Enlightenment Bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. A system of basic rights inherent to people that cannot be taken away
   Natural Rights
2. This belief argues that knowledge comes from logic and reason, not traditional authority
   Rationalism
3. This thinker argued that government powers should be split to protect citizens
   Baron de Montesquieu
4. This thinker argued that we should doubt everything until it has been proven
   Rene Descartes
5. At this event, people argued that without a king, governing power returns to the people
   The Cortes of Cadiz
6. This invention helped spread Enlightenment ideas and information
   The Printing Press
7. This type of location was a gathering place for people to share and debate Enlightenment ideas
   Salons
8. These physical obstacles slowed the spread of the Enlightenment
   Mountains and Oceans
9. This thinker helped create the Scientific Method
   Francis Bacon
10. This thinker published the Encyclopedie
    Denis Diderot
11. This thinker argued for education and for equal rights for women
    Mary Wollstonecraft
12. A group of monarchs who enacted some Enlightenment reforms
    Enlightened Despots
13. This thinker argued that people have natural rights, and that societies exist to protect those rights
    John Locke
14. This Spanish group was made up of American-born whites
    Criollos
15. This American document divided government power according to Enlightenment ideas
    The US Constitution
16. These revolutions fought for equality and representation against a colonial caste system
    Latin American Revolutions
17. The belief that society should follow what the majority of people agree upon
    General Will
18. A period when "enemies of the revolution" were tried and executed in mass paranoia
    The Reign of Terror
19. This thinker studied the planets and created the heliocentric system
    Nicolaus Copernicus
20. The government's power to enforce laws and control the army
    Executive Power
21. A group of theories explaining why societies form and the role of government
    Social Contract
22. A government in which there are no limits on the power of the ruler
    Absolutism
23. This thinker believed societies existed to create order. He liked absolute monarchs.
    Thomas Hobbes
24. The government's power to create laws
    Legislative Power
25. This revolution saw the successful implementation of Enlightenment ideas and inspired other revolutions
    The American Revolution
26. This traditional institution opposed Enlightenment ideas that questioned its teachings
    The Catholic Church
27. This thinker believed governments should enact the General Will, and that people are inherently good.
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
28. This Spanish group was made up of indigenous Americans
    Indios
29. This French group was made up of the Clergy
    The First Estate
30. This Spanish group was made up of mixed-race individuals
    Mestizos
31. This violent revolution was inspired by ideas of liberty; it abolished slavery
    The Haitian Revolution
32. This thinker argued for Freedom of Speech
    Voltaire
33. This French group was made up of common people (and paid taxes)
    The Third Estate
34. The government's power to interpret the laws and judge cases
    Judicial Power
35. This Spanish group was made up of European-born whites
    Peninsulares
36. This American document argued that the British government was failing to protect the natural rights of its citizens
    The Declaration of Independence
37. This French group was made up of the Nobility
    The Second Estate
38. A process of learning by asking questions
    Inquiry
39. This violent revolution served as a cautionary tale and resulted in an Emperor
    The French Revolution