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