Exam 7: European Science and the Foundations of Modern Imperialism, 1600–1820
Exam 1: Maritime Expansion in the Atlantic World,1400–1600124 Questions
Exam 2: Maritime Expansion in Afro-Eurasia,1500–1700120 Questions
Exam 3: Religion, Politics, and the Balance of Power in Western Eurasia, 1500–1750124 Questions
Exam 4: Empires, Colonies, and Peoples of the Americas, 1600–1750120 Questions
Exam 5: The Atlantic System: Africa, the Americas, and Europe, 1550–1807123 Questions
Exam 6: Empires in Early Modern Asia, 1650–1837123 Questions
Exam 7: European Science and the Foundations of Modern Imperialism, 1600–1820119 Questions
Exam 8: Revolutions in the West, 1750–1830125 Questions
Exam 9: The Industrial Revolution and European Politics, 1765–1880125 Questions
Exam 10: The Challenge of Modernity in China, Japan, and India, 1800–1910120 Questions
Exam 11: State Building and Social Change in the Americas, 1830–1910122 Questions
Exam 12: The New Imperialism in Africa and Southeast Asia, 1830–1914120 Questions
Exam 13: War, Revolution, and Global Uncertainty, 1905–1928121 Questions
Exam 14: Responses to Global Crisis, 1920–1939122 Questions
Exam 15: The Second World War and the Origins of the Cold War, 1939–1949125 Questions
Exam 16: The Cold War and Decolonization, 1949–1975121 Questions
Exam 17: Toward a New World Order, 1975–2000125 Questions
Exam 18: Voyage into the Twenty First Century120 Questions
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John Harrison and Joseph Banks contributed to the use of practical science by the late eighteenth century in all of these ways EXCEPT
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Who said "All our knowledge begins with the senses,proceeds then to the understanding,and ends with reason.There is nothing higher than reason"?
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Who argued that in the state of nature life is "nasty,brutish and short"?
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Parisians passionately debated the latest Enlightenment advancements during events hosted in salons,which literally means "drawing rooms."
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What made the development of science so revolutionary from a global standpoint?
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Please define the following key terms
-Lewis and Clark Expedition
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The British Museum can be considered the first example of a modern museum devoted to the collection,analysis,classification and preservation of natural and cultural phenomena.
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All of these people or works are related to the Enlightenment EXCEPT
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Briefly describe the rise of modern botany in the eighteenth century and explain the importance of this new field.
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All the following are associated with scientific steps in the search for a predictable longitudinal system except
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Who wrote,"If a man will begin with certainties,he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties"?
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Catherine the Great reacted to the idea of enlightened monarchs by
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