Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Stack #15984
Chapter 18, Sections 1-3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| natural laws | laws that govern human nature |
| Scientific Revolution (1500-1600s) | using methods of science to study human behavior and solve society's problems |
| Edward Jenner | developed small pox vaccine |
| Thomas Hobbes | English; "Leviathan"; people entered into a social contract, giving up state of nature for organized society; absolute monarchy |
| John Locke | English; People had natural rights of life, liberty and property; 'Two Treatises of Government";limited power of government |
| Baron de Montesquieu | French; "The Spirit of the Laws" (1748); separation of powers and checks and balances |
| philosophes | lovers of wisdom; French |
| Francois Marie Arouet, French philosopher used wit to criticize religion and government; exiled; freedom of speech | Voltaire |
| Denis Diderot | Encylopedia with new topics on philosophy; helped spread Enlightenment |
| Jean Jacues Rousseau | French;The Social Contract" (1762) opposed political and economic oppression |
| women's roles in Enlightenment | still not equal to men as part of nature's plan |
| Mary Wollstonecraft | British; "A Vindication of the Rights of Women" (1792); equal education for girls and boys |
| physiocrates | thinkers focused on economic reforms; rejected mercantilism; support free trade and reject taxes on trade |
| laissez faire | little government interference in operating businesses; |
| Adam Smith | British economist; "THe Wealth of Nations"; free market should regulate business activity; marketing concepts of supply and demand; became more important with Industrial Revolution |
| heart of Enlightenment | Paris, France |
| censorship | restrict access to ideas and information; used by Church and government |
| salons | informal social gatherings at which writers, artists and philosophes exchanged ideas |
| Madame Geoffrin | French salon runner with Mozart and Diderot |
| enlightened despots | absolute rulers who used their power to bring social and political change |
| Frederick the Great | Prussia (1740-1786); "first servant of the state"; developed Prussian aceademy of science, new potato crops, efficent bureaucracy |
| Catherine the Great | Russia (1762) limited reforms in law and government but absolute control |
| Joseph II | Hapsberg emperor, son of Maria Theresa; "peasant emperor"; ended censorship and Catholic Church controll |
| baroque | art period with grand complex style; courtly art |
| rococo | style (mid 1700s) not heaviness of baroque; light, personal and charming |
| Rembrandt van Rijn | Dutch portrait painter |
| Music | operas, ballets |
| Johann Sebastian Bach | German' organ religious music |
| George Frederick Handel | German composer, "The Messiah" |
| Wofgang Amadeus Mozart | composer and performer, operas, symphonies |
| novels | long works of prose fiction |
| Daniel Defoe | "Robinson Crusoe", shipwrecked sailor |
| Samuel Richardson | "Pamela" series of letters to tell story |
| peasant life in Europe | tenant farmers and serfs |
| Britain's rise to global power in 1700s | geography; success in war; favorable business climate; union with Scotland; Ireland |
| geography of Brit Empire | West Indies, America and India |
| Treaty of Utrecht | France gave Brit Nova Scotia and Newfoundland |
| Treaty of Paris | 1763, end French Indian War and Seven Years War brought Brit all of French Canada |
| Act of Union | 1707, joined Britain and Scotland into United Kingdom, also Wales |
| constitutional government | government whose power is defined and limited by law |
| British constitution | all acts of Parliament; Magna Carta and Bill of Rights |
| Tories | artistocratic political party support Anglican church and royalty |
| Whigs | political party supported urban business interests, religious toleration and favor Parliament over Crown |
| Cabinet System | parliamentary advisors who set policy to help royal rule; made up of leaders of the majority party in the house of Commons |
| prime minister | head of the cabinet; leader of the majority party in Parliament |
| Robert Walpole | Whig PM in 1721-1742; first PM |
| oligarchy | a government in which ruling powers belong to a few people |
| House of Commons | controlled by landowners and merchants |
| House of Lords | nobles |
| George III | 1760; resassert royal powers after George I, II (German) |
| 1775 | George III forces colonists in America to pay for their own defense; led to American revolution |
| 1788 | Cabinet rule restored after George III loss of American colonies and mental illness |
Created by:
Flexfive
Popular World History sets