Enlightenment Culture
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- In this lesson, we will find out about what it was like to live in a time with so many new and exciting ideas. Questions we will try to answer include: how were these ideas spread? Which groups of people were affected by the ideas? This lesson focuses on what was happening in eighteenth century Paris as it was the centre of Enlightenment thought at the time.
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5 Questions
Q1.
What do historians call the eighteenth century movement which developed ideas that challenged the authority of monarchs and the Church?
The Age of Discovery
The Reformation
The Renaissance
Q2.
Which of the following were Enlightenment ideas?
Divine Right of Kings
Polytheism and paganism
Transubstantiation
Q3.
Which of the following were Enlightenment thinkers?
Columbus and Marco Polo
Galileo and Leonardo Da Vinci
Luther and Calvin
Plato and Aristotle
Q4.
Which of these is another name for the enlightenment
Age of Discovery
The Dark Ages
The Interregnum
The Restoration
Q5.
Which of the following ideas is most closely associated with Montesquieu?
Democracy
Natural Rights
Religious toleration
5 Questions
Q1.
Which of the following were Enlightenment ideas?
That women should have the vote
The Bible should be read and interpreted by individuals
The Pope is the supreme religious authority
Q2.
What names were given to the meetings where enlightenment ideas were spread?
Congress
Correspondence
Parliament
The Royal Society
Q3.
Which of the following are Enlightenment thinkers?
Columbus and Marco Polo
Galileo and Leonardo Da Vinci
Luther and Calvin
Plato and Aristotle
Q4.
Which of the following best defines 'Enlightened Despot':
A powerful monarch who chooses to use their power to persecute Enlightenment thinkers
A system of government where the people decide what is the most enlightened way to live
An Enlightenment thinker who opposes absolute monarchy
An Enlightenment thinker who supports absolute monarchy
Q5.
Which of the following groups were the least affected by Enlightenment thinking?
Monarchs
Philosophers
The aristocracy
The bourgeoisie