Age of Enlightenment

What is the Enlightenment also known as?

• The Dark Ages

• The Renaissance

• The Age of Reason

• The Industrial Revolution

What did the intellectuals of the Enlightenment movement emphasize?

• The application of religious beliefs to life

• The application of the scientific method to an understanding of all life

• The application of astrology to daily life

• The application of monarchy to governance

What did the Enlightenment thinkers believe could combat ignorance, superstition, and tyranny?

• Military force

• Human reason

• Divine intervention

• Economic sanctions

What does the Enlightenment, also known as the Age of Reason, emphasize about the universe?

• The universe is a chaotic and unpredictable place.

• The universe can be understood through reason.

• The universe is a mystery that cannot be solved.

• The universe operates independently of natural laws.

What is a fundamental belief of the Enlightenment regarding human reason?

• It is limited by divine will.

• It can lead to the discovery of natural laws.

• It is inferior to faith in understanding the world.

• It is unpredictable and unreliable.

What is the Enlightenment view on freedom?

• People have natural rights that allow them to enjoy liberty.

• Freedom is a privilege granted by the ruling class.

• Freedom is an illusion and does not truly exist.

• People must earn their freedom through hard work.

What is the concept of progress in the context of the Enlightenment?

• The world is in a state of decline and cannot be improved.

• The world can be improved upon and perfected.

• Progress is only possible through technological advancements.

• The world is perfect and requires no improvement.

What does Deism, as understood during the Enlightenment, state about God's role in the world?

• God is actively involved in the daily lives of people.

• God does not intervene in the world through miracles.

• God has abandoned the world after its creation.

• God's existence is irrelevant to the functioning of the world.

With what were the Philosophes of the Enlightenment concerned?

• The relationship between science and nature

• The relationship between government and the people

• The relationship between different nations

• The relationship between economy and society

What was one of the results of the ideas of the Philosophes of the Enlightenment?

• The move toward absolutism and divine right

• The move toward democracy and individual rights

• The move toward monarchy and aristocracy

• The move toward religious governance