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The Enlightenment study guide
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10th Grade
02/05/2017

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1.What is the enlightenment?
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A period of time in the 18th century where new ideas were introduced and was a time of reasoning
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2.Who was involved in the enlightenment?
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Enlightenment thinkers and many philosphers
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3.What was the enlightenment about?
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Was about the ideas that were formed and brought the scientific revolution to a different level
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4.When did the enlightenment take place?
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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 and others new ways and new scientific ideas.
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7.Who is Aristotle and what is he known for?
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Most famous student of Plato, his writing created the first system of western philosophy.
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8.Who is Plato and what is he known for?
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Was the most famous student of Socrates known for philosophy and knowing
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9.Who is Thomas Hobbes and what is he know for?
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Book Leviathan (1651) He believed that people were born evil and it was the governments job to to resolve and conquer these problems
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10.Who is Adam Smith and what is he known for?
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A economist that thought that the free market should be allowed to regulate, business without government interference
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11.Who is John Locke and what was he known for?
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everyone has the right to Life, liberty and property
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12.Who is jean-jacques rousseau and what was he know for?
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believed that everyone is born good and the injustice and inequality is caused by a not good government.
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13.Who is Baron de Montesquieu and what is he known for?
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Created the seperation of powers the Executive, Judicial, and the Legislative.
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14.What was the scientific revolution?
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Science that influenced and created a different society and things that came out great
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