Question 1

The American and French revolutions were crucial phases in the history of

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A)  conservatism. 
B)  romanticism. 
C)  liberalism. 
D)  radicalism. 
E)  socialism. 
A)  conservatism. 
B)  romanticism. 
C)  liberalism. 
D)  radicalism. 
E)  socialism.

Question 2

Hegel's theories may be associated with

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A)  glorification of the Prussian state. 
B)  socialism. 
C)  technocratic socialism. 
D)  constitutional monarchy. 
E)  royal absolutism. 
A)  glorification of the Prussian state. 
B)  socialism. 
C)  technocratic socialism. 
D)  constitutional monarchy. 
E)  royal absolutism.

Question 3

Conservatives were likely to blame which of the following as the root of human malevolence?

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A)  Irrational laws 
B)  Poor education 
C)  Human nature 
D)  A bad environment 
E)  Liberals 
A)  Irrational laws 
B)  Poor education 
C)  Human nature 
D)  A bad environment 
E)  Liberals

Question 4

Why was history a very important part of the work of Hegel? In what way did Hegel's view of freedom actually limit man's freedom of action? How did his ideas contrast with the ideas of the philosophes?

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Hegel believed that history was a very i

Question 5

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Edmund Burke

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Edmund Burke was an Irish statesman, phi

Question 6

Which statement best portrays what ​Romantics thought about history and historians?​

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A)  History is a collection of unique eras and should emphasize the particular.​ 
B)  ​History should be used to teach people how not to repeat past mistakes.​ 
C)  ​History is a list of human folly and error.​ 
D)  ​Historians can never shed light on the creative spirit of human experience.​ 
E)  ​History is best written as a creative expression of the historian's spirit. 
A)  History is a collection of unique eras and should emphasize the particular.​ 
B)  ​History should be used to teach people how not to repeat past mistakes.​ 
C)  ​History is a list of human folly and error.​ 
D)  ​Historians can never shed light on the creative spirit of human experience.​ 
E)  ​History is best written as a creative expression of the historian's spirit.

Question 7

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Absolute Spirit

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The term "Absolute Spirit" refers to the

Question 8

Which of the following may not be associated with Kant?

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A)  One cannot actually know ultimate reality. 
B)  Objects conform to the human mind because the mind creates order within nature. 
C)  The mind is a tabula rasa. 
D)  The mind has its own inherent logic. 
E)  The mind imposes structure and order on our sense experiences. 
A)  One cannot actually know ultimate reality. 
B)  Objects conform to the human mind because the mind creates order within nature. 
C)  The mind is a tabula rasa. 
D)  The mind has its own inherent logic. 
E)  The mind imposes structure and order on our sense experiences.

Question 9

​The French Revolution helped propel the growth of nationalism by

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A)  ​increasing the power of the French Church compared to the Vatican. 
B)  ​asserting that the state was not the possession of the ruler. 
C)  ​breaking the alliance between socialists and liberals. 
D)  ​demonstrating the power of the urban peasants to create a stable government. 
E)  ​connecting the landed aristocracy and the liberals against their conservative opposition. 
A)  ​increasing the power of the French Church compared to the Vatican. 
B)  ​asserting that the state was not the possession of the ruler. 
C)  ​breaking the alliance between socialists and liberals. 
D)  ​demonstrating the power of the urban peasants to create a stable government. 
E)  ​connecting the landed aristocracy and the liberals against their conservative opposition.

Question 10

Which of these viewed with horror the democratic creed that all people should share in political power?

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A)  Many bourgeois liberals 
B)  The romantics 
C)  The nationalists 
D)  The idealists 
E)  The radicals 
A)  Many bourgeois liberals 
B)  The romantics 
C)  The nationalists 
D)  The idealists 
E)  The radicals

Question 11

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Freud

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Freud, also known as Sigmund Freud, was

Question 12

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).
  
-On a blank map of Europe,designate the state where each of the following philosophers worked: Hegel,Kant,Hume,and Mill.

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Question 13

Of the following,____ chose to utilize Hegel's idea that there is system behind the movement of history.

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A)  Hume 
B)  Kant 
C)  de Bonald 
D)  Freud 
E)  Marx 
A)  Hume 
B)  Kant 
C)  de Bonald 
D)  Freud 
E)  Marx

Question 14

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-E.J.Hobsbawm

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E. J. Hobsbawm was a British historian k

Question 15

One may correctly say that nineteenth-century liberals

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A)  were followers of de Tocqueville. 
B)  never engaged in revolutions. 
C)  wanted political power to be concentrated in the hands of the masses. 
D)  called for universal manhood suffrage with only age qualifications as a limitation. 
E)  were concerned that revolution would spread to the masses. 
A)  were followers of de Tocqueville. 
B)  never engaged in revolutions. 
C)  wanted political power to be concentrated in the hands of the masses. 
D)  called for universal manhood suffrage with only age qualifications as a limitation. 
E)  were concerned that revolution would spread to the masses.

Question 16

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).
  
-On a blank map of Europe,mark the point of origin of the following ideas: idealism,romanticism,conservatism and liberalism.

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Question 17

Romantics viewed folk culture as​

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A)  ​a expression of simple people with little to offer the modern world. 
B)  ​a collection of superstitions. 
C)  ​the deepest expression of national feeling. 
D)  ​deceptive and dangerous to nationalist goals. 
E)  ​steeped in past knowledge that had been saved by the Enlightenment. 
A)  ​a expression of simple people with little to offer the modern world. 
B)  ​a collection of superstitions. 
C)  ​the deepest expression of national feeling. 
D)  ​deceptive and dangerous to nationalist goals. 
E)  ​steeped in past knowledge that had been saved by the Enlightenment.

Question 18

Romantics and German nationalists ​viewed the German state as

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A)  ​a human institution. 
B)  ​a rational arrangement between individuals. 
C)  ​a holy expression of the Germanic spirit. 
D)  ​a protection of personal liberty. 
E)  ​an application of universal norms. 
A)  ​a human institution. 
B)  ​a rational arrangement between individuals. 
C)  ​a holy expression of the Germanic spirit. 
D)  ​a protection of personal liberty. 
E)  ​an application of universal norms.

Question 19

Who conceived the idea of the Volksgeist?

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A)  John Stuart Mill 
B)  John Locke 
C)  Johann Gottfried Herder 
D)  G.W.F. Hegel 
E)  Immanuel Kant 
A)  John Stuart Mill 
B)  John Locke 
C)  Johann Gottfried Herder 
D)  G.W.F. Hegel 
E)  Immanuel Kant

Question 20

Which of the following shows the dark side of romanticism?

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A)  It served as background to the extreme nationalism of the twentieth century. 
B)  It promoted drama and poetry. 
C)  It supported the idea that the individual artist should follow his or her imagination. 
D)  It focused on the creative capacities inherent in human emotions. 
E)  The Romantics shed light on a side of human nature overlooked by the philosophes. 
A)  It served as background to the extreme nationalism of the twentieth century. 
B)  It promoted drama and poetry. 
C)  It supported the idea that the individual artist should follow his or her imagination. 
D)  It focused on the creative capacities inherent in human emotions. 
E)  The Romantics shed light on a side of human nature overlooked by the philosophes.

Exam 13: Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century

The American and French revolutions were crucial phases in the history of

Hegel's theories may be associated with

Conservatives were likely to blame which of the following as the root of human malevolence?

Why was history a very important part of the work of Hegel? In what way did Hegel's view of freedom actually limit man's freedom of action? How did his ideas contrast with the ideas of the philosophes?

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Edmund Burke

Which statement best portrays what ​Romantics thought about history and historians?​

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Absolute Spirit

Which of the following may not be associated with Kant?

​The French Revolution helped propel the growth of nationalism by

Which of these viewed with horror the democratic creed that all people should share in political power?

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Freud

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -On a blank map of Europe,designate the state where each of the following philosophers worked: Hegel,Kant,Hume,and Mill.

Of the following,____ chose to utilize Hegel's idea that there is system behind the movement of history.

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -E.J.Hobsbawm

One may correctly say that nineteenth-century liberals

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -On a blank map of Europe,mark the point of origin of the following ideas: idealism,romanticism,conservatism and liberalism.

Romantics viewed folk culture as​

Romantics and German nationalists ​viewed the German state as

Who conceived the idea of the Volksgeist?

Which of the following shows the dark side of romanticism?

The Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greeks: From Myth to Reason

Rome: From City-State to World Empire

Early Christianity: a World Religion

The Rise of Europe: Fusion of Classical,christian,and Germanic Traditions

The Flowering and Dissolution of Medieval Civilization

Transition to the Modern Age: Renaissance and Reformation

Political and Economic Transformation: National States, overseas Expansion, commercial Revolution

Intellectual Transformation: the Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment

The Era of the French Revolution: Affirmation of Liberty and Equality

The Industrial Revolution: the Transformation of Society

Surge of Liberalism and Nationalism: Revolution, counterrevolution, and Unification

Thought and Culture in the Mid-Nineteenth Century: Realism, positivism, darwinism, and Social Criticism

Europe in the Late Nineteenth Century: Modernization, nationalism, imperialism

Modern Consciousness: New Views of Nature, human Nature, and the Arts

World War I: the West in Despair

An Era of Totalitarianism

World War II: Western Civilization in the Balance

Europe After World War II: Recovery and Realignment, 1945-1989

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Which statement best portrays what Romantics thought about history and historians?

The French Revolution helped propel the growth of nationalism by

Romantics viewed folk culture as

Romantics and German nationalists viewed the German state as