Question 1

Thomas Hobbes endorsed the idea of _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the divine right of kings 
B)  political absolutism 
C)  liberal democracy 
D)  communal anarchy 
E)  All of these. 
A)  the divine right of kings 
B)  political absolutism 
C)  liberal democracy 
D)  communal anarchy 
E)  All of these.

Question 2

Most of the early scientists in the Scientific Revolution refused any royal patronage for fear of losing their autonomy in discoveries.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The idea that human history was the story of intellectual progress was espoused by _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  New Scientists 
B)  deists 
C)  moderns 
D)  freemasons 
E)  the Royal Society 
A)  New Scientists 
B)  deists 
C)  moderns 
D)  freemasons 
E)  the Royal Society

Question 4

Descartes and Locke argued that, via Cartesian dualism, men and women were of equal intellectual potential.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The places where women could participate in the reading revolution on an equal footing were _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  salons 
B)  coffeehouses 
C)  universities 
D)  businesses 
E)  royal circles 
A)  salons 
B)  coffeehouses 
C)  universities 
D)  businesses 
E)  royal circles

Question 6

Which philosopher argued against slavery?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hobbes 
B)  Locke 
C)  Montesquieu 
D)  Rousseau 
E)  Jefferson 
A)  Hobbes 
B)  Locke 
C)  Montesquieu 
D)  Rousseau 
E)  Jefferson

Question 7

A support for the removal of religion from science was found in the ideas of _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  deism 
B)  the Scientific Method 
C)  materialism 
D)  heliocentrism 
E)  pure gospel in the Reformation 
A)  deism 
B)  the Scientific Method 
C)  materialism 
D)  heliocentrism 
E)  pure gospel in the Reformation

Question 8

Deism embraced which philosophy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Christianity 
B)  Christian humanism. 
C)  Atheism 
D)  Naturalism 
E)  Agnosticism 
A)  Christianity 
B)  Christian humanism. 
C)  Atheism 
D)  Naturalism 
E)  Agnosticism

Question 9

Contrast Hobbes and Locke's views of human nature and connect each to the political philosophy of the time?

Accepted Answer

Hobbes argued that human nature was esse

Question 10

Galileo Galilei made advances on the work of all of the following except _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Copernicus 
B)  Brahe 
C)  Kepler 
D)  Ptolemy 
E)  Newton 
A)  Copernicus 
B)  Brahe 
C)  Kepler 
D)  Ptolemy 
E)  Newton

Question 11

What was alchemy?

Accepted Answer

A)  The belief that powers of nature could be revealed through observation of and experimentation with chemicals 
B)  A belief that chemistry could transform natural materials 
C)  A scientific process of application of chemicals to determine the physical universe 
D)  A science to discover the physical properties of liquids 
E)  The belief that all material properties were held together with chemical bonds 
A)  The belief that powers of nature could be revealed through observation of and experimentation with chemicals 
B)  A belief that chemistry could transform natural materials 
C)  A scientific process of application of chemicals to determine the physical universe 
D)  A science to discover the physical properties of liquids 
E)  The belief that all material properties were held together with chemical bonds

Question 12

The new venues for disseminating science and enlightenment works included all of the following except _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  salons 
B)  coffeehouses 
C)  novels 
D)  Masonic lodges 
E)  guilds 
A)  salons 
B)  coffeehouses 
C)  novels 
D)  Masonic lodges 
E)  guilds

Question 13

What were the ideas of Abbé Raynal regarding the New World inhabitants, and what were the response of Jefferson to them?

Accepted Answer

Raynal took up the previously debated id

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

Method starting with observati

Question 15

John Locke argued that _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  government was a contract between the state and its people 
B)  people were required to submit to authority rather than look after their own interests 
C)  people were inherently evil and required a strong government to keep them in line 
D)  science diverted people's attention from solving social issues 
E)  None of these are true. 
A)  government was a contract between the state and its people 
B)  people were required to submit to authority rather than look after their own interests 
C)  people were inherently evil and required a strong government to keep them in line 
D)  science diverted people's attention from solving social issues 
E)  None of these are true.

Question 16

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-philosophes

Accepted Answer

Name French supporte

Question 17

Whose Discourse on Method espoused the deductive method?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bacon 
B)  Newton 
C)  Descartes 
D)  Rousseau 
E)  Pope 
A)  Bacon 
B)  Newton 
C)  Descartes 
D)  Rousseau 
E)  Pope

Question 18

Francis Bacon endorsed the deductive method of reasoning.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Newton combined the ideas of ____________ to arrive at the scientific method.

Accepted Answer

A)  Rousseau and Descartes 
B)  Bacon and Descartes 
C)  Rousseau and Bacon 
D)  Vesalius and Descartes 
E)  Rousseau and Vesalius 
A)  Rousseau and Descartes 
B)  Bacon and Descartes 
C)  Rousseau and Bacon 
D)  Vesalius and Descartes 
E)  Rousseau and Vesalius

Question 20

Sir Francis Bacon is notable for _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  being lord chancellor under James I 
B)  being a proponent of the inductive method 
C)  contributing to Newton's scientific method 
D)  believing that authority of knowledge came from the world itself, not the ancient scientific writings 
E)  All of these. 
A)  being lord chancellor under James I 
B)  being a proponent of the inductive method 
C)  contributing to Newton's scientific method 
D)  believing that authority of knowledge came from the world itself, not the ancient scientific writings 
E)  All of these.

Exam 17: The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment

Thomas Hobbes endorsed the idea of _____________.

Most of the early scientists in the Scientific Revolution refused any royal patronage for fear of losing their autonomy in discoveries.

The idea that human history was the story of intellectual progress was espoused by _____________.

Descartes and Locke argued that, via Cartesian dualism, men and women were of equal intellectual potential.

The places where women could participate in the reading revolution on an equal footing were _____________.

Which philosopher argued against slavery?

A support for the removal of religion from science was found in the ideas of _____________.

Deism embraced which philosophy?

Contrast Hobbes and Locke's views of human nature and connect each to the political philosophy of the time?

Galileo Galilei made advances on the work of all of the following except _____________.

What was alchemy?

The new venues for disseminating science and enlightenment works included all of the following except _____________.

What were the ideas of Abbé Raynal regarding the New World inhabitants, and what were the response of Jefferson to them?

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

John Locke argued that _____________.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -philosophes

Whose Discourse on Method espoused the deductive method?

Francis Bacon endorsed the deductive method of reasoning.

Newton combined the ideas of ____________ to arrive at the scientific method.

Sir Francis Bacon is notable for _____________.

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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