Enlightenment Vocab Quiz

The Enlightenment

• rules of right and wrong are inherent in people and are not created by society or court judges.

• form of government in the 18th century in which absolute monarchs pursued legal, social, and educational reforms inspired by the Enlightenment

• an intellectual and cultural movement in the eighteenth century that emphasized reason over superstition and science over blind faith.

• French word for "philosopher,"

Philosophe

• Humans are born good and with natural rights

• Humans are cruel, violent and selfish.

• rights that are God-given and can never be taken or even given away.

• French word for "philosopher,"

What is a philosopher?

• A philosopher is someone who practices medicine.
• A philosopher is a person who writes novels.
• A philosopher is a type of scientist.
• A person who seeks wisdom or enlightenment like a scholar or thinker

natural rights

• Government should be divided up into 3 Branches called "Separation of Powers"

• rights that are God-given and can never be taken or even given away.

• The people are the source of all government authority.

• Humans are born good and with natural rights

absolutism

• a form of government in which the unlimited, undivided, and uncontrolled authority is conceded to a ruler (monarch) who is not bound by law

• the power to do as one pleases. : freedom from physical restraint

• Citizens agree that they will not break laws or certain moral codes and, in exchange, we reap the benefits of our society, namely security, survival, education and other necessities needed to live.

•  deductive reasoning, from cause to effect or from the general to the particular.

Liberty

• belief in the existence of a supreme being, specifically of a creator who does not intervene in the universe.

• a model that divides the government into separate branches which helps to ensure that no one branch is more powerful than another.

• a belief or theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional response

• the power to do as one pleases. : freedom from physical restraint

enlightened despot

• a belief or theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional response

• a model that divides the government into separate branches which helps to ensure that no one branch is more powerful than another.

• Absolute Rulers who pursued legal, social, and educational reforms inspired by the Enlightenment

• The people are the source of all government authority.

deism

• Citizens agree that they will not break laws or certain moral codes and, in exchange, we reap the benefits of our society, namely security, survival, education and other necessities needed to live.

• belief in the existence of a supreme being, specifically of a creator who does not intervene in the universe.

• a form of government in which the unlimited, undivided, and uncontrolled authority is conceded to a ruler (monarch) who is not bound by law

•  supreme or ultimate power

sovereign

• a fact-based reason to act or believe something is true

• a belief or theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional response

•  supreme or ultimate power

• a model that divides the government into separate branches which helps to ensure that no one branch is more powerful than another.

social contract

• a belief or theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief or emotional response

• rules of right and wrong are inherent in people and are not created by society or court judges.

•  deductive reasoning, from cause to effect or from the general to the particular.

• Citizens agree that they will not break laws or certain moral codes and, in exchange, we reap the benefits of our society, namely security, survival, education and other necessities needed to live.