What was the Enlightenment?
A. a sudden breakthrough in scientific advances and technologies in the early twentieth century that expanded our collective understanding of the world
B. the historical period in ancient Greece when arts, social reform, and philosophy flourished
C. a process over the course of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries when established ideas, such as many religious dogmas, monarchy, and the “divine right of kings,” were challenged by new scientific forms of thought
D. the massive growth in collective knowledge and scientific understanding that has been ongoing since the establishment of a global Internet during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries
Answer:C
What was the Enlightenment?
A. a sudden breakthrough in scientific advances and technologies in the early twentieth century that expanded our collective understanding of the world B. the historical period in ancient Greece when arts, social reform, and philosophy flourished C. a process over the course of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries when established ideas, such as many religious dogmas, monarchy, and the “divine right of kings,” were challenged by new scientific forms of thought D. the massive growth in collective knowledge and scientific understanding that has been ongoing since the establishment of a global Internet during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries