1. select the correct word or phrase to complete the following sentences on enlightenment. "philosophers applied (a. reasoning and logic b. absolute monarchy c. catholic beliefs) to physical and social aspects of people's lives. people started implementing new ideas and philosophies to their lives. they were getting tired of the (a. inefficient b. unstable c. oppressive) power of the monarchy. they wanted to experience a change in the way they were treated. so people started demanding (a. rights b. property c. scientific explanations)

Answers:

a. reasoning and logic

c. oppressive

a. rights.

The Age of Enlightenment was an intellectual movement during the 18th century. The movement placed reason at the centre of all human activity, and demanded all other ideas to derive from it. It also encouraged new principles such as liberty, equality, constitutional government, and the separation of church and state.

The Enlightenment was opposed to the absolute monarchies that dominated European political life. It was also the period that saw the development of the scientific method as a way to acquire knowledge about the world.

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on 6 november american voters will elect members of the house of representatives and the senate, which together are called congress.

both houses of congress are currently controlled by the republican party, which backs president donald trump.

the democrats think they can win control of the house of representatives this year by winning a majority of seats.

doing so would let them block or delay the president’s plans by refusing to enact them.

all 435 seats in the house of representatives are up for election.

if the democrats want to take control of the house by having the most seats, they’re going to have to claim at least 23 from the republicans.

graphic: the battle for the house of representatives