Exploring the Enlightenment's Impact on Political Thought

The video explores the Enlightenment period from 1750 to 1900, highlighting its role in shaping revolutions worldwide. It delves into rationalism and empiricism as key intellectual movements, examines the shift in religious thought, and discusses political ideas like individualism, natural rights, and the social contract. The video also covers the Enlightenment's impact on major revolutions, nationalism, suffrage, abolition of slavery, and the rise of feminism.

What time period does Unit 5 cover?

• 1800 to 1950

• 1700 to 1850

• 1750 to 1900

• 1600 to 1750

Which intellectual movement applied new ways of understanding such as rationalism and empiricism?

• Industrial Revolution

• Enlightenment

• Scientific Revolution

• Renaissance

What does rationalism argue is the most reliable source of true knowledge?

• Reason

• External Authority

• Tradition

• Emotion

What is empiricism primarily based on?

• Philosophical debate

• Senses and experimentation

• Intuition

• Divine revelation

Which belief system suggests that God created the universe but does not intervene in it?

• Pantheism

• Atheism

• Deism

• Polytheism

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

• The belief that society is more important than the individual

• The idea that the individual is the most basic element of society

• The belief in collective ownership

• The notion that groups are more significant than individuals

According to John Locke, what are the natural rights endowed by God?

• Life, liberty, and happiness

• Life, liberty, and property

• Life, liberty, and equality

• Life, liberty, and justice

What is the main purpose of government according to the social contract theory?

• To expand territory

• To protect natural rights

• To maintain social hierarchy

• To enforce religious laws

Which major revolutions were influenced by Enlightenment ideas?

• English, German, Italian, and Spanish

• Mexican, Brazilian, Canadian, and Australian

• Russian, Chinese, Cuban, and Iranian

• American, French, Haitian, and Latin American

What significant event in 1848 called for women's right to vote in the United States?

• The French Revolution

• The Seneca Falls Convention

• The Great Jamaica Revolt

• The American Civil War