Scientific Revolution/Enlightenment Flashcard

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What was the name of the economic system that favored exportation over importation?

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mercantilism

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What was the name of the European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition?

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Enlightenment

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Which of the following according to Locke was not one of your natural rights? life, liberty, religious freedom, property

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religious freedom

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Who was the Enlightenment thinker that believed in checks and balances and three branches of the government?

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Montesquieu

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Which Enlightenment thinker would support a nation having an absolute monarch? Options: Thomas Hobbes, Voltaire, John Locke, Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Thomas Hobbes

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How did writers like Voltaire disguise their works and avoid censorship? Options: by giving passionate speeches, by running for seats in the government, by writing fictional stories, none of the above

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by writing fictional stories

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What two groups of people were totally against the Enlightenment? Options: the peasants and the middle class, merchants and nobles, national governments and the Catholic Church, the Catholic Church and nobles

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national governments and the Catholic Church

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Who was the Enlightenment thinker that believed every citizen should take part in government and if the people go against the government they should be executed?

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Jean Jacques Rousseau

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What Enlightenment thinker believed that the people had the right to overthrow the government?

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John Locke

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Which of the following was NOT an Enlightenment idea? equality, freedom of expression and thought, religious toleration, expansion of slavery and serfdom

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expansion of slavery and serfdom