Who was a child prodigy and famous composer?

MOZART

Who wrote about the importance of Separation

of Powers?

MONTESQUIEU

Who stated “ I think, therefor I am? “

DESCARTES

Who stated that your punishmentshould equal your crime?

CESARE BECCARIA

Who was the famous painter of the Rococo

style?

Antoine Watteau

Who stated that “people are born wicked and should not govern

themselves? ”

Thomas Hobbes

Who was the famous woman who hosted

salons?

Marie-Therese de

Geoffrin

What is a salon?

A gathering (party) where philosophes

would meet and discuss new

ideas

Who stated that “people are born innocent, but society ruins people’s

goodness?”

Rousseau

Who discovered the law of gravity while sitting under

an apple tree?

Sir Isaac Newton

Who stated that people are born with a blank slate

– tabula rasa?

JOHN LOCKE

Who argued that the power of men over women

was wrong?

MARY WOOLSTONECRAFT

Who developed calculus?

SIR ISAAC NEWTON

Who wrote the Wealth of Nations?

ADAM SMITH

Which philosophe inspired Thomas Jefferson?

JOHN LOCKE

Is the Enlightenment a conservative or a liberal

movement?

LIBERAL

Where did the Enlightenment begin?

FRANCE

What is tabula rasa?

A blank slate - meaning that we are born with a

blank mind

What is Popular Sovereignty?

Government should be created

by and for the people.

What does laissez-faire mean relating to business?

“Hands - off”The government does not

interfere with business relations.

Is the idea of checks and balances in the

Constitution or the Declaration of

Independence?

The Constitution

What is the law of inertia?

Things remain as they are, whether moving or resting

unless acted upon by some outside force.

Who invented the telescope?

The Dutch

Who was a famous Russian Monarch?

Catherine the Great

What does unalienable mean?

Rights that cannot be taken

away

What is a monarch?

KING or QUEEN

What are Enlightenment ideas that still influence us

today?

Women’s rights - Mary

Woolstonecraft

Separation of Powers-Montesquieu

Heliocentric point of view -Copernicus and Kepler

Supply and Demand - Adam Smith

Encyclopedia - Diderot

Law of Inertia - Galileo

Deism - Voltaire