Expansion of Europe and the Enlightenment

Question 1

Enclosure Movement

Answer 1

English movement to fence off open fields which left many peasants starving

Question 2

Francis Bacon

Answer 2

English thinker, he developed the experimental method

Question 3

Rene Descartes

Answer 3

French philosopher, said that everything not observed should be doubted

Question 4

Cartesian Dualism

Answer 4

Divided all things into spiritual and material. Tried to reconcile religion with science

Question 5

Copernicus

Answer 5

Polish astronomer came up with the idea of a heliocentric universe

Question 6

Isaac Newton

Answer 6

Showed that there are natural laws to motion and gravity

Question 7

Deism

Answer 7

Belief of a God that created the universe but steps back and watches it run “watch-maker”

Question 8

John Locke

Answer 8

English political writer, argued a social contract is present between the government and the governed

Question 9

Adam Smith

Answer 9

English thinker that believed in laissez-faire. Wrote Wealth of Nations

Question 10

Adam Smith

Answer 10

English thinker that believed in laissez-faire. Wrote Wealth of Nations

Question 11

Montesquieu

Answer 11

Wrote Spirit of the Laws. Argued that checks and balances should be present within each form of government.