Deck 16: The Enlightened

Question 1

The Enlightenment describes an array of intellectual and cultural activities of the ___________.

Answer 1

1700s

Question 2

The Enlightenment writers called themselves

A) Sophists.
B) revolutionaries.
C) philosophes.
D) reformists.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Enlightenment thinkers were mostly academics.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Enlightenment writers wrote mostly in essay form.

Question 5

The decision to revoke the _____________ played a part in triggering the Enlightenment.

Question 6

England's Glorious Revolution occurred in

A) 1610.
B) 1710.
C) 1598.
D) 1688.

Question 7

Louis XIV stripped _____________ of their legal rights.

Question 8

After James II was dethroned, his daughter ___________ took his place.

Question 9

_______ is commonly regarded as the first philosophe.

Question 10

John Locke considered civil rights the right to life, liberty, and __________.

Question 11

Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations attacked the ideas of mercantilism.

Question 12

Adam Smith developed the concept of free market capitalism, which

A) believes in a finite economy.
B) promotes supply and demand.
C) rejects supply and demand.
D) sees markets as unimportant.

Question 13

_______ launched a campaign against religious intolerance in the 17th century.

A) John Locke
B) Adam Smith
C) Pierre Bayle
D) Voltaire

Question 14

Who wrote Candide?

A) Rousseau
B) Voltaire
C) Diderot
D) Hume

Question 15

Who said: "Mankind is born free, but we see him everywhere in chains?"

A) Louis XIV
B) Locke
C) Adam Smith
D) Rousseau

Question 16

____________ is the belief in a god who, having created the universe, then plays no role in the affairs of humans.

Question 17

Hasidim is the Hebrew term for "Enlightenment."

Question 18

Salons were

A) literary-minded gatherings in private homes.
B) luxurious carriages.
C) lavish parties at court.
D) controlled by the kings.

Question 19

Who were the main proponents of the Enlightenment?

A) the urban poor
B) the aristocracy
C) the churches
D) the bourgeoisie

Question 20

What was the name of the acts that offered rights to Jews?

A) Acts of Toleration
B) Acts of Peace
C) Acts of Kindness
D) Acts of Israel