Unit 1 key terms

Question 1

This event sparked the emergence of modern science through observations, hypotheses, experiments, and reasoning in order to understand the laws of nature

Answer 1

The Scientific Revolution

Question 2

European thinkers began to apply scientific principles to the study of society and the government

Answer 2

The Enlightenment

Question 3

This group of people used reason and a spirit of rational criticism to everything

Answer 3

The Philosophes

Question 4

These thinkers adopted the idea that people should have a say in their government

Answer 4

Classical Greek and Roman Thinkers

Question 5

These thinkers were inspired by its ideals of individualism and secular thought

Answer 5

The Renaissance

Question 6

These thinkers questioned authority and inspired Enlightenment thinkers to discover the truth for themselves

Answer 6

The Reformation

Question 7

A system in which rulers tried to govern by Enlightenment principles while maintaining their full royal powers

Answer 7

Enlightened Absolutists