Unit 3 Enlightenment, Sci Rev, Absolutism

Rousseau's most influential work was:

• Candide

• Two Treatises on Government

• Leviathan

• Social Contract

All are effects of Enlightenment ideas on European society EXCEPT:

• Education for the middle class decreased.

• The abolitionist movement began to gain momentum

• Female thinkers wrote about improving the status of women

• Calls for the separation between church and state increased

The Below statements are all true about Peter the Great EXCEPT:

• He was part of the Romanov dynasty

• He was the first Russian czar and helped create the state of Russia.

• He ruled by divine right as an absolute monarch.

• He sought to westernize Russia in the image of Europe

A primary goal of Enlightenment thinkers was to use reason to

• discover scientific laws.

• reform education.

• create a new religion.

• improve society.

Voltaire argued for natural rights such as:

• property and safety

• laissez-faire economic principles

• the freedom of speech and religion

• strong government and legal council

What led to new ideas about government, education, society, and economics?

• Religious Expansion in the East

• Scientific Revolution in Europe

• Decree from Pope Gregory XV

• 30 Years War

1. Natural Rights, Balance of Power and Separation of Church and State were all contributors to both:

• The American and French Revolutions

• Russia's military conquests and religious expansion

• The Spanish Armada

• The French and Indian Wars

One of the best examples of absolutism in the seventeenth century was

• England's Queen Victoria

• Spain's King Ferdinand

• Russia's Catherine the Great

• France’s Louis XIV

Who helped develop the 4 step scientific method?

• Francis Bacon

• Johannes Kepler

• Benjamin Franklin

• Isaac Newton

Robert Boyle is considered the father of

• Modern Chemistry

• Modern Anatomy

• Modern Surgery

• Modern Physics