Exam 17: The Age of Reason 1700-1789

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What was enlightened despotism? Where and why did it develop in the eighteenth century? Discuss the successes and failures of this political system,focusing on one of the enlightened despots discussed in the textbook.

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Rousseau's philosophy differed from that of Locke by asserting that

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Watteau specialized in which subject?

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The philosophes called for all of the following reforms EXCEPT

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Why did most of the philosophes reject absolutism and support an alternative form of government? Compare the alternative types of government preferred by Montesquieu and Rousseau.

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A splendid example of a rococo interior is the

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Who was the editor of the Encyclopédie?

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Of which painting style was Jacques-Louis David the primary exponent?

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Montesquieu's most enduring idea in The Spirit of the Laws is that

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Rousseau's democratic ideas reflected his origins as a citizen of the

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Which author wrote novels that were sentimental domestic dramas?

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________,as a limited monarchy,became the ideal model for many philosophes.

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The Enlightenment owed intellectual debts to all of the following EXCEPT

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The Empress Maria Theresa of Austria

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English neoclassical writers and their readers shared which values?

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Neoclassical architecture relied on the ideals of

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What was enlightened despotism? Where and why did it develop in the eighteenth century? Discuss the successes and failures of this political system,focusing on one of the enlightened despots discussed in the textbook.

Rousseau's philosophy differed from that of Locke by asserting that

Watteau specialized in which subject?

The philosophes called for all of the following reforms EXCEPT

Why did most of the philosophes reject absolutism and support an alternative form of government? Compare the alternative types of government preferred by Montesquieu and Rousseau.

A splendid example of a rococo interior is the

Who was the editor of the Encyclopédie?

Of which painting style was Jacques-Louis David the primary exponent?

Montesquieu's most enduring idea in The Spirit of the Laws is that

Rousseau's democratic ideas reflected his origins as a citizen of the

Which author wrote novels that were sentimental domestic dramas?

________,as a limited monarchy,became the ideal model for many philosophes.

The Enlightenment owed intellectual debts to all of the following EXCEPT

The Empress Maria Theresa of Austria

English neoclassical writers and their readers shared which values?

Neoclassical architecture relied on the ideals of

Prehistory and the Rise of Civilization in the Near East and Egypt

The Aegean: the Minoans,the Mycenaeans,and the Greeks of the Archaic Age

Classical Greece: the Hellenic Age

The Hellenistic World

Classical Rome: From Republic to Empire

Judaism and the Rise of Christianity

Late Antiquity: the Transformation of the Roman Empire and the Triumph of Christianity

The Heirs to the Roman Empire: Byzantium and the West in the Early Middle Ages

The Rise of Islam 622-1520

The High Middle Ages 1000-1300

The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Recovery, 1300-1500

The Early Renaissance: Return to Classical Roots, 1400-1494

The High Renaissance and Early Mannerism, 1494-1564

Northern Humanism, northern Renaissance, religious Reformations, and Late Mannerism, 1500-1603

The Baroque Age I: Glamour and Grandiosity, 1600-1715

The Baroque Age Ii: Revolutions in Scientific and Political Thought, 1600-1715

Revolution,reaction,and Cultural Response 1760-1830

The Triumph of the Bourgeoisie 1830-1871

The Age of Early Modernism 1871-1914

The Age of the Masses and the Zenith of Modernism 1914-1945

The Age of Anxiety and Late Modernism 1945-1970

The Contemporary World: Globalization, terrorism, and Postmodernism, 1970-2001

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