Question 1

How did Enlightenment thinkers view the role of women? How much, if at all, did the Enlightenment affect the position of women in European society? Was their treatment of women a continuation or departure from their other beliefs?
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Question 2

How did Europeans tend to view themselves in relation to the other peoples of the world? What do you think were the major bases for this belief? What role did the Enlightenment play in changing Europeans' perceptions of their role in the world? 
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Question 3

Discuss the contributions made by women to the Scientific Revolution. What limited the participation of women in scientific endeavors? 
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Question 4

Discuss European attitudes toward Islam during the Enlightenment. Did the philosophes' animosity toward Christianity affect their perception of the Muslim religion? How much did they actually know about contemporary Muslim society and culture? 
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Question 5

Compare and contrast the Ptolemaic and the Copernican systems. Are they different from a technical or a conceptual perspective? What are the philosophical and religious implications of embracing one or the other?
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Question 6

Why is the Encyclopedia such a revolutionary work in the history of Western culture? What made this work so popular? Why did the French government and reactionary forces try to stop the publication and distribution of this work? What political impact did it have?
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Question 7

What is the connection between the discoveries of the Scientific Revolution and the development of deism? Was science essentially anti-Christian? Did early scientists have any religious concerns? Why do you think the intellectuals from the Enlightenment embraced deism rather than atheism?
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Quiz 22: The Age of European Enlightenment

How did Enlightenment thinkers view the role of women? How much, if at all, did the Enlightenment affect the position of women in European society? Was their treatment of women a continuation or departure from their other beliefs? Conceptual

How did Europeans tend to view themselves in relation to the other peoples of the world? What do you think were the major bases for this belief? What role did the Enlightenment play in changing Europeans' perceptions of their role in the world? Conceptual

Discuss the contributions made by women to the Scientific Revolution. What limited the participation of women in scientific endeavors? Conceptual

Discuss European attitudes toward Islam during the Enlightenment. Did the philosophes' animosity toward Christianity affect their perception of the Muslim religion? How much did they actually know about contemporary Muslim society and culture? Conceptual

Compare and contrast the Ptolemaic and the Copernican systems. Are they different from a technical or a conceptual perspective? What are the philosophical and religious implications of embracing one or the other? Conceptual

Why is the Encyclopedia such a revolutionary work in the history of Western culture? What made this work so popular? Why did the French government and reactionary forces try to stop the publication and distribution of this work? What political impact did it have? Conceptual