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The Enlightenment Study Guide
Unit 2
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History
10th Grade
02/05/2017

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1. What is the Enlightenment?
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time when new ideas were introduced; logic and reasoning were used instead of superstition and god
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2. Who was involved with the Enlightenment?
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Philosophers and enlightenment thinkers
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3. What was the Enlightenment about?
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ideas that were formed and philosophy became a thing
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4. When did the Enlightenment take place?
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the 18th century
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5. Where did the Enlightenment take place?
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Europe
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6. Why did the Enlightenment occur?
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philosophers started realizing stuff and scientist made new discoveries
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7. Who is one of the 3 Greek Philosophers & what is he known for? (concepts & writings)
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Aristotle , most famous student of Plato, writings created the first system of western philosophy
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8. Who is one of the 3 Greek Philosophers & what is he known for? (concepts & writings)
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Plato , student of Socrates , known for his ideal society of philosopher-kings
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9. Who is one of the 3 Greek Philosophers & what is he known for? (concepts & writings)
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Socrates, created the socratic method of asking questions and discovering answers
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10. Who is one of the 5 main Enlightenment Thinkers & what is he most-known for (writings, views on people, government)?
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Thomas Hobbes, leviathan 1651 believed people were born evil and it was the governments job to resolve the issues
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11. Who is one of the 5 main Enlightenment Thinkers & what is he most-known for (writings, views on people, government)?
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Adam smith, an economist thought that that free market should operate independently
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12. Who is one of the 5 main Enlightenment Thinkers & what is he most-known for (writings
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John Locke , two treaties of government John Locke , everyone is born with natural rights, governments job is to protect peoples rights
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13. Who is one of the 5 main Enlightenment Thinkers & what is he most-known for (writings, views on people, government)?
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Social Contract, believed everyone is born good and that injustice and inequality is caused of a bad government
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14. Who is one of the 5 main Enlightenment Thinkers & what is he most-known for (writings, views on people, government)?
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(On the spirit of laws ) created the idea of government operating into three branches
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15. What was the Scientific Revolution?
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use of science that influenced and transformed the views society and how things worked
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