Question 1

How was the enlightenment applied to the political systems of Europe at the time?

Accepted Answer

The Enlightenment, also known as the Age

Question 2

Which of the following was emphasized in Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding?

Accepted Answer

A) A balanced political order was based on a contract between subjects and government. 
B) All of the answers are correct. 
C) Citizens must voluntarily give up some of their autonomy to a government. 
D) Only propertied males should be able to take an active part in government. 
E) Governments should have both an executive and legislative body. 
A) A balanced political order was based on a contract between subjects and government. 
B) All of the answers are correct. 
C) Citizens must voluntarily give up some of their autonomy to a government. 
D) Only propertied males should be able to take an active part in government. 
E) Governments should have both an executive and legislative body.

Question 3

Please define the following key terms.
- Agricultural revolution

Accepted Answer

The term "Agricultural Revolution" refer

Question 4

The English technology of draining marshlands for agricultural use was acquired from

Accepted Answer

A) Holland. 
B) America. 
C) Belgium. 
D) France. 
E) Ireland. 
A) Holland. 
B) America. 
C) Belgium. 
D) France. 
E) Ireland.

Question 5

How did science and its related improvements provide a justification for the dominance of England abroad?

Accepted Answer

A) No group could stand in the way of progress. 
B) Barbarians would be saved from their barbaric manners. 
C) It was a divine order for the British to improve the lands in its kingdoms. 
D) Aside from God's will,it was the need to fulfill the earth's potential. 
E) All of these 
A) No group could stand in the way of progress. 
B) Barbarians would be saved from their barbaric manners. 
C) It was a divine order for the British to improve the lands in its kingdoms. 
D) Aside from God's will,it was the need to fulfill the earth's potential. 
E) All of these

Question 6

Which of the following is associated with Descartes?

Accepted Answer

A) All of the answers are correct. 
B) Rationality is associated with mathematics,producing a unified system of truth. 
C) Systematic doubt is a key of knowledge. 
D) The ability to perceive the rational order of creation should be grounded in reasoning. 
E) One should use the deductive approach to truth and reasoning. 
A) All of the answers are correct. 
B) Rationality is associated with mathematics,producing a unified system of truth. 
C) Systematic doubt is a key of knowledge. 
D) The ability to perceive the rational order of creation should be grounded in reasoning. 
E) One should use the deductive approach to truth and reasoning.

Question 7

Which of the following statements would be of greater interest to Captain Cook,rather than to Banks in the trip to Tahiti?

Accepted Answer

A) The high priest,Tupaia,helped with the understanding of languages in Polynesia. 
B) Thieving was common among the natives. 
C) Having a navigational background,Tupaia provided information on the local winds and currents. 
D) The Tahitians did not understand the British idea of punishment. 
E) Tupaia explained the peace ritual that so mystified the English. 
A) The high priest,Tupaia,helped with the understanding of languages in Polynesia. 
B) Thieving was common among the natives. 
C) Having a navigational background,Tupaia provided information on the local winds and currents. 
D) The Tahitians did not understand the British idea of punishment. 
E) Tupaia explained the peace ritual that so mystified the English.

Question 8

Please define the following key terms.
- Immanuel Kant

Accepted Answer

Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher w

Question 9

What city was considered to be the Enlightenment center through which the intellectual currents of the western world flowed in Europe?

Accepted Answer

A) London. 
B) Milan. 
C) Rome. 
D) Paris. 
E) Madrid. 
A) London. 
B) Milan. 
C) Rome. 
D) Paris. 
E) Madrid.

Question 10

Seventeenth-century Europe saw the emergence of a new intellectual group known as the moderns who believed

Accepted Answer

A) in the authority of the works of Aristotle. 
B) that human reason provided the key to. 
C) that classical authors should be the foundation of all sciences. 
D) that man's knowledge was directly tied to God. 
E) that science and knowledge was the creation of God. 
A) in the authority of the works of Aristotle. 
B) that human reason provided the key to. 
C) that classical authors should be the foundation of all sciences. 
D) that man's knowledge was directly tied to God. 
E) that science and knowledge was the creation of God.

Question 11

Which of the following monarchs found enlightenment ideas enticing in theory but did not implement them?

Accepted Answer

A) Frederick the Great. 
B) Empress Maria Theresa. 
C) George I. 
D) Joseph II. 
E) Catherine the Great. 
A) Frederick the Great. 
B) Empress Maria Theresa. 
C) George I. 
D) Joseph II. 
E) Catherine the Great.

Question 12

Banks was an active advocate of

Accepted Answer

A) evolution. 
B) science and empire. 
C) the natural rights of indigenous peoples. 
D) settlement in Australia. 
E) voyages for purely scientific goals. 
A) evolution. 
B) science and empire. 
C) the natural rights of indigenous peoples. 
D) settlement in Australia. 
E) voyages for purely scientific goals.

Question 13

Following Descartes' lead using deductive reasoning,which of the following is associated with Isaac Newton?

Accepted Answer

A) His work in optics led to more powerful telescopes. 
B) He became associated with the development of differential calculus. 
C) He described a predictable world based on gravity. 
D) He proposed the law of acceleration and deceleration of bodies in motion. 
E) All of these 
A) His work in optics led to more powerful telescopes. 
B) He became associated with the development of differential calculus. 
C) He described a predictable world based on gravity. 
D) He proposed the law of acceleration and deceleration of bodies in motion. 
E) All of these

Question 14

Which of the following was not associated with the agricultural revolution in England?

Accepted Answer

A) Wind-driven pumping systems that were used to drain marshlands. 
B) Egalitarian distribution of land. 
C) Enclosure. 
D) Crossbreeding. 
E) Increased profits for large land owners. 
A) Wind-driven pumping systems that were used to drain marshlands. 
B) Egalitarian distribution of land. 
C) Enclosure. 
D) Crossbreeding. 
E) Increased profits for large land owners.

Question 15

Please define the following key terms.
- Inductive reasoning

Accepted Answer

The answer of Please define the following key terms.
- Inductive reasoning...

Question 16

Who was the major military power in India by the end of the eighteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A) The Mughals. 
B) The Ottomans. 
C) The Dutch. 
D) The British. 
E) The Marathas. 
A) The Mughals. 
B) The Ottomans. 
C) The Dutch. 
D) The British. 
E) The Marathas.

Question 17

Hobbes's reactions to human nature were based on

Accepted Answer

A) the belief that governments were a natural state of humanity. 
B) the natural state of nature was stability and security. 
C) the deep belief in divine right. 
D) the support of an absolute monarchy based on reason. 
E) the idea that deductive reasoning could not be applied to the study of human activities. 
A) the belief that governments were a natural state of humanity. 
B) the natural state of nature was stability and security. 
C) the deep belief in divine right. 
D) the support of an absolute monarchy based on reason. 
E) the idea that deductive reasoning could not be applied to the study of human activities.

Question 18

Please define the following key terms.
- African Association

Accepted Answer

The African Association, formally known

Question 19

How did John Harrison and Joseph Banks contribute to the use of practical science by the late eighteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A) They pioneered translating the scientific outlook into real-world applications. 
B) They made Greenwich,and thus Britain,the center of the world. 
C) Banks developed Kew Gardens as the world center of botany. 
D) Their science supported the increasing power of Britain. 
E) All of these 
A) They pioneered translating the scientific outlook into real-world applications. 
B) They made Greenwich,and thus Britain,the center of the world. 
C) Banks developed Kew Gardens as the world center of botany. 
D) Their science supported the increasing power of Britain. 
E) All of these

Question 20

Which of the following is true in the mapping and exploration of North America?

Accepted Answer

A) Captain Cook's Pacific journey helped establish the dimensions of the North American continent. 
B) George Vancouver charted the American western coast as far north as Alaska. 
C) Alexander Mackenzie crossed the entire American continent by foot east to west. 
D) The journey of Lewis and Clark applied a universal grid from the Mississippi to the Pacific coast. 
E) All of the answers are correct. 
A) Captain Cook's Pacific journey helped establish the dimensions of the North American continent. 
B) George Vancouver charted the American western coast as far north as Alaska. 
C) Alexander Mackenzie crossed the entire American continent by foot east to west. 
D) The journey of Lewis and Clark applied a universal grid from the Mississippi to the Pacific coast. 
E) All of the answers are correct.

Exam 21: European Science and the Foundations of Modern Imperialism, 1600 - 1820

How was the enlightenment applied to the political systems of Europe at the time?

Which of the following was emphasized in Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding?

Please define the following key terms. - Agricultural revolution

The English technology of draining marshlands for agricultural use was acquired from

How did science and its related improvements provide a justification for the dominance of England abroad?

Which of the following is associated with Descartes?

Which of the following statements would be of greater interest to Captain Cook,rather than to Banks in the trip to Tahiti?

Please define the following key terms. - Immanuel Kant

What city was considered to be the Enlightenment center through which the intellectual currents of the western world flowed in Europe?

Seventeenth-century Europe saw the emergence of a new intellectual group known as the moderns who believed

Which of the following monarchs found enlightenment ideas enticing in theory but did not implement them?

Banks was an active advocate of

Following Descartes' lead using deductive reasoning,which of the following is associated with Isaac Newton?

Which of the following was not associated with the agricultural revolution in England?

Please define the following key terms. - Inductive reasoning

Who was the major military power in India by the end of the eighteenth century?

Hobbes's reactions to human nature were based on

Please define the following key terms. - African Association

How did John Harrison and Joseph Banks contribute to the use of practical science by the late eighteenth century?

Which of the following is true in the mapping and exploration of North America?

The Peopling of the World, to 4000 BCE

The First Complex Societies in the Eastern Mediterranean, ca 4000 - 550 BCE

Ancient India and the Rise of Buddhism, 2600 BCE- 100 Ce

Blueprint for Empire: China, 1200 BCE- 220 Ce

The Americas and the Islands of the Pacific, to 1200 Ce

New Empires in Iran and Greece, 2000 BCE- 651 Ce

The Roman Empire and the Rise of Christianity, 509 BCE- 476 Ce

Hindu and Buddhist States and Societies in Asia, 100 - 1000

Islamic Empires of Western Asia and Africa, 600 - 1258

The Multiple Centers of Europe, 500 - 1000

Expanding Trade Networks in Africa and India, 1000 - 1500

Chinas Commercial Revolution, ca900 - 1276

Europes Commercial Revolution, 1000 - 1400

The Mongols and Their Successors, 1200 - 1500

Maritime Expansion in the Atlantic World, 1400 - 1600

Maritime Expansion in Afro-Eurasia, 1500 - 1700

Religion, politics, and the Balance of Power in Western Eurasia, 1500 - 1750

Empires, colonies, and Peoples of the Americas, 1600 - 1750

The Atlantic System: Africa, the Americas, and Europe, 1550 - 1807

Empires in Early Modern Asia, 1650 - 1818

Revolutions in the West, 1750 - 1830

The Industrial Revolution and European Politics, 1780 - 1880

China, japan, and India Confront the Modern World, 1800 - 1910

State Building and Social Change in the Americas, 1830 - 1895

The New Imperialism in Africa and Southeast Asia, 1830 - 1914

War, revolution, and Global Uncertainty, 1905 - 1928

Responses to Global Crisis, 1920 - 1939

The Second World War and the Origins of the Cold War, 1939 - 1949

The Cold War and Decolonization 1949 - 1975

Toward a New World Order, 1975 - 2000

Voyage Into the Twenty-First Century

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