Question 1

The scientist who conducted his own dissection of corpses during anatomy lectures was _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Andreas Vesalius 
B)  Galen 
C)  William Harvey 
D)  Ptolemy 
E)  Leonardo Da Vinci 
A)  Andreas Vesalius 
B)  Galen 
C)  William Harvey 
D)  Ptolemy 
E)  Leonardo Da Vinci A

Question 2

The underlying debate in the Calas affair was _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  how much power a government should have 
B)  how corrupt religion was in France 
C)  whether it was appropriate for torture to be used in legal proceedings 
D)  whether people should have the right to switch religions 
E)  the necessity of the government to remain separate from religious concerns in the area of legal justice 
A)  how much power a government should have 
B)  how corrupt religion was in France 
C)  whether it was appropriate for torture to be used in legal proceedings 
D)  whether people should have the right to switch religions 
E)  the necessity of the government to remain separate from religious concerns in the area of legal justice C

Question 3

With the change in reading habits of the eighteenth century, all of the following were newly popular forms of reading except _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  novels 
B)  newspapers 
C)  political tracts 
D)  scientific papers 
E)  religious materials 
A)  novels 
B)  newspapers 
C)  political tracts 
D)  scientific papers 
E)  religious materials E

Question 4

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Voltaire

Accepted Answer

Social critic, attacker of Chr

Question 5

Abbé Raynal believed that Europeans were manifesting God's destiny in colonizing North America.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Nicholas Copernicus

Accepted Answer

Polish astronomer who posited

Question 7

Why was the effect of Rousseau's Social Contract so profoundly different from that of other philosophes?

Accepted Answer

Rousseau's prolific works examined human

Question 8

Moses Mendelssohn brought Jewish philosophy into the Enlightenment with his ideas that _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Judaism should be stripped of miracles and supernatural references to reflect the natural world 
B)  all religion was fraudulent 
C)  Jews should embrace their unique beliefs as the foundation of monotheism 
D)  Yiddish should be the universal vernacular language of the Hebrew people 
E)  None of these. 
A)  Judaism should be stripped of miracles and supernatural references to reflect the natural world 
B)  all religion was fraudulent 
C)  Jews should embrace their unique beliefs as the foundation of monotheism 
D)  Yiddish should be the universal vernacular language of the Hebrew people 
E)  None of these.

Question 9

Under cameralism, in what way were kings were seen?

Accepted Answer

A)  As divinely ordained rulers 
B)  As unlimited authority figures 
C)  As supreme political managers 
D)  As directors of the people's will 
E)  As expendable 
A)  As divinely ordained rulers 
B)  As unlimited authority figures 
C)  As supreme political managers 
D)  As directors of the people's will 
E)  As expendable

Question 10

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-scientific method

Accepted Answer

Newton's combination of the in

Question 11

The idea of public opinion as influencing state politics was seen most in which countries?

Accepted Answer

A)  England and France 
B)  France and Spain 
C)  The Netherlands 
D)  Prussia and Russia 
E)  Prussia and Austria 
A)  England and France 
B)  France and Spain 
C)  The Netherlands 
D)  Prussia and Russia 
E)  Prussia and Austria

Question 12

Most philosophes supported the idea that women _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  were intellectually equal to men 
B)  were not prepared to be rulers 
C)  should focus on motherhood 
D)  were weaker in body and therefore weaker in mind 
E)  should be admitted to universities 
A)  were intellectually equal to men 
B)  were not prepared to be rulers 
C)  should focus on motherhood 
D)  were weaker in body and therefore weaker in mind 
E)  should be admitted to universities

Question 13

The idea of cameralism argued that Kings were not divine beings, but supreme political managers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The policy of enriching a nation's wealth through direct management of people and resources was known as _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  mercantilism 
B)  capitalism 
C)  enlightened despotism 
D)  cameralism 
E)  chartism 
A)  mercantilism 
B)  capitalism 
C)  enlightened despotism 
D)  cameralism 
E)  chartism

Question 15

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Sir Isaac Newton

Accepted Answer

English mathematicia

Question 16

Discuss the ideas and innovations of Descartes.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. Descartes came of age

Question 17

What was the main purpose for the meeting of freemasons?

Accepted Answer

A)  To discuss scientific progress and publications 
B)  To subvert Catholicism through intellectual debate 
C)  To form a network for the financial interests of guild members 
D)  To create a fraternity for social interaction 
E)  To conspire to overthrow the government 
A)  To discuss scientific progress and publications 
B)  To subvert Catholicism through intellectual debate 
C)  To form a network for the financial interests of guild members 
D)  To create a fraternity for social interaction 
E)  To conspire to overthrow the government

Question 18

The blending of religion and science in terms of explaining the creation of the universe was found in the belief of _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  scholasticism 
B)  argument from design 
C)  materialism 
D)  pragmatic creation 
E)  naturalism 
A)  scholasticism 
B)  argument from design 
C)  materialism 
D)  pragmatic creation 
E)  naturalism

Question 19

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Alexander Pope

Accepted Answer

English poet and literary crit

Question 20

Immanuel Kant argued that the enlightened mind would logically choose democracy as a political reform.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 17: The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment

The scientist who conducted his own dissection of corpses during anatomy lectures was _____________.

The underlying debate in the Calas affair was _____________.

With the change in reading habits of the eighteenth century, all of the following were newly popular forms of reading except _____________.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Voltaire

Abbé Raynal believed that Europeans were manifesting God's destiny in colonizing North America.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Nicholas Copernicus

Why was the effect of Rousseau's Social Contract so profoundly different from that of other philosophes?

Moses Mendelssohn brought Jewish philosophy into the Enlightenment with his ideas that _____________.

Under cameralism, in what way were kings were seen?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -scientific method

The idea of public opinion as influencing state politics was seen most in which countries?

Most philosophes supported the idea that women _____________.

The idea of cameralism argued that Kings were not divine beings, but supreme political managers.

The policy of enriching a nation's wealth through direct management of people and resources was known as _____________.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Sir Isaac Newton

Discuss the ideas and innovations of Descartes.

What was the main purpose for the meeting of freemasons?

The blending of religion and science in terms of explaining the creation of the universe was found in the belief of _____________.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Alexander Pope

Immanuel Kant argued that the enlightened mind would logically choose democracy as a political reform.

The Origins of the West in the Ancient Near East

Iron Age Civilizations

The Rise of Greek Civilization

From Polis to Cosmopolis: the Hellenistic World

The Rise of Rome

The Roman Empire

Late Antiquity

The Eastern Mediterranean

The Kingdoms of Western Europe

The High Middle Ages

Reversals and Disasters

The Renaissance in Italy and Northern Europe

Europes Age of Expansion

Reform in the Western Church

A Century of Crisis

State Building and the European State System

Trade and Empire

Revolutionary France and Napoleonic Europe

Restoration and Reform: Conservative and Liberal Europe

Industrialization and Society

The Triumph of the Nation-State

The Culture of Industrial Europe

The Age of Imperialism

War and Revolution

A Decade of Revolutionary Experiments

Democracy Under Siege

Europe Divided

Lifting the Iron Curtain

Europe in a Globalizing World

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