What is the Enlightenment?
Enlightenment Crash Course #18 video questions

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Philosophy
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9th Grade
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Hard
Job Armenta
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A period of political change in Europe
A belief in the power of reason and rational investigation
A series of wars and conflicts in the seventeenth century
A movement to abolish slavery in Europe
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What were some of the everyday changes occurring during the Enlightenment?
Increased trade and manufacturing
Introduction of new foods from the Americas
Shifts in social classes and relationships
All of the above
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu?
A jurist and writer who criticized outmoded ways of life
A famous poet who wrote about the Lisbon earthquake
A philosopher who advocated for individual reason
A diplomat who traveled the world and observed different social orders
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What did Voltaire criticize in his writings?
The musty old ideas of tradition
The power of the Catholic Church
The corruption of aristocrats and rulers
All of the above
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What were some of the values promoted by Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
Hard work, practicality, and domesticity
Education reform and natural individualism
The importance of social hierarchies
The need for absolute obedience to the state
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What were Enlightenment salons?
Regular gatherings in homes to discuss the latest ideas
Fashion trends inspired by the courts
Philosophers who influenced society through social media
Influential women who promoted Enlightenment values
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who wrote the Encyclopedia and what topics did it cover?
Denis Diderot; discussions of natural rights and the status of women
Adam Smith; theories of free trade and individualism
Jean-Jacques Rousseau; ideas about education reform
Emmanuel Kant; emphasis on individual reason
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