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SR/Enlightenment
Scientific Revolution/Enlightenment Flashcards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which Enlightenment thinker does this refer to? "All people are greedy and selfish, life is a war of " every man against every man"? | Thomas Hobbes |
| Which Enlightenment thinker does this refer to? "All people deserve the right to life, liberty, and poverty"? | John Locke |
| Which Enlightenment thinker does this refer to? "Obey the ruler even if the ruler is bad"? | Thomas Hobbes |
| Which Enlightenment thinker does this refer to? "Believed that direct democracy is best form of government"? | Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
| Which Enlightenment thinker does this refer to? "People give power to the government through the consent of the governed"? | John Locke |
| Which Enlightenment thinker does this refer to? "Advocated that the government is bound to laws like everyone else; rule of law"? | John Locke or Baron De Montesquieu |
| Which Enlightenment thinker does this refer to? "Checks and balances"? | Baron De Montesquieu |
| Which Enlightenment thinker does this refer to? "Order is more important than freedom. Without a strong ruler, it would be chaos"? | Thomas Hobbes |
| Which Enlightenment thinker does this refer to? "Majority rules, but minority rights"? | Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
| Which Enlightenment thinker does this refer to? "Separation of powers; divide power"? | Baron De Montesquieu |
| What primary development allowed Renaissance humanists to access newly discovered works by Archimedes and Plato that contradicted medieval authorities? | They found the invention movable - type printing press |
| What was Nicolaus Copernicus's great contribution to our understanding of the solar system? | Copernicus had made the heliocentric model which is placed by the Sun than the Earth |
| How did Kelper's work slightly change Copernicus's model? | Kepler had stated that the planets orbit |
| What force is Newton famous for studying is the reason why planets orbit around the Sun? | For studying gravity which is the main source to why all plents orbit around the Sun |
| Who famously said "I think, therefore I am?" | Rene Descartes |
| What did Robert Boyle suggest people do? And why is it important? | To test experiments on their own and it was important because it had created now (present) science methods |
| What did John Locke say we are al born like? What does it translate to? | John thinks that we are born with a "blank mind" which it translates to "tabula rasa" in Latin |
| What is the economic term that states the government should not interfere with economic matters? | Laissez-faire |
| According to Mary Wollstonecraft, why should women have the same rights as men? | Woman were capable of reason, therefore deserve same rights as men |
| Why did the British Parliament pass the Stamp Act? | To pay for the Seven Years War |
| What does a federal system of government look like? | Power is shared between national and state/regional governments |
| What is a salon? | A salon is a place where people can sit around and discuss about anything |
| What was the Enlightenment? | It was a American and European movement during the 17-18th centuries that stated science, individual rights, and faith |
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