Chapter Nine - AP Euro

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The most important political thought of the Enlightenment occurred in

France

Which of these is not a concept of philosophe belief?

Privacy

The Reception, by Arturo Ricci, represents which 18th century art style?

Rococo

The Scottish philosopher Adam Smith (1723-1790) made what contention about individual self-interest?

That it contributed ultimately to the general welfare of society

What was the core concept of the Enlightenment?

The methods of natural science should be used to examine all aspects of life.

Voltaire was a deist who viewed God as akin to a

clockmaker who set the universe in motion and then ceased to intervene in human affairs.

Monarchs such as Joseph II and Catherine II made "enlightened" reforms part of their drive to

increase revenues and gain political support.

Montesquieu hoped to counter monarchical oppression with

independent branches of government.

The Encyclopedia

secularized learning and spread Enlightenment ideas throughout Europe.

Although perhaps best known as the longtime companion of Voltaire, Gabriel-Emilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise du Châtelet, published

the first translation of Newton's Principia into French.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau believed that

women were best suited to a passive role in social relations.


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