Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

The process of drawi

Question 2

Who wrote What is Enlightenment ?

Accepted Answer

A)  Kant 
B)  Rousseau 
C)  Descartes 
D)  Voltaire 
E)  Diderot 
A)  Kant 
B)  Rousseau 
C)  Descartes 
D)  Voltaire 
E)  Diderot

Question 3

What are the differences between the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. Starting first and ea

Question 4

The philosopher who proposed that Americans were degenerate as an example of Eurocentrism was _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Thomas Jefferson 
B)  Abbé Raynal 
C)  Thomas Cooke 
D)  Thomas Hobbes 
E)  Voltaire 
A)  Thomas Jefferson 
B)  Abbé Raynal 
C)  Thomas Cooke 
D)  Thomas Hobbes 
E)  Voltaire

Question 5

Montesquieu's first book satirized French society from the point of view of imagined Persian tourists.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Galileo Galilei

Accepted Answer

Italian astronomer who first u

Question 7

Alexander Pope was a(n) _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  astronomer 
B)  physicist 
C)  poet 
D)  biologist 
E)  priest 
A)  astronomer 
B)  physicist 
C)  poet 
D)  biologist 
E)  priest

Question 8

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Sir Francis Bacon

Accepted Answer

English defender of

Question 9

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-lending library

Accepted Answer

Institutions allowing readers

Question 10

How did the philosophes reconcile their ideas about human equality with their support of slavery?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. This situation create

Question 11

Who first used the telescope to look into space?

Accepted Answer

A)  Tycho Brahe 
B)  Johannes Kepler 
C)  Galileo Galilei 
D)  Isaac Newton 
E)  Immanual Kant 
A)  Tycho Brahe 
B)  Johannes Kepler 
C)  Galileo Galilei 
D)  Isaac Newton 
E)  Immanual Kant

Question 12

The scientist given credit for a complete theory of the universe was _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  René Descartes 
B)  Ptolemy 
C)  Galileo 
D)  Isaac Newton 
E)  Sir Francis Bacon 
A)  René Descartes 
B)  Ptolemy 
C)  Galileo 
D)  Isaac Newton 
E)  Sir Francis Bacon

Question 13

Where was Nicholas Copernicus from?

Accepted Answer

A)  Austria 
B)  Prussia 
C)  Russia 
D)  Poland 
E)  Italy 
A)  Austria 
B)  Prussia 
C)  Russia 
D)  Poland 
E)  Italy

Question 14

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-alchemy

Accepted Answer

Discipline practiced in the Mi

Question 15

Much of the new work done during the Scientific Revolution was by _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  astronomers 
B)  mathematicians 
C)  philosophers 
D)  physiologists 
E)  physicists 
A)  astronomers 
B)  mathematicians 
C)  philosophers 
D)  physiologists 
E)  physicists

Question 16

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Tycho Brahe

Accepted Answer

Danish astronomer wh

Question 17

Who first argued that the planets' orbits around the sun were elliptical?

Accepted Answer

A)  Tycho Brahe 
B)  Johannes Kepler 
C)  Galileo Galilei 
D)  Isaac Newton 
E)  Immanual Kant 
A)  Tycho Brahe 
B)  Johannes Kepler 
C)  Galileo Galilei 
D)  Isaac Newton 
E)  Immanual Kant

Question 18

In addition to Americans, Europeans debated the civilized qualities of whom?

Accepted Answer

A)  Canadians 
B)  the people of the South Pacific 
C)  Chinese 
D)  Africans 
E)  Latin Americans 
A)  Canadians 
B)  the people of the South Pacific 
C)  Chinese 
D)  Africans 
E)  Latin Americans

Question 19

The major debates on human similarity and difference focused on all of the following except _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the institution of slavery 
B)  the relationship between men and women 
C)  the relationship between Europeans and non-Europeans 
D)  the essence of human rights and whether these were universal 
E)  elements of universality 
A)  the institution of slavery 
B)  the relationship between men and women 
C)  the relationship between Europeans and non-Europeans 
D)  the essence of human rights and whether these were universal 
E)  elements of universality

Question 20

Blaise Pascal tried to reconcile religion and science by arguing that _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  innate ideas allowed humans to conceive of God 
B)  the laws of motion implied that something or someone had to initiate motion to start with; hence, God existed 
C)  the heart drew on intuition as the mind drew on logic, but the heart provided a deeper view 
D)  deism would not explain miracles; hence, science and religion had to be compatible 
E)  God gave humans the knowledge and reason to analyze the workings of the universe, but not the ability to create one 
A)  innate ideas allowed humans to conceive of God 
B)  the laws of motion implied that something or someone had to initiate motion to start with; hence, God existed 
C)  the heart drew on intuition as the mind drew on logic, but the heart provided a deeper view 
D)  deism would not explain miracles; hence, science and religion had to be compatible 
E)  God gave humans the knowledge and reason to analyze the workings of the universe, but not the ability to create one

Exam 17: The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment

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

Who wrote What is Enlightenment ?

What are the differences between the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment?

The philosopher who proposed that Americans were degenerate as an example of Eurocentrism was _____________.

Montesquieu's first book satirized French society from the point of view of imagined Persian tourists.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Galileo Galilei

Alexander Pope was a(n) _____________.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Sir Francis Bacon

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -lending library

How did the philosophes reconcile their ideas about human equality with their support of slavery?

Who first used the telescope to look into space?

The scientist given credit for a complete theory of the universe was _____________.

Where was Nicholas Copernicus from?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -alchemy

Much of the new work done during the Scientific Revolution was by _____________.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Tycho Brahe

Who first argued that the planets' orbits around the sun were elliptical?

In addition to Americans, Europeans debated the civilized qualities of whom?

The major debates on human similarity and difference focused on all of the following except _____________.

Blaise Pascal tried to reconcile religion and science by arguing that _____________.

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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