The Enlightenment Test Review

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The Enlightenment Test Review
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I DIDNT STUDY
THAT IS WHY YOU FAIL.
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Key Terms

• Absolutism
• Limited Monarchy
• Social Contract
• Enlightened Despot
• State of Nature
• General Will
• Salon
• Philosophe
• Natural Rights

• Rationality
• Freedom of Thought
• Progress
• Humanitarianism
• Dogma
• Immaturity/Maturity
• Sovereign
• Separation of Powers
• Guardian

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Key People

• Kant
• Hobbes
• Locke
• Rousseau
• Montesquieu
• Voltaire

• Louis XIV
• Frederick the Great
• Catherine the Great
• Joseph II
• Denis Diderot
• Madame Geoffrin

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Primary Sources

• Kant, What is Enlightenment?
• Hobbes, Leviathan
• Locke, Two Treatises of Government
• Rousseau, The Social Contract
• Montesquieu, The Spirit of Laws
• Voltaire, Candide

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Four Themes of the Enlightenment

• RATIONALITY
• FREEDOM OF THOUGHT
• PROGRESS
• HUMANITARIANISM
• Be able to provide historical examples for each
  of these themes.

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Three Ways the Enlightenment Spread

• PRINTED TEXTS
• LEARNED SOCIETIES
• SOCIABLE ASSOCIATIONS
• Be able to explain what these were, examples of
  them, and how they contributed to the spread of
  Enlightenment ideas.

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Format of the Test

• Identifications multiple choice and fill in the
  blanks
• Short answers

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Resources for Studying

• Primary source excerpts
• Student information sheets
• Candide
• PowerPoint presentations
• Textbook
• Salon research and discussion
• Your notes