Philosophy and the Enlightenment Quiz

What does the term "philosophical" relate to?

• The investigation of existence and knowledge

• The belief in God on the basis of reason alone

• Relying on observation or controlled testing

• Increase in extent or strength

What was the Enlightenment movement primarily concerned with?

• Divine rights of kings

• Human reason instead of tradition

• Spiritual world

• Controlled testing

What does "categorize" mean?

• Place into or assign to a class

• Guided by experience and observation

• Increase in extent or strength

• Being or having the nature of a god

What was Diderot's goal with the Encyclopédie?

• To produce, categorize, and spread practical knowledge

• To question the divine rights of kings

• To focus on the spiritual world

• To increase in extent or strength

What does "practical" mean in this context?

• Guided by experience and observation rather than theory

• Increase in extent or strength

• Being or having the nature of a god

• Place into or assign to a class

Which movement reconsidered the role of the state and the individual in society?

• The Enlightenment

• The Scientific Revolution

• Deism

• Secularism

What does "tension" refer to?

• Feelings of hostility that are not manifest

• A peaceful agreement

• A financial transaction

• A type of colonial settlement

What does "descent" refer to?

• Properties attributable to your ancestry

• A financial transaction

• A peaceful agreement

• A type of rivalry

Which countries developed rivalries over their colonial possessions in the late 1600s?

• Germany, Italy, and Portugal

• Britain, France, the Netherlands, and Spain

• Russia, China, and Japan

• India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh

What did the Netherlands and Britain do to pay for war costs?

• Reduced taxes on Atlantic trade

• Imposed higher taxes on Atlantic trade

• Created new colonial settlements

• Signed peaceful agreements