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QuizMultiple Choice

Compare and Contrast Revolutions — Unit test

Question 9 • 8th Grade US History & Geography A

Which best describes how education changed during the Enlightenment?

Answer
A
Religious doctrine was banished from education.
B
Mathematics became integral to all disciplines.
C
Education centered on humans’ relationships with nature.
D
Reason was applied to different disciplines.

Explanation

Enlightenment thinkers emphasized reason and evidence as tools for understanding the world. Education increasingly applied these ideas across subjects, including science, politics, and philosophy. This is best described by “Reason was applied to different disciplines”; education did not simply banish religion or make mathematics central to every subject.

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