Review: The Enlightenment

All are accurate descriptions of The Protestant Reformation EXCEPT:

• It demonstrated the corruption within the Catholic Church based on their selling of "indulgences".

• A Catholic monk, Martin Luther, kicked it off by writing, publishing, and distributing "95 Theses".

• The source of its power and knowledge was the Bible.

• It resulted in a new church.

Identify who/what was the cultural, intellectual, and political center of Europe ca. 1750.

• The Catholic Church

• Monarchs

• Nobles

• Peasants

True/False: Feudalism emerged to reestablish order and create some form of a centralized government in Europe.

• True

• False

Absolute monarchs and people they ruled believed in "divine right". This meant...(check all that apply)

• The king had the 'right' to rule completely and totally without approval from the people

• The king was God’s representative on earth

• They were all powerful and all-knowing.

• Only God could judge the king

If the Protestant Reformation changed the way people looked at religion in Western Europe, then what did the Scientific Revolution (e.g., scientific method) change? Check all that apply.

• The way people examined the world.

• The way people understood the world.

• The process of finding truth. Asking a member the of the clergy was insufficient.

Galileo's heliocentric theory relating to the sun's position in the solar system is an example of this, and results from the scientific method.

• Reason

• Heresy

• Natural laws

• Logic

Identify all that is true about the Enlightenment.

• A period of time (mid-1600s to the late 1700s) in Western Europe.

• Reason was used to answer political questions.

• "Philosophes" were active participants in this era.

• Sometimes known as the Age of Light/Reason

Whose claims did Enlightenment Thinkers ("Philosophes") challenge?

• Catholic Church

• Absolute Monarchs

• Nobles

• Merchants

At this novel place, upper class philosophers exchanged ideas about specific topics after listening to readings.

• Salons

• Coffeehouses

• Parlors

• Boutiques

Select all of the following events that were influenced by the Enlightenment:

• American Revolution

• French Revolution

• Haitian Revolution

• Latin American Revolutions