Question 1

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 2

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Why is Voltaire felt to be emblematic of the Enlightenment movement?

Accepted Answer

Voltaire became the chief representative

Question 4

Descartes believed all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)  skepticism was the origin of rational inquiry. 
B)  inductive reasoning was the best approach to analysis. 
C)  introspection could provide sufficient authority for knowledge. 
D)  that the universe was made up of particles. 
E)  the adage, "I think, therefore I am." 
A)  skepticism was the origin of rational inquiry. 
B)  inductive reasoning was the best approach to analysis. 
C)  introspection could provide sufficient authority for knowledge. 
D)  that the universe was made up of particles. 
E)  the adage, "I think, therefore I am."

Question 5

In his battles against the Catholic Church,Voltaire argued vehemently for atheism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

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 7

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What factors contributed to the new way of thinking about the universe during the Scientific Age?

Accepted Answer

Sufficient challenge to the existing tra

Question 9

Which of the following philosophers was not a deist?

Accepted Answer

A)  Benjamin Franklin 
B)  René Descartes 
C)  Voltaire 
D)  Thomas Jefferson 
E)  Jean Jacques Rousseau 
A)  Benjamin Franklin 
B)  René Descartes 
C)  Voltaire 
D)  Thomas Jefferson 
E)  Jean Jacques Rousseau

Question 10

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 11

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.

Question 12

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

Exam 17: The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment,1550-1790

What was alchemy?

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

Why is Voltaire felt to be emblematic of the Enlightenment movement?

Descartes believed all of the following except

In his battles against the Catholic Church,Voltaire argued vehemently for atheism.

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

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

What factors contributed to the new way of thinking about the universe during the Scientific Age?

Which of the following philosophers was not a deist?

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

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

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

The Origins of Western Civilization in the Ancient Near East,3000-1200 B.C.E.

Iron Age Civilizations,1200-500 B.C.E.

The Rise of Greek Civilization,1100-387 B.C.E.

From Polis To Cosmopolis: The Hellenistic World,387-30 B.C.E.

The Rise of Rome,753-27 B.C.E.

The Roman Empire,27 B.C.E.-284 C.E.

Late Antiquity,284-527

The Eastern Mediterranean,500-1000

The Kingdoms of Western Europe,500-1000

The High Middle Ages,1000-1300

Reversals and Disasters,1300-1450

The Renaissance in Italy and Northern Europe,1350-1550

Europe’s Age of Expansion, 1450–1550

Reform in the Western Church,1490-1570

A Century of Crisis,1550-1650

State-Building and the European State System,1648-1789

Trade and Empire,1700-1800

Revolutionary France and Napoleonic Europe,1775-1815

Restoration and Reform: Conservative and Liberal Europe,1814-1847

Industrialization and Society,1800-1850

The Triumph of the Nation-State,1848-1900

The Culture of Industrial Europe,1850-1914

The Age of Imperialism,1870-1914

War and Revolution,1900-1918

A Decade of Revolutionary Experiments,1918-1929

Democracy Under Siege,1929-1945

Europe Divided,1945-1968

Lifting the Iron Curtain,1969-1991

Europe in a Globalizing World,1991 to the Present

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