Question 1

Enlightenment reformers believed that the leaders of most rigidly organized religious groups had as their main purpose

Accepted Answer

A)  obtaining money from unsuspecting people. 
B)  convincing good people that they were filled with sin because of the original sin of Adam and Eve. 
C)  preventing people from listening to what reformers had to say. 
D)  frightening people into following established church laws. 
E)  hiding the truth − that people could reason out what they believed for themselves, without help from church authorities. 
A)  obtaining money from unsuspecting people. 
B)  convincing good people that they were filled with sin because of the original sin of Adam and Eve. 
C)  preventing people from listening to what reformers had to say. 
D)  frightening people into following established church laws. 
E)  hiding the truth − that people could reason out what they believed for themselves, without help from church authorities.

Question 2

In an effort to make science comprehensible and accessible to the masses, the French produced the most comprehensive literary work of the Enlightenment period.What was that immensely successful literary work called?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Spirit of the Laws. 
B)  Essay Concerning Human Understanding. 
C)  The Social Contract. 
D)  The Encyclopedie. 
E)  Wealth of Nations. 
A)  The Spirit of the Laws. 
B)  Essay Concerning Human Understanding. 
C)  The Social Contract. 
D)  The Encyclopedie. 
E)  Wealth of Nations.

Question 3

Denis Diderot and Jean d'Alembert accomplished the editing of the ____________________.

Accepted Answer

Encycloped

Question 4

What was the real problem of medieval and Renaissance science?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was based on superstition. 
B)  The sciences relied on the church. 
C)  The sciences were relying on the nobility. 
D)  It was driven by the evidence. 
E)  The sciences relied on ancient authorities. 
A)  It was based on superstition. 
B)  The sciences relied on the church. 
C)  The sciences were relying on the nobility. 
D)  It was driven by the evidence. 
E)  The sciences relied on ancient authorities.

Question 5

Most of the Enlightenment thinkers and activity are associated with which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  The United States 
B)  England 
C)  Spain 
D)  France 
E)  Italy 
A)  The United States 
B)  England 
C)  Spain 
D)  France 
E)  Italy

Question 6

Which of these elements would Enlightenment philosophes have found to be of least value?

Accepted Answer

A)  process 
B)  religion 
C)  invention 
D)  education 
E)  rationalism 
A)  process 
B)  religion 
C)  invention 
D)  education 
E)  rationalism

Enlightenment reformers believed that the leaders of most rigidly organized religious groups had as their main purpose

In an effort to make science comprehensible and accessible to the masses, the French produced the most comprehensive literary work of the Enlightenment period.What was that immensely successful literary work called?

Denis Diderot and Jean d'Alembert accomplished the editing of the ____________________.

What was the real problem of medieval and Renaissance science?

Most of the Enlightenment thinkers and activity are associated with which of the following?

Which of these elements would Enlightenment philosophes have found to be of least value?

A Larger World Opens

Religious Divisions and Political Consolidation in Europe

The Gunpowder Empires of Western and Southern Asia

Africa in the Era of Expansion

China From the Ming Through the Early Qing Dynasty

Japan and Southeast Asia in the Era of European Expansion

From Conquest to Colonies in Hispanic America

Liberalism and the Challenge to Absolute Monarchy

The Early Industrial Revolution

Europe: New Ideas and New Nations

Advanced Industrial Society

The Islamic World, 1600-1917

India and Southeast Asia Under Colonial Rule

European Imperialism and Africa During the Age of Industry

China in the Age of Imperialism

Latin America From Independence to Dependent States

Modern Science and Its Implications

World War I and Its Disputed Settlement

A Fragile Balance: Europe in the Twenties

The Soviet Experiment to World War II

Totalitarianism Refined: the Nazi State

East Asia in a Century of Change

World War II

The Cold World War

Decolonization of the Non-Western World

The New Asia

Africas Decolonization and Independence

Latin America in the Twentieth Century

The Reemergence of the Muslim World

Collapse and Reemergence in Communist Europe

A New Millennium

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Exam 29: The Scientific Revolution and Its Enlightened Aftermath

Enlightenment reformers believed that the leaders of most rigidly organized religious groups had as their main purpose

In an effort to make science comprehensible and accessible to the masses, the French produced the most comprehensive literary work of the Enlightenment period.What was that immensely successful literary work called?

Denis Diderot and Jean d'Alembert accomplished the editing of the ____________________.

What was the real problem of medieval and Renaissance science?

Most of the Enlightenment thinkers and activity are associated with which of the following?

Which of these elements would Enlightenment philosophes have found to be of least value?

A Larger World Opens

Religious Divisions and Political Consolidation in Europe

The Gunpowder Empires of Western and Southern Asia

Africa in the Era of Expansion

China From the Ming Through the Early Qing Dynasty

Japan and Southeast Asia in the Era of European Expansion

From Conquest to Colonies in Hispanic America

Liberalism and the Challenge to Absolute Monarchy

The Early Industrial Revolution

Europe: New Ideas and New Nations

Advanced Industrial Society

The Islamic World, 1600-1917

India and Southeast Asia Under Colonial Rule

European Imperialism and Africa During the Age of Industry

China in the Age of Imperialism

Latin America From Independence to Dependent States

Modern Science and Its Implications

World War I and Its Disputed Settlement

A Fragile Balance: Europe in the Twenties

The Soviet Experiment to World War II

Totalitarianism Refined: the Nazi State

East Asia in a Century of Change

World War II

The Cold World War

Decolonization of the Non-Western World

The New Asia

Africas Decolonization and Independence

Latin America in the Twentieth Century

The Reemergence of the Muslim World

Collapse and Reemergence in Communist Europe

A New Millennium

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