Question

Which of the following is a characteristic of the Enlightenment?

A.
People began to question the authority of monarchs and emphasized individualism.

B.
People began to use advanced machinery to replace human labor at many jobs.

C.
People began to exchange goods and ideas among vastly different cultures.

D.
People began to rely on reason rather than religion to explain natural phenomena.

Answer 1

The correct answer is D) People began to rely on reason rather than religion to explain natural phenomena.

One of the characteristics of Enlightenment was that people began to rely on reason rather than religion to explain natural phenomena.

The Age of Reason or Enlightenment was an intellectual movement that initiated in Europe in the late 17th century. It favored the use of the reason and individualism, instead of religious dogma, to understand and explain many natural phenomena. Enlightenment thinkers and philosophers considered that the use of reason, the logic, was mores useful that to live with dogmas. During this period, many ideas on the separation of the Church and the government, fraternity, liberty, and progress were dominant.