Scientific Revolution

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Jeopardy A Game of Reason

• Scientific Revolution
• Age of Reason - Enlightenment

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Who am I? SR Where in the World? Who am I? AoR Quotes Great Books
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500 500 500 500
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Who am I? SR 100 points

• In the 2nd Century I posited the idea of a
  geocentric universe.

Ptolemy
for 25 points Who was the first astronomer to
challenge my idea in the 16th century?
Copernicus
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Who am I? SR 200 points

• I am the Father of the Scientific Method
  (inductive method). I believe all truths must
  serve a __________________ application.

Sir Francis Bacon, 1561-1626 practical
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Who am I? SR 300 points

• Without me there would be no coordinate geometry.
  I believe that in order to find the truth one
  must employ the practice of ______________
  _____________.

Rene Descartes systematic doubt
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Who am I? SR 400 points

• Fill in the blank.
• Alexdander Pope wrote,
• Nature and natures law lay hid by night
• God said, Let ___________ be and there was
  light.

Newton
for 25 points Why were men of letters like
Pope so enamored with scientists like Newton?
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Who am I? SR 500 points

• What is the most important aspect of Newtons
  theories of the physical universe as far as the
  Enlightenment is concerned?

The physical universe is guided by natural laws.
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Where in the World? 100 points

• What country is considered the seat of the
  Enlightenment?

France
for 25 points Do you find this at all ironic?
Why?
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Where in the World? 200 points

• Look at the following map and explain its
  significance in the context of the early 18th
  century. Highlight at least three points.

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Where in the World? 300 points

• Assess the following map and explain what it
  represents and what the four countries involved
  gained or lost.

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Where in the World? 400 points

• Censorship was standard in the 18th century. In
  what countries and under what enlightened despots
  was it done away with?

Prussia under Frederick the Great Austria under
Joseph II
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Where in the World? 500 points

• During the Enlightenment in France, England and
  Germany new religious ideas were also coming to
  the forefront. What were these ideas and who is
  associated with them?

in France Deism (the Watchmaker) Voltaire in
England Methodism (spiritual regeneration
moral life that reflects conversion John
Wesley in Germany Pietism Lutheran movement
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Who am I? AoR 100 points

• I was a personal friend of Frederick the Great
  and valued freedom of thought above all else.

Voltaire (1694-1778)
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Who am I? AoR 200 points

• Who considered society to be the source of much
  evil?

Rousseau
For 25 points Which did Rousseau consider more
reliable impulse or critical thought?
impulse one is acting out in ones natural state
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Who am I? AoR 300 points

• Name two of the three main Frenchmen who believed
  in laissez faire economics.

1. Quesnay
2. Turgot
3. Dupont de Nemours

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Who am I? AoR 400 points

• Who held the following economic and political
  ideas?
• Economically speaking borders need to be
  softened innovation enterprise relied on
  private persons free trade free market
• Politically speaking govt. needed to concern
  itself with defense, internal security, and
  provision of reasonable and just laws.

Adam Smith
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Who am I? AoR 500 points

• I was born in Germany, but that is not where I
  rule. I am a great admirer of Diderot and
  Voltaire and consider myself to be very
  enlightened, however keeping my crown has become
  the most important thing to me and I often give
  into the conservative advice of my court.

Catherine the Great
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Quotes Great Books 100 points

• Who said The state represents the greatest good
  for the greatest number.

Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Austria
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Quotes Great Books 200 points

• I am best know for my compilation of all current
  scientific, historical and technical knowledge.
  The famous thinkers the contributes to my
  Encyclopedie were all critical skeptical thinkers.

Diderot
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Quotes Great Books 300 points

• I am best know for Two Treatises on Government
  and Essay Concerning Human Understanding.

John Locke
for 25 points What does tabula rasa mean?
Humans are born a blank slate and education and
society determine our development.
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Quotes Great Books 400 points
Study the to images below. What do they say
about women and reading and which do you consider
enlightened and why?
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Quotes Great Books 500 points

• Match the following authors with their text.

Voltaire Hume Newton Pierre Bayle Rousseau
Treatise on Human Nature Historical and Critical
Dictionary Candide The Social Contract Principia