Age of Enlightenment

Question 1

The Earth is the center of the universe, with all planetary objects rotating around the Earth.

Answer 1

Geocentric Theory

Question 2

An ecclesiastical tribunal established for the suppression of heresy. Notorious for the use of torture.

Answer 2

Inquisition

Question 3

A logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas

Answer 3

Scientific Method

Question 4

Knowledge is derived from experience and observation.

Answer 4

Empiricism (Experimental Method)

Question 5

Injecting live germs into a body to promote immunity against a disease.

Answer 5

Inoculation

Question 6

The Sun is the center of the universe.

Answer 6

Heliocentric Theory

Question 7

Invented in 1590. Anton van Leeuwenhoek used this to observe bacteria in tooth scrapings.

Answer 7

Microscope

Question 8

The intellectual movement stressed reason, thought and the power of individuals to solve problems.

Answer 8

The Enlightenment

Question 9

The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s actions and decisions.

Answer 9

Satire

Question 10

Hostesses held social gatherings in large drawing rooms filled with philosophers, writers, artists, and scientists.

Answer 10

Salon

Question 11

The ability to read and write.

Answer 11

Literate

Question 12

A grand, ornate design. Elaborate decoration

Answer 12

Baroque

Question 13

A focus on simple and elegant design with themes from Greece and Rome

Answer 13

Neoclassical

Question 14

A lengthy work of prose fiction

Answer 14

Novel

Question 15

Absolute ruler

Answer 15

Enlightened Despot

Motivated to make their country stronger, make their rule more effective

Question 16

Who developed the Heliocentric Theory

Answer 16

Aristarchus first theorized it.
Nicolas Copernicus is credited with the theory.
Johannes Kepler discovered elliptical orbits.

Question 17

Who is known as the Father of Modern Chemistry

Answer 17

Robert Boyle

Question 18

Who developed the Law of Universal Gravity

Answer 18

Issac Newton

Question 19

Gabriel Fahrenheit’s thermometer measured freezing to be ___

Answer 19

32 Degrees

Question 20

Anders Celsius’s thermometer measured freezing to be ___

Answer 20

0 Degrees

Question 21

Social Contract: All humans are selfish and wicked. To escape this life, people must hand over their rights to a strong ruler.

Answer 21

Thomas Hobbs

Question 22

Social Contract: Promoted ideas of self-government. People are born free and equal with the rights of life, liberty, and property.

Answer 22

John Locke

Question 23

What were the 5 core concepts of the Philosophes of France

Answer 23

Reason, Nature, Happiness, Progress, Liberty

Question 24

Who was Francois Marie Arouet’s pen name

Answer 24

Voltaire

Question 25

Voltaire argued humanity's worst enemies are ___

Answer 25

Prejudice, Intolerance, Superstition

Question 26

Rousseau argued that ____ corrupts people’s natural goodness and that people need a direct democracy.

Answer 26

Civilization

Question 27

Who created The Encyclopedia with the help of Marie-Therese Geoffrin

Answer 27

Denise Diderot

Question 28

Who used inoculation of cow pox to create a small pox vaccine?

Answer 28

Edward Jenner

Question 29

Cesare Bonesana Beccaria argued for three reforms of justice: ____

Answer 29

A person accused of a crime should receive a speedy trial, and torture should never be used. The degree of the punishment should be based on the seriousness of the crime. Capital punishment (death sentence) should be abolished.

Question 30

Who argued that women’s education should not be secondary to men’s, and women should pursue male-dominated fields.

Answer 30

Mary Wollstonecraft

Question 31

Music transitioned from dramatic organ and choral music to a lighter, more elegant style known as ___

Answer 31

Classical

Question 32

Montesquieu called the division of powers among different branches “separation of powers”. What were these branches?

Answer 32

Legislative, Executive, Judicial