Learning Exercise
Jeopardy Review on the Enlightenment
Review game used before an assessment on the Enlightenment.
Course: Advanced Placement European History
- Material:
- Gluing Students to Their Seats and Other Fun Activities
- Date last modified:
- April 6, 2006
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- Barb Gehrts
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Exercise
Enlightenment Review Jeopardy
Terms
100--- Define Enlightenment
Age of reason (1700-1789 intellectual movement)
200--- What is the French Term for hands-off regarding economic policies?
Laissey faire
300--- A group of thinkers in the early 1700s who believed in reason, liberty,
natural law, progress, and human happiness were called
Philosophes
400--- A defensive strategy in which weak countries join together to match or
exceed the power of a stronger country
Balance of power
500--- A naturalistic belief that acknowledged God as the creator of the
universe is called
Deism
Vocabulary
100--- An autocratic ruler who exercises absolute power is called a
Despot
200--- Group of men of the Enlightenment who met secretly in lodges
Freemasons
300--- Rooms in homes for entertaining people and sharing new ideas, hosted by
women
Salons
400--- The idea that rulers receive their authority from God and are answerable
only to God
Divine right
500--- An economic theory under which a country increases its wealth by
e xporting more goods than its imports
Mercantilism
Leaders
100--- Who was leader of Austria from 1740-1780?
Maria Theresa
200--- Who was leader of Russia from 1762-1796?
Catherine the Great
Daily Double
300--- In order to watch over the whole structure of his enlightened reform,
Joseph II created a
Secret police
400--- Name one accomplishment of Fredrick the Great during the Enlightenment
Elementary education, religion
500--- What was the name of King George IIIs advisors who attempted to control
Parliament?
Kings Friends
People
100--- What philosophe is noted for writing about separation of powers?
The Spirit of Laws- Montesquieu
200--- Who is noted for the Encyclopedia?
Denis Diderot
300--- Who wrote the Social Contract?
Rousseau
400--- Economic advisors during the Enlightenment where called
Physiocrats
500--- Who wrote the Wealth of Nations?
Adam Smith
Potpourri
100--- What is the movement ortime period directly before the Enlightenment?
Scientific Revolution
200--- Music during the Enlightenment can be described as
Complex compositions/chamber music
300--- What brings the Enlightenment to an end?
Revolution
Daily Double
400--- In the 18th century, what aspect of British political life caused the
most public criticism?
Representation in Parliament
500--- Who founded a peasant uprising in Russia in 1773 and was later drawn and
quartered?
Pugachev
Final Jeopardy Question/Essay
Why did enlightened despotism fail in France?
-Money/taxes
Terms
100--- Define Enlightenment
Age of reason (1700-1789 intellectual movement)
200--- What is the French Term for hands-off regarding economic policies?
Laissey faire
300--- A group of thinkers in the early 1700s who believed in reason, liberty,
natural law, progress, and human happiness were called
Philosophes
400--- A defensive strategy in which weak countries join together to match or
exceed the power of a stronger country
Balance of power
500--- A naturalistic belief that acknowledged God as the creator of the
universe is called
Deism
Vocabulary
100--- An autocratic ruler who exercises absolute power is called a
Despot
200--- Group of men of the Enlightenment who met secretly in lodges
Freemasons
300--- Rooms in homes for entertaining people and sharing new ideas, hosted by
women
Salons
400--- The idea that rulers receive their authority from God and are answerable
only to God
Divine right
500--- An economic theory under which a country increases its wealth by
e xporting more goods than its imports
Mercantilism
Leaders
100--- Who was leader of Austria from 1740-1780?
Maria Theresa
200--- Who was leader of Russia from 1762-1796?
Catherine the Great
Daily Double
300--- In order to watch over the whole structure of his enlightened reform,
Joseph II created a
Secret police
400--- Name one accomplishment of Fredrick the Great during the Enlightenment
Elementary education, religion
500--- What was the name of King George IIIs advisors who attempted to control
Parliament?
Kings Friends
People
100--- What philosophe is noted for writing about separation of powers?
The Spirit of Laws- Montesquieu
200--- Who is noted for the Encyclopedia?
Denis Diderot
300--- Who wrote the Social Contract?
Rousseau
400--- Economic advisors during the Enlightenment where called
Physiocrats
500--- Who wrote the Wealth of Nations?
Adam Smith
Potpourri
100--- What is the movement ortime period directly before the Enlightenment?
Scientific Revolution
200--- Music during the Enlightenment can be described as
Complex compositions/chamber music
300--- What brings the Enlightenment to an end?
Revolution
Daily Double
400--- In the 18th century, what aspect of British political life caused the
most public criticism?
Representation in Parliament
500--- Who founded a peasant uprising in Russia in 1773 and was later drawn and
quartered?
Pugachev
Final Jeopardy Question/Essay
Why did enlightened despotism fail in France?
-Money/taxes