Deck 4: Historical Figures and Works in Philosophy and Politics

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James I was the ruler of …………….

A)russia
B)england
C)saxony
D)prussia
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First Bourbon king of France was …………………

A)henryii
B)henry iv
C)henry viii
D)charles i
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Louis XIV belonged to the ……………dynasty.

A)tudor
B)bourbon
C)hapsburg
D)stuart
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The French Protestants known as ……………..

A)puritans
B)huguenots
C)presbyterians
D)round heads
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The first English settlement in ……………was Jamestown, in Virginia.

A)north america
B)south america
C)africa
D)canada
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The ………… century is often called the 'Age of Reason' because it was a period of enlightenment during which philosophy was in vogue throughout Europe.

A)15th
B)16th
C)17th
D)18th
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'Wealth of Nations'was the work of ………..

A)john locke
B)rene descartes
C)alfred marshall
D)adam smith
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………….., one of the best scientists of his time, wrote an essay entitled, "On Liberty and Necessity: Man in the Newtonian Universe."

A)benjamin franklin
B)robert owen
C)john calvin
D)thomas paine
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……………..was "the founder of liberalism".

A)john locke
B)montesquieu
C)thomas paine
D)robert fulton
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The Advancement of Learning was written by ………………..

A)francis bacon
B)thomas paine
C)robert fulton
D)rousseau
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Who wrote'Novum Organum Scientiarum'?

A)newton
B)thomas paine
C)francis bacon
D)montesquieu
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Thomas Hobbes was an……………. Philosopher

A)french
B)russian
C)english
D)indian
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Whose masterwork was Leviathan?

A)aristotle
B)plato
C)thomas hobbes
D)locke
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'Meditations on First Philosophy' was written by ……………….

A)montesquieu
B)thomas paine
C)descartes
D)charles telford
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Whose masterpiece was 'The Spirit of the Laws'?

A)thomas paine
B)thomas aquinas
C)aristotle
D)montesquieu
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Persian Letters was written by ………………

A)montesquieu
B)thomas paine
C)rousseau
D)viscount townsend
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Who wrote the philosophical work, A Discourse on the Sciences and Arts?

A)jean-jacques rousseau
B)thomas paine
C)charles telford
D)voltaire
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The Discourse on the Origin of Inequality was written by ………………..

A)rousseau
B)thomas paine
C)montesquieu
D)robert fulton
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Whose major work on political philosophy was the The Social Contract?

A)michael faraday
B)montesquieu
C)charles telford
D)rousseau
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'The Confessions' was the Autobiography of ………………..

A)jethro tull
B)thomas paine
C)montesquieu
D)rousseau
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Who Wrote Philosophical Dictionary?

A)robert fulton
B)thomas paine
C)montesquieu
D)voltaire
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Who were The Physiocrats?

A)historians
B)sociologists
C)scientists
D)economists
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Colbert was served as a minister in the Court of…………..

A)louis xiv
B)james i
C)edward vi
D)charles i
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Thomas Paine was a radical writer who emigrated from …………to America in 1774.

A)england
B)russia
C)spain
D)austria
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Who wrote the controversial work, The Age of Reason?

A)thomas paine
B)montesquieu
C)charles telford
D)robert fulton
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Deck 4: Historical Figures and Works in Philosophy and Politics
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James I was the ruler of …………….

A)russia
B)england
C)saxony
D)prussia
england
2
First Bourbon king of France was …………………

A)henryii
B)henry iv
C)henry viii
D)charles i
henry iv
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Louis XIV belonged to the ……………dynasty.

A)tudor
B)bourbon
C)hapsburg
D)stuart
bourbon
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The French Protestants known as ……………..

A)puritans
B)huguenots
C)presbyterians
D)round heads
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The first English settlement in ……………was Jamestown, in Virginia.

A)north america
B)south america
C)africa
D)canada
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The ………… century is often called the 'Age of Reason' because it was a period of enlightenment during which philosophy was in vogue throughout Europe.

A)15th
B)16th
C)17th
D)18th
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'Wealth of Nations'was the work of ………..

A)john locke
B)rene descartes
C)alfred marshall
D)adam smith
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………….., one of the best scientists of his time, wrote an essay entitled, "On Liberty and Necessity: Man in the Newtonian Universe."

A)benjamin franklin
B)robert owen
C)john calvin
D)thomas paine
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……………..was "the founder of liberalism".

A)john locke
B)montesquieu
C)thomas paine
D)robert fulton
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The Advancement of Learning was written by ………………..

A)francis bacon
B)thomas paine
C)robert fulton
D)rousseau
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Who wrote'Novum Organum Scientiarum'?

A)newton
B)thomas paine
C)francis bacon
D)montesquieu
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Thomas Hobbes was an……………. Philosopher

A)french
B)russian
C)english
D)indian
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Whose masterwork was Leviathan?

A)aristotle
B)plato
C)thomas hobbes
D)locke
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'Meditations on First Philosophy' was written by ……………….

A)montesquieu
B)thomas paine
C)descartes
D)charles telford
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Whose masterpiece was 'The Spirit of the Laws'?

A)thomas paine
B)thomas aquinas
C)aristotle
D)montesquieu
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Persian Letters was written by ………………

A)montesquieu
B)thomas paine
C)rousseau
D)viscount townsend
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Who wrote the philosophical work, A Discourse on the Sciences and Arts?

A)jean-jacques rousseau
B)thomas paine
C)charles telford
D)voltaire
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The Discourse on the Origin of Inequality was written by ………………..

A)rousseau
B)thomas paine
C)montesquieu
D)robert fulton
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Whose major work on political philosophy was the The Social Contract?

A)michael faraday
B)montesquieu
C)charles telford
D)rousseau
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'The Confessions' was the Autobiography of ………………..

A)jethro tull
B)thomas paine
C)montesquieu
D)rousseau
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Who Wrote Philosophical Dictionary?

A)robert fulton
B)thomas paine
C)montesquieu
D)voltaire
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Who were The Physiocrats?

A)historians
B)sociologists
C)scientists
D)economists
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Colbert was served as a minister in the Court of…………..

A)louis xiv
B)james i
C)edward vi
D)charles i
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Thomas Paine was a radical writer who emigrated from …………to America in 1774.

A)england
B)russia
C)spain
D)austria
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Who wrote the controversial work, The Age of Reason?

A)thomas paine
B)montesquieu
C)charles telford
D)robert fulton
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