Understanding the Enlightenment Questions

What is an important similarity between the way scientists were thinking during the Scientific Revolution and the way philosophers were thinking during the Enlightenment?

• Both wanted to use religion and tradition

• Both wanted to use experiments

• Both wanted to use reason and rationalism

• Both wanted to use Ancient Greece philosophy

In what way did some of the Enlightenment thinkers differ in their views?

• Some wanted the Catholic Church to have all the power while others did not

• Some wanted the monarchies to have power while others did not.

• Some wanted to rely on Renaissance and Reformation ideas while others did not

• Some wanted the scientists of the Scientific Revolution to control government while others did not

Which of the following was not a question asked by the Enlightenment thinkers?

• What kind of laws do we need?

• What rights should people have?

• What is the best form of government?

• What type of revolution should we have?

How did the Renaissance and Reformation influence the Enlightenment

• People turned completely away from religion and God and toward rationalism

• People in countries began to form constitutions and did not listen to the church

• People pushed for governments such as democracies, republics and oligarchies

• People began to question authority and promote individual freedom

What is the relation between Christianity and the Enlightenment thinkers?

• Most Enlightenment thinkers believed in God and their ideas reflected Christian beliefs

• Most enlightenment thinkers turned away from God, the Church, and Christian beliefs

• Most Enlightenment thinkers believed that people should not be free to choose their religion

• Most enlightenment thinkers believed in Ancient Greece's democracy

Which of the following was not a reform by one of the Enlightened Monarchs

• building universities and scientific societies

• More understanding and open to different religions

• Ending torture and the death penalty

• Becoming a democratic government

Which group of people gained economic power and pushed for political power?

• Nobility

• Merchants

• Peasants

• Monarchies

Which of the following was not an area that Enlightenment thinkers called into question?

• Religion

• Government

• Morality

• Trade

Which of the following was an accepted belief that Enlightenment thinkers began to question?

• The right of the people to rule over the Catholic Church

• The divine right of a monarch to rule over people

• The belief that the Earth was at the center of the universe

• The Catholic beliefs that people get to heaven through good deeds

Using only paragraph 3, what type of government would best fit with that information

• Theocracy

• Democratic

• Monarchy

• Autocracy