Quiz on the Age of Enlightenment

What was the Age of Enlightenment also known as?

• The Age of Darkness

• The Age of Reason

• The Age of Exploration

• The Age of Empires

Which city was known for hosting salons where philosophical ideas were discussed during the Enlightenment?

• Italy

• Rome

• Paris

• Berlin

Which revolution was significantly influenced by the Enlightenment?

• The Russian Revolution

• The Industrial Revolution

• The American Revolution

• The Chinese Revolution

Identify and categorize the opportunities and limitations for women to pursue the sciences in the 17th & 18th centuries.

Groups:

(a) Limitations

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(b) Opportunities

• Judged by appearance and not ideas

• Gender roles: childbirth/rearing & maintaining the household

• were able to publish books

• discriminated against by men: hard to join scientific organizations (Academies & Societies)

• completed work of translation

• wealthy women were commonly educated by men in family

• able to work alongside husbands

Who was a leading figure of the French Enlightenment known for advocating freedom of religion and press?

• John Locke

• Voltaire

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Mary Wollstonecraft

Which concept emphasizes the belief in human equality, especially in political, social, and economic rights?

• Empiricism

• Deism

• Egalitarianism

• Enlightened Despotism

What is the belief in a creator who does not intervene in the universe, emphasizing reason and observation of the natural world?

• Rationalism

• Deism

• Enlightenment

• Republicanism

What is the Social Contract?

• A belief in human equality

• An agreement between citizens and their government

• A form of monarchy

• A philosophical movement

What is the belief that leaders should be elected by the citizens rather than inheriting power through family ties?

• Enlightened Despotism

• Republicanism

• Deism

• Empiricism

Which Enlightenment thinkers influenced the creation of the United States government?

• Rousseau, Montesquieu, and Locke

• Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates

• Descartes, Kant, and Hume

• Hobbes, Machiavelli, and Nietzsche