7.1 The Enlightenment - Q -

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AGE 7. The Time of Wigs and Revolutions

7.1 The Enlightenment 

Practise Questions

1a Which description best describes the term "revolution"?

1. a sudden change
2. a gradual change
3. a violent event
4. a political struggle

1b. Explain why the intellectual movement of the 18th century was called the Enlightenment

2a) What is meant by "rational" in "rational thinking"?

1. based on emotion
2. based on rations
3. based on logic
4. based on reason

2b) What do you think are human basic rights?
Try to mention three.

2c) Why were many philosophers, like Voltaire,
unpopular with the authorities?

3a. Explain the difference between an atheist and a deist.

3b. What would a deist think about a government that makes a law telling people to listen to the Catholic Church?

4a. The Enlightenment movement was in favor of:

1. ignorance
2. rationality
3. intolerance
4. inequality

4b. The Enlightenment philosophers aimed to bring about progress in the world by:

1. religious ideas
2. revolution
3. rational ideas
4. spontaneous ideas

5. One of the aforementioned philosophers' name wasn't his real name. It was an anagram of AROVET LI, which is the Latin spelling of his real surname: Arouet le Jeune.
Who is he?

Overview development worldview

You will receive a paper handout of this schedule. Then you can fill in the gaps using these options: 

- natural laws - work of God - Greeks and Romans - scientists - reason - sciences - economy - reading the Bible - empirical thinking - philosophers - natural phenomena - the Church - social issues - rational thinking - politics - humanists - religion - Scientific Method

You will get a handout that you can fill in. So you do’nt need to copy the whole schedule

Upload a picture of the (printed and) finished schematic

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