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  • Name the Spanish monarch that was heavily influenced by Enlightenment ideas
    Carlos III
  • What were the four key ideas of the Enlightenment and briefly describe each
    Reason, natural rights, knowledge and tolerance
  • Name 3 important thinkers of the Enlightenment
    John Locke, Montesquieu, Voltaire, Rousseau
  • True or false: Enlightenment ideas supported all ideas and structures of the Old Regime
    False, they challenged many
  • The English Civi War was a conflict between ___ and ___
    the King (royalists) and the Parliament (controlled by the bourgeoisie)
  • Which Enlightenment philosopher argued that the state was the result of a social contract between government and people
    John Locke
  • Define "separation of powers"
    When each branch of government has its own powers and responsibiities
  • Absolute Monarchs based their economic policies on ____
    mercantilism
  • The Dutch Republic gained independence from ___
    Spain
  • What is mercantilism?
    A theory that held that there was ony a fixed amount of trade in the world and a country's wealth was based on the amount of silver and gold it had
  • In the Old Regime, society was divided into ___ ____
    three estates
  • The Society of Estates had 2 main characteristics: ___ and ___
    Privilege and lack of mobility
  • Why did the Church not like the Encycopaedia
    it challenged the Bible and religious beliefs
  • T or F: the Encyclopaedia was aimed only at the noble classes
    false
  • Whay was the agrarian sector not very productive in the 18th century?
    Weather events and a lot of land was not farmed productively because it belonged to nobles and clergy
  • The Dutch Republic was also known as ___
    the Republic of the United Provinces
  • The huge compilation of human knowledge published in 28 volumes between 1751 and 1722 was called ____
    the Encyclopaedia
  • What was the symbol of the French monarchy?
    the Fleur de Lis
  • In this form of government, monarchs held full legislative, executive and judicial power
    Absolutism
  • What is the Divine Right of Kings?
    The belief that God was the source of a monarch's power and he was above the law
  • What was controlled by Guilds?
    Most artisanal activity
  • Absolutism or parliamentary monarchy: which has a separation of powers?
    Parliamentary monarchy
  • What happened to the food supply in times of weather disasters?
    Prices rose, food became scarce and there was famine
  • Who wrote "Candide" and "Treatise on Tolerance"
    Voltaire
  • T or F: The writers of the Encyclopaedia always agreed with each other
    False
  • Name 3 monarchs that practiced Enlightened Despotism
    Catherine the Great of Russia, Frederick the Great of Prussia, Joseph II of Austria and Carlos III of Spain
  • In modern times, why are food supplies usually abundant all year long?
    Improved farming techniques, irrigation, genetically modified crops, chemicals etc
  • Name 3 reforms passed by enlightened despots
    Education, government, land reforms
  • In England, which document guaranteed certain rights and liberties and limited the King's powers?
    The Bill of Rights of 1689
  • In 18th Century Europe, what was the main economic activity?
    crop agriculture and livestock farming
  • True or F: all monarchs rejected Enlightenment idea
    False