Question 1

Identify the following terms.
-the Consulate

Accepted Answer

The Consulate refers to the government o

Question 2

Identify the following terms.
-the taille

Accepted Answer

The taille was a form of land tax in med

Question 3

The Enlightenment argued that the Scientific Method did not apply to human understanding, which could only be achieved through intuitive thinking.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

What was the most important commodity of the West Indies for the French and British?​

Accepted Answer

A) ​Sugar. 
B) ​Cotton. 
C) ​Rice. 
D) ​Tobacco. 
E) ​Indigo. 
A) ​Sugar. 
B) ​Cotton. 
C) ​Rice. 
D) ​Tobacco. 
E) ​Indigo.

Question 5

Identify the following terms.
-Jean-Jacques Rousseau's The Social Contract

Accepted Answer

Jean-Jacques Rousseau's "The Social Cont

Question 6

Enlightenment advocates of laissez faire economics championed the idea that

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A) urged rulers to guide their societies in rationally determined directions. 
B) were vigorously opposed by Adams Smith. 
C) Absolutist rulers could levy whatever taxes were best for the State. 
D) were led, unofficially, by Montesquieu and ideas contained in his Encyclopedia. 
E) believed that individuals should be free to pursue their own economic self-interest. 
A) urged rulers to guide their societies in rationally determined directions. 
B) were vigorously opposed by Adams Smith. 
C) Absolutist rulers could levy whatever taxes were best for the State. 
D) were led, unofficially, by Montesquieu and ideas contained in his Encyclopedia. 
E) believed that individuals should be free to pursue their own economic self-interest.

Question 7

Descartes became famous for his statement in Discourse on Method, "I think, therefore I am."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Identify the following terms.
-daily newspapers and coffeehouses

Accepted Answer

Daily newspapers and coffeehouses are tw

Question 9

In line with mercantilist theory,

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A) governments had nothing to do regarding trade and manufacturing policies. 
B) Latin American countries traded exclusively with their "mother" countries. 
C) Latin American colonies were encouraged to manufacture. 
D) American colonies were viewed as sources of raw materials and markets by Europeans. 
E) the production of heavy industrial products was instituted in Mexico in 1734. 
A) governments had nothing to do regarding trade and manufacturing policies. 
B) Latin American countries traded exclusively with their "mother" countries. 
C) Latin American colonies were encouraged to manufacture. 
D) American colonies were viewed as sources of raw materials and markets by Europeans. 
E) the production of heavy industrial products was instituted in Mexico in 1734.

Question 10

The Austrian ruler whose reform program abolished serfdom, eliminated internal trade barriers, and instituted a new penal code, among other things, was

Accepted Answer

A) Adolf III. 
B) Maria Theresa. 
C) Joseph II. 
D) Frederick the Great. 
E) Charles VI. 
A) Adolf III. 
B) Maria Theresa. 
C) Joseph II. 
D) Frederick the Great. 
E) Charles VI.

Question 11

What accounted for the drop of Spain's importance as a commercial power in the seventeenth century?

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A) Focus on the South American empire 
B) Overextension as they tried to control the Asian market. 
C) A drop in the output of the silver mines and poverty of the Spanish monarchy 
D) Overthrow of the Bourbon dynasty during the Seven Year's War 
E) Piracy of Spanish galleons by British Man o' War ships. 
A) Focus on the South American empire 
B) Overextension as they tried to control the Asian market. 
C) A drop in the output of the silver mines and poverty of the Spanish monarchy 
D) Overthrow of the Bourbon dynasty during the Seven Year's War 
E) Piracy of Spanish galleons by British Man o' War ships.

Question 12

Isaac Newton was an inspiration for the Enlightenment in his contention that the world and everything in it worked like a giant machine.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Identify the following terms.
-Frederick the Great and "the first servant of the state"

Accepted Answer

Frederick the Great, also known as Frede

Question 14

Identify the following terms.
-geocentric and heliocentric

Accepted Answer

The terms "geocentric" and "heliocentric

Question 15

Which of the following was not an immediate result of the fall of Robespierre?

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A) A period of stagnation and corruption ensued. 
B) The Reign of Terror ended. 
C) Moderate forces came to control the Revolution. 
D) A new constitution was written that strove for stability by placing executive authority in the hands of the Directory. 
E) Napoleon was elected President of France. 
A) A period of stagnation and corruption ensued. 
B) The Reign of Terror ended. 
C) Moderate forces came to control the Revolution. 
D) A new constitution was written that strove for stability by placing executive authority in the hands of the Directory. 
E) Napoleon was elected President of France.

Question 16

A significant means for spreading the ideas of the Enlightenment was​

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A) ​coffeehouse 
B) Diderot's encyclopedia project. 
C) ​philosopher's clubs. 
D) ​trade guilds. 
E) ​debate societies. 
A) ​coffeehouse 
B) Diderot's encyclopedia project. 
C) ​philosopher's clubs. 
D) ​trade guilds. 
E) ​debate societies.

Question 17

The French Revolution

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A) was precipitated by a noble-bourgeois dispute over the best way to deal with the large budgetary surpluses of 1788 and 1789. 
B) actually had no real impact on either the economic or political status of peasants. 
C) created no major gains, even temporarily, for women in such areas as divorce and inheritance. 
D) created a "nation in arms" and an army of 650,000. 
E) failed in its attempt to restore divine right monarchy to France. 
A) was precipitated by a noble-bourgeois dispute over the best way to deal with the large budgetary surpluses of 1788 and 1789. 
B) actually had no real impact on either the economic or political status of peasants. 
C) created no major gains, even temporarily, for women in such areas as divorce and inheritance. 
D) created a "nation in arms" and an army of 650,000. 
E) failed in its attempt to restore divine right monarchy to France.

Question 18

The system that came to be known as the "cottage industry" involved all except

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A) the purchase, by an entrepreneur, of the raw materials needed for textile production. 
B) country laborers producing yarn and cloth. 
C) the selling of finished products by an entrepreneur. 
D) peasants grew cotton on their farms and sold the raw material to entrepreneurs. 
E) it was also known as the "putting-out" system. 
A) the purchase, by an entrepreneur, of the raw materials needed for textile production. 
B) country laborers producing yarn and cloth. 
C) the selling of finished products by an entrepreneur. 
D) peasants grew cotton on their farms and sold the raw material to entrepreneurs. 
E) it was also known as the "putting-out" system.

Question 19

Identify the following terms.
-"cottage industry" or the "putting-out" system

Accepted Answer

The term "cottage industry" refers to a

Question 20

Identify the following terms.
-Napoleon's Civil Code

Accepted Answer

Napoleon's Civil Code, also known as the

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

Identify the following terms. -the Consulate

Identify the following terms. -the taille

The Enlightenment argued that the Scientific Method did not apply to human understanding, which could only be achieved through intuitive thinking.​

What was the most important commodity of the West Indies for the French and British?​

Identify the following terms. -Jean-Jacques Rousseau's The Social Contract

Enlightenment advocates of laissez faire economics championed the idea that

Descartes became famous for his statement in Discourse on Method, "I think, therefore I am."

Identify the following terms. -daily newspapers and coffeehouses

In line with mercantilist theory,

The Austrian ruler whose reform program abolished serfdom, eliminated internal trade barriers, and instituted a new penal code, among other things, was

What accounted for the drop of Spain's importance as a commercial power in the seventeenth century?

Isaac Newton was an inspiration for the Enlightenment in his contention that the world and everything in it worked like a giant machine.

Identify the following terms. -Frederick the Great and "the first servant of the state"

Identify the following terms. -geocentric and heliocentric

Which of the following was not an immediate result of the fall of Robespierre?

A significant means for spreading the ideas of the Enlightenment was​

The French Revolution

The system that came to be known as the "cottage industry" involved all except

Identify the following terms. -"cottage industry" or the "putting-out" system

Identify the following terms. -Napoleon's Civil Code

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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The Enlightenment argued that the Scientific Method did not apply to human understanding, which could only be achieved through intuitive thinking.

What was the most important commodity of the West Indies for the French and British?

A significant means for spreading the ideas of the Enlightenment was