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The Enlightenment Vocab

Authored by Dusty VanPelt

Social Studies

8th Grade

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The Enlightenment Vocab
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A cultural and intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries that emphasized reason, analysis, and individualism rather than traditional lines of authority.

The Renaissance

The Enlightenment

2.

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30 sec • 1 pt

The capacity for consciously making sense of things, for establishing and verifying facts, and changing or justifying practices, institutions, and beliefs based on new or existing information.

Intuition

Vision

Reason

Augmentation

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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A set of fundamental rules, principles, or established precedents that govern how a country or state is run. This is the written document that describes these rules.

AKA: A Blueprint for Society

Constitution

Absolutism

Society

Congress

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Rights that people supposedly have under natural law, including the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Constitutional Rights

The Bill of Rights

Natural Rights

The State of Nature

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A theory or model addressing the questions of the origin of society and the legitimacy of the authority of the state over the individual. Typically considered an agreement between citizens and the government.

Anarchy
Communist Manifesto
Social Contract Theory
Divine Right Theory

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A belief system that espouses the existence of God but denies supernatural revelation, emphasizing instead morality and rationality.

Pantheism
Atheism
Deism
Polytheism

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A period of significant change in thoughts and beliefs, which brought about a transformation from an agricultural to an increasingly scientific world view.

Scientific Revolution
Renaissance
Enlightenment
Industrial Revolution

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