Question 1

Identify the following terms.
-nationalism

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Nationalism is an ideological concept th

Question 2

The most active opponent of religious intolerance and the most outspoken anti-Christians among the philosophes were

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A)  Lavisher and Rousseau. 
B)  Voltaire and Diderot. 
C)  Diderot and Bourbon. 
D)  Montesquieu and Adrien. 
E)  Quesnay and Pelletier. 
A)  Lavisher and Rousseau. 
B)  Voltaire and Diderot. 
C)  Diderot and Bourbon. 
D)  Montesquieu and Adrien. 
E)  Quesnay and Pelletier.

Question 3

Identify the following terms.
-Olympe de Gouges's "Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen"

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Olympe de Gouges's "Declaration of the R

Question 4

Identify the following terms.
-patrician

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The term "patrician" originally refers t

Question 5

Which of the following statements would John Locke find acceptable?

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A)  Some of us are born bad. 
B)  A positive environment will create positive results. 
C)  Everything that we are is in our genes. 
D)  Faith, not reason, determines what we know. 
E)  Original sin places limits on individual aspirations. 
A)  Some of us are born bad. 
B)  A positive environment will create positive results. 
C)  Everything that we are is in our genes. 
D)  Faith, not reason, determines what we know. 
E)  Original sin places limits on individual aspirations.

Question 6

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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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 7

In what ways did the career and policies of Napoleon fulfill,destroy,and/or move beyond the ideas and ideals of the early French Revolution? Was his regime a realization of the hopes of the philosophes? Why or why not?

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Napoleon's career and policies fulfilled

Question 8

Identify the following terms.
-Elba and Saint Helena

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Elba is a Mediterranean island in Tuscan

Question 9

Identify the following terms.
-Louis XVI

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Louis XVI was the last King of France be

Question 10

France's revolutionary army was an important step in the creation of modern nationalism.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Cartesian dualism

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A)  separated people on the basis of gender. 
B)  distinguished primarily between good and evil. 
C)  viewed mind and matter as two distinct and separate entities. 
D)  refuted the elipticism of Newton's rhetorical absolutes. 
E)  was initially developed by Bacon and Locke. 
A)  separated people on the basis of gender. 
B)  distinguished primarily between good and evil. 
C)  viewed mind and matter as two distinct and separate entities. 
D)  refuted the elipticism of Newton's rhetorical absolutes. 
E)  was initially developed by Bacon and Locke.

Question 12

The Committee of Public Safety was established to

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A)  negotiate a military alliance with England. 
B)  combat the dual threat of internal rebellion and foreign invasion. 
C)  provide the nation with a renewed monarchy. 
D)  negotiate the safe return of French emigres. 
E)  control the ambitions of Napoleon. 
A)  negotiate a military alliance with England. 
B)  combat the dual threat of internal rebellion and foreign invasion. 
C)  provide the nation with a renewed monarchy. 
D)  negotiate the safe return of French emigres. 
E)  control the ambitions of Napoleon.

Question 13

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 14

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

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

Question 15

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

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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 16

Identify the following terms.
-"Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen"

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The "Declaration of the Rights of Man an

Question 17

Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding developments in the French Revolution prior to September 1792?

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A)  The fall of the Bastille weakened the government. 
B)  The National Assembly created a basic declaration of liberties and a new constitution to establish a limited monarchy. 
C)  Louis XVI destroyed his public standing by attempting to flee. 
D)  Warfare broke out between France and Austria. 
E)  Louis XVI was an enthusiastic supporter of the revolutionary events. 
A)  The fall of the Bastille weakened the government. 
B)  The National Assembly created a basic declaration of liberties and a new constitution to establish a limited monarchy. 
C)  Louis XVI destroyed his public standing by attempting to flee. 
D)  Warfare broke out between France and Austria. 
E)  Louis XVI was an enthusiastic supporter of the revolutionary events.

Question 18

Discuss the positive and the negative contributions of Napoleon to the French Revolution and to Europe generally in the early nineteenth century.Would France and Europe have been better off if he had never attained political power? Why or why not?

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Napoleon Bonaparte made both positive an

Question 19

What were the causes,the main events,and the results of the French Revolution? Could its outbreak have been avoided,or possibly postponed? Was the revolution inevitable? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

The French Revolution was caused by a co

Question 20

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?

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During the Enlightenment, there were sev

Identify the following terms. -nationalism

The most active opponent of religious intolerance and the most outspoken anti-Christians among the philosophes were

Identify the following terms. -Olympe de Gouges's "Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen"

Identify the following terms. -patrician

Which of the following statements would John Locke find acceptable?

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

In what ways did the career and policies of Napoleon fulfill,destroy,and/or move beyond the ideas and ideals of the early French Revolution? Was his regime a realization of the hopes of the philosophes? Why or why not?

Identify the following terms. -Elba and Saint Helena

Identify the following terms. -Louis XVI

France's revolutionary army was an important step in the creation of modern nationalism.

Cartesian dualism

The Committee of Public Safety was established to

The French Revolution

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

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

Identify the following terms. -"Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen"

Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding developments in the French Revolution prior to September 1792?

Discuss the positive and the negative contributions of Napoleon to the French Revolution and to Europe generally in the early nineteenth century.Would France and Europe have been better off if he had never attained political power? Why or why not?

What were the causes,the main events,and the results of the French Revolution? Could its outbreak have been avoided,or possibly postponed? Was the revolution inevitable? Why or why not?

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?

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

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

Identify the following terms. -nationalism

The most active opponent of religious intolerance and the most outspoken anti-Christians among the philosophes were

Identify the following terms. -Olympe de Gouges's "Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen"

Identify the following terms. -patrician

Which of the following statements would John Locke find acceptable?

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

In what ways did the career and policies of Napoleon fulfill,destroy,and/or move beyond the ideas and ideals of the early French Revolution? Was his regime a realization of the hopes of the philosophes? Why or why not?

Identify the following terms. -Elba and Saint Helena

Identify the following terms. -Louis XVI

France's revolutionary army was an important step in the creation of modern nationalism.

Cartesian dualism

The Committee of Public Safety was established to

The French Revolution

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

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

Identify the following terms. -"Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen"

Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding developments in the French Revolution prior to September 1792?

Discuss the positive and the negative contributions of Napoleon to the French Revolution and to Europe generally in the early nineteenth century.Would France and Europe have been better off if he had never attained political power? Why or why not?

What were the causes,the main events,and the results of the French Revolution? Could its outbreak have been avoided,or possibly postponed? Was the revolution inevitable? Why or why not?

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?

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

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