The Enlightenment AP World History 5.1

The Enlightenment is...

• the revival of art and literature under the influence of classical models in the 14th–16th centuries.

• movement that aims to highlight racism, discrimnation, and racial inequality

• a series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims to secure holy sites

• an intellectual movement that advocated the use of reason to reconsider accepted ideas

What did the Enlightenment emphasize in terms of knowing truth and reality?

• Senses and natural laws

• Religious scriptures

• Revelation and tradition

• Government decrees

John Locke's theory of government is based on which idea?

• Absolute monarchy is the only legitimate form of rule

• State should control religion and education

• Governments derive authority from divine right and continue in doing so because it is God's will

• People are born with natural rights such as life, liberty, and property

What is Individualism?

• Individualism emphasizes the importance of government control over personal choices.
• Individualism is the belief in collective ownership and community rights.
• Individualism is the idea that personal success is irrelevant to society.
• Individualism is the principle of valuing the individual over the collective society.

What did Adam Smith believe in?

• Free market and minimal government intervention.

• Government control of all markets.
• Complete absence of trade regulations.
• Promotion of monopolies and oligopolies.

Enlightenment philosophers believe that if government abuses power the people should change it.

• True

• False

Deism was...

• a scientific theory of creation
• a merge between scientific and spiritual religion

• God is real but does not intervene with history

• a form of atheism

People who did not accept the Enlightenment were called..

• pro-Enlightenment thinkers

• conservatives

• neutral philosophers
• traditionalist scholars

What did the Seneca Falls Convention advocate for?

• Women's right

• Women's suffrage

• All of the above

• Women's property rights

What did the Enlightenment ideal lead in terms of slavery and serfdom?

• Continuation of slavery and serfdom

• No impact- serfdom and slavery was constant

• Expansion of slavery and serfdom

• Abolition of slavery and serfdom.