Enlightenment Flashcard

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What was a central idea of the Enlightenment?

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Human reason can be used to improve society.

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Which philosopher is associated with the idea of a “social contract”?

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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What economic theory did Adam Smith critique in his work The Wealth of Nations?

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Mercantilism

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Which Enlightenment thinker argued for the separation of powers in government?

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Montesquieu

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What was one result of Enlightenment ideas on social hierarchies?

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Challenges to established class and gender roles

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Which Enlightenment thinker is closely associated with the idea of natural rights (life, liberty, property)?

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John Locke

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What is Deism?

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The belief in a god who created the universe but does not intervene.

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What movement emphasized reason, individualism, and skepticism of traditional authority?

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Romanticism

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What was the primary cause of the American Revolution?

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Enlightenment ideas about governance

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What event is often seen as the start of the French Revolution? A. The Tennis Court Oath, B. The Haitian Revolution, C. The signing of the Magna Carta, D. The Congress of Vienna

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The Tennis Court Oath