Which Enlightenment thinker believed that knowledge could be gained through experience?
Which war began after Frederick II of Prussia took control of Austrian Silesia?
Which Enlightenment thinker’s The Social Contract argued that people adopted laws and government in order to preserve their private property?
What is at the center of a geocentric view of the universe?
The North American branch of the Seven Years War was called what?
Which system of government featured rulers trying to rule by Enlightenment principles while maintaining their royal powers?
Voltaire’s Treatise on Toleration outlined which important principle?
This was a period of history that led to many advances in science?
Which prison reformer argued against corporeal and capital punishment?
Which economist wrote the book The Wealth of Nations and argued for laissez-faire governmental economic policies?
What was the French name given to the philosophers of the Enlightenment who used reason and appeal to facts in order to study society?
Which Enlightenment thinker tried to find the natural laws that govern the social and political relationships of human beings?
What was the period in history that led to many philosophies on the best form of government to be developed?
What was Denis Diderot’s major contribution to the Enlightenment?
What did Francis Bacon develop that assisted scientists during the Scientific Revolution?
Francis Bacon, Galileo Galilei, and Isaac Newton promoted the idea that knowledge should be based on what?
What is the most important difference between the Ptolemaic and the Copernican version of the universe?
Which scientist is well known for his theories on gravity?
Which scientist was the first to adopt a heliocentric view of the universe?
From what country was the famous female ruler Maria Theresa?
Which Anglican minister began the Methodist Church?
The French philosopher René Descartes promoted what system of thought based on the belief that reason is the chief source of knowledge?
Which women’s rights advocate wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Women?
From what country was the famous female ruler Catherine II (or Catherine the Great)?
Which scientist’s heliocentric views of the universe caused conflict with the Catholic Church?
