Question 1

Who were the philosophes ?

Accepted Answer

A) French aristocracy. 
B) Neo-Platonic humanists. 
C) Intellectuals inspired to change the world. 
D) Supporters of Absolutism. 
E) Capitalists endorsing laissez-faire economics. 
A) French aristocracy. 
B) Neo-Platonic humanists. 
C) Intellectuals inspired to change the world. 
D) Supporters of Absolutism. 
E) Capitalists endorsing laissez-faire economics.

Question 2

Identify the following terms.
-the Constitution

Accepted Answer

The Constitution, in the context of a co

Question 3

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Accepted Answer

A) was idealistic and honest and never deviated from his promises or commitments. 
B) argued that children's education should be strict and regimented. 
C) argued that, in accord with the "general will," people could be "forced to be free." 
D) believed that women were "naturally" different from men. 
E) both b and c 
A) was idealistic and honest and never deviated from his promises or commitments. 
B) argued that children's education should be strict and regimented. 
C) argued that, in accord with the "general will," people could be "forced to be free." 
D) believed that women were "naturally" different from men. 
E) both b and c

Question 4

Describe the major innovations in art and music during the Enlightenment. Were they as important as the era's new social and economic ideas? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

During the Enlightenment, there were sev

Question 5

Which of the following statements is an accurate depiction of the nature of the British Parliament in the latter half of the eighteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A) It was primarily composed of civil libertarians who advocated individual rights. 
B) Its role was primarily that of a rubber stamp for the king. 
C) It shared power with the king, gradually gaining the upper hand. 
D) Uniquely, women could become Members of Parliament. 
E) It failed to meet between 1753 and 1792. 
A) It was primarily composed of civil libertarians who advocated individual rights. 
B) Its role was primarily that of a rubber stamp for the king. 
C) It shared power with the king, gradually gaining the upper hand. 
D) Uniquely, women could become Members of Parliament. 
E) It failed to meet between 1753 and 1792.

Question 6

Identify the following terms.
-Mary Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Accepted Answer

Mary Wollstonecraft's "A Vindication of

Question 7

What difference exists between serfdom, peasantry, and slavery? Does the political structure of the areas these institutions are respectively located play a significant role in the transition of them? How are each addressed by the philosophies of the Enlightenment?​

Accepted Answer

Serfdom, peasantry, and slavery are all

Question 8

Rene Descartes

Accepted Answer

A) was the developer of algebra. 
B) had his writings approved by the Church. 
C) claimed that "I think, therefore I am." 
D) fled the Dutch Republic for the Holy Roman Empire. 
E) discovered the moon of Jupiter. 
A) was the developer of algebra. 
B) had his writings approved by the Church. 
C) claimed that "I think, therefore I am." 
D) fled the Dutch Republic for the Holy Roman Empire. 
E) discovered the moon of Jupiter.

Question 9

Which of the following was not one of the positive buzzwords of the Enlightenment?

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A) reason 
B) divine revelation 
C) natural law 
D) hope 
E) progress 
A) reason 
B) divine revelation 
C) natural law 
D) hope 
E) progress

Question 10

The Catholic Church condemned the theories of Copernicus and Galileo because they

Accepted Answer

A) ended the spirituality of the earth. 
B) threatened the Scriptures, as the heavens were no longer a spiritual world but a world of matter. 
C) was simpler to accept it than to reject its doctrinal challenges. 
D) conflicted with those of Newton. 
E) were contrary to the Council of Constance. 
A) ended the spirituality of the earth. 
B) threatened the Scriptures, as the heavens were no longer a spiritual world but a world of matter. 
C) was simpler to accept it than to reject its doctrinal challenges. 
D) conflicted with those of Newton. 
E) were contrary to the Council of Constance.

Question 11

Identify the following terms.
-Isaac Newton's Principia

Accepted Answer

Isaac Newton's "Principia," formally kno

Question 12

The intellectuals of the Enlightenment advocated the

Accepted Answer

A) creation of a new religion of sciences. 
B) use of the scientific method to foster progress toward a "better" society. 
C) application of religious precepts to all knowledge. 
D) inversion of human development. 
E) abandonment of reason for the purpose of developing human knowledge. 
A) creation of a new religion of sciences. 
B) use of the scientific method to foster progress toward a "better" society. 
C) application of religious precepts to all knowledge. 
D) inversion of human development. 
E) abandonment of reason for the purpose of developing human knowledge.

Question 13

The philosophe who praised the checks and balances of the British constitution was

Accepted Answer

A) Diderot. 
B) Voltaire. 
C) Montesquieu. 
D) Rousseau. 
E) Descartes. 
A) Diderot. 
B) Voltaire. 
C) Montesquieu. 
D) Rousseau. 
E) Descartes.

Question 14

Identify the following terms.
-the Grand Empire

Accepted Answer

The term "the Grand Empire" refers to th

Question 15

Why were women so easily excluded from the Enlightenment, given its underlying philosophies of egalitarianism? What happened when Mary Wollstonecraft and Olympe de Gouges attempted to address this exclusion?​

Accepted Answer

Women were easily excluded from the Enli

Question 16

Which of the following was not an element in eighteenth-century global trade?

Accepted Answer

A) Gold and silver were shipped to America by Spain. 
B) Indian and Chinese products were purchased by the English, Dutch, and French. 
C) American plantation products were purchased by the nations of Europe. 
D) English manufactured goods were traded for African slaves, who were sold in Virginia for tobacco, which was then processed in England and sold for cash in Germany. 
E) Overseas trade boomed. 
A) Gold and silver were shipped to America by Spain. 
B) Indian and Chinese products were purchased by the English, Dutch, and French. 
C) American plantation products were purchased by the nations of Europe. 
D) English manufactured goods were traded for African slaves, who were sold in Virginia for tobacco, which was then processed in England and sold for cash in Germany. 
E) Overseas trade boomed.

Question 17

Mary Wollstonecraft challenged traditional Enlightenment thinkers by arguing that

Accepted Answer

A) scientific work was a field for men. 
B) Maria Winkelmann should be allowed to graduate from the University of Berlin 
C) if all people innately possessed reason, all should be equal in rights. 
D) the government of each country had an obligation to allow universal suffrage. 
E) heliocentrism was invalid. 
A) scientific work was a field for men. 
B) Maria Winkelmann should be allowed to graduate from the University of Berlin 
C) if all people innately possessed reason, all should be equal in rights. 
D) the government of each country had an obligation to allow universal suffrage. 
E) heliocentrism was invalid.

Question 18

The religious outlook shared by most philosophes was

Accepted Answer

A) Catholicism. 
B) Deism. 
C) Lutheranism. 
D) Atheism. 
E) Zoroastrianism. 
A) Catholicism. 
B) Deism. 
C) Lutheranism. 
D) Atheism. 
E) Zoroastrianism.

Question 19

The most successful British colony in North America was ​

Accepted Answer

A) ​Roanoke 
B) ​Massachussetts Bay 
C) ​Jamestown 
D) ​Hudson Valley 
E) ​Charleston 
A) ​Roanoke 
B) ​Massachussetts Bay 
C) ​Jamestown 
D) ​Hudson Valley 
E) ​Charleston

Question 20

Which of the following was NOT characteristic of Napoleon's Grand Empire?

Accepted Answer

A) Absolute freedom of the press. 
B) Loss of privilege by nobility and clergy. 
C) Equality of opportunity with offices open to talent. 
D) Equality before the law. 
E) Religious toleration. 
A) Absolute freedom of the press. 
B) Loss of privilege by nobility and clergy. 
C) Equality of opportunity with offices open to talent. 
D) Equality before the law. 
E) Religious toleration.

Exam 18: The West on the Eve of a New World Order

Who were the philosophes ?

Identify the following terms. -the Constitution

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Describe the major innovations in art and music during the Enlightenment. Were they as important as the era's new social and economic ideas? Why or why not?

Which of the following statements is an accurate depiction of the nature of the British Parliament in the latter half of the eighteenth century?

Identify the following terms. -Mary Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Woman

What difference exists between serfdom, peasantry, and slavery? Does the political structure of the areas these institutions are respectively located play a significant role in the transition of them? How are each addressed by the philosophies of the Enlightenment?​

Rene Descartes

Which of the following was not one of the positive buzzwords of the Enlightenment?

The Catholic Church condemned the theories of Copernicus and Galileo because they

Identify the following terms. -Isaac Newton's Principia

The intellectuals of the Enlightenment advocated the

The philosophe who praised the checks and balances of the British constitution was

Identify the following terms. -the Grand Empire

Why were women so easily excluded from the Enlightenment, given its underlying philosophies of egalitarianism? What happened when Mary Wollstonecraft and Olympe de Gouges attempted to address this exclusion?​

Which of the following was not an element in eighteenth-century global trade?

Mary Wollstonecraft challenged traditional Enlightenment thinkers by arguing that

The religious outlook shared by most philosophes was

The most successful British colony in North America was ​

Which of the following was NOT characteristic of Napoleon's Grand Empire?

Early Humans and the First Civilizations

Ancient India

China in Antiquity

The Civilization of the Greeks

The First World Civilizations: Rome, China, and the Emergence of the Silk Road

The Americas

Ferment in the Middle East: the Rise of Islam

Early Civilizations in Africa

The Expansion of Civilization in South and Southeast Asia

The Flowering of Traditional China

The East Asian Rimlands: Early Japan, Korea, and Vietnam

The Making of Europe

The Byzantine Empire and Crisis and Recovery in the West

New Encounters: the Creation of a World Market

Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building

The Muslim Empires

The East Asian World

The Beginnings of Modernization: Industrialization and Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century

The Americas and Society and Culture in the West

The High Tide of Imperialism

Shadows Over the Pacific: East Asia Under Challenge

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution

Nationalism, Revolution, and Dictatorship: Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America From 1919 to 1939

The Crisis Deepens: World War 2

East and West in the Grip of the Cold War

Brave New World: Communism on Trial

Europe and the Western Hemisphere Since 1945

Challenges of Nation Building in Africa and the Middle East

Toward the Pacific Century

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What difference exists between serfdom, peasantry, and slavery? Does the political structure of the areas these institutions are respectively located play a significant role in the transition of them? How are each addressed by the philosophies of the Enlightenment?

Why were women so easily excluded from the Enlightenment, given its underlying philosophies of egalitarianism? What happened when Mary Wollstonecraft and Olympe de Gouges attempted to address this exclusion?

The most successful British colony in North America was