test review enlightenment. who wrote the first encyclopedia? diderot
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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
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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