Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution Flashcard

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What was the main change in thinking during the Scientific Revolution?

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People started using reason and science to understand how things worked.

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Which two English thinkers were important figures of the Enlightenment? Options: Isaac Newton and Galileo Galilei, Thomas Hobbes and John Locke, René Descartes and Francis Bacon, Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Thomas Hobbes and John Locke

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What did Thomas Hobbes believe about human nature?

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People are naturally cruel and selfish.

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According to John Locke, what are the natural rights that belong to all humans?

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Life, liberty, and property

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Which Enlightenment thinker developed the ideas of separation of powers and checks and balances?

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Baron de Montesquieu

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What was the purpose of Denis Diderot's Encyclopedia?

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To explain new ideas on government, philosophy, and religion

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What economic policy did Adam Smith advocate for during the Enlightenment?

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Laissez faire

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How did most government and church authorities respond to Enlightenment ideas?

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They waged a war of censorship against them.

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What style of art and music emerged during the Enlightenment, replacing the baroque style?

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Rococo

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What new form of literature became popular during the Enlightenment?

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Novel