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Western trad II Exam 2

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A political system in which a ruler holds total power, centralized power
Absolutism
Who led the Dutch revolt?
William of Orange
Which king struggled with parliament when they refused to give him money?
Charles 1
Which rulers made England stay constitutionalist after going back and forth?
William and Mary
What does the phrase "Cogito ergo sum" mean?
"I think, therefore I am"
What was Newton's discovery?
Theory of Gravity
When philosophers started to teach in a Christian format
Scientific revolution
A comedy about a nobleman obsessed with medieval times and saw things that weren't there. He went on a quest for his love that did not know or love him. Fights windmills that he thinks are giants and mistakes a lady being escorted by bodyguards to be a captured princess.
Don Quixote
The two upper parts of the trio sonata were for what instrument?
violins
The continuo part of the trio sonata was for what instruments?
Cello/Bass
instrumental genre in several movements for soloist or small ensemble
Sonata
A choral composition.
cantata
What was Kant's Guardians of Society about?
discouraging the use of reason and society
Thinking for yourself, use of reason, rejection of authority and classical thought are all part of what movement?
The Enlightenment
Belief that God is a watchmaker; made the world and left it to survive on its own
Deism
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