Question 1

Which astronomer argued for an elliptical motion of the planets around the sun?

Accepted Answer

A) Nicholas Copernicus 
B) Ttycho Brahe 
C) Isaac Newton 
D) Johannes Kepler 
E) Galileo Galilei 
A) Nicholas Copernicus 
B) Ttycho Brahe 
C) Isaac Newton 
D) Johannes Kepler 
E) Galileo Galilei

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

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 3

The illegal event that constituted the start of the French Revolution was the

Accepted Answer

A) meeting between Quesnay and Adam Smith. 
B) storming of the Bastille. 
C) mutiny of the French army. 
D) action of the Third Estate in declaring itself to be a National Assembly. 
E) revolts of French peasants in the countryside. 
A) meeting between Quesnay and Adam Smith. 
B) storming of the Bastille. 
C) mutiny of the French army. 
D) action of the Third Estate in declaring itself to be a National Assembly. 
E) revolts of French peasants in the countryside.

Question 4

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
geocentric and heliocentric

Accepted Answer

The terms "geocentric" and "heliocentric

Question 5

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Continental System

Accepted Answer

The Continental System, also known as th

Question 6

Which of these leaders asserted, "I have made Philosophy the lawmaker of my empire"?

Accepted Answer

A) Louis XIV 
B) Napoleon 
C) Joseph II 
D) George III 
E) Peter the Great 
A) Louis XIV 
B) Napoleon 
C) Joseph II 
D) George III 
E) Peter the Great

Question 7

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Declaration of Independence

Accepted Answer

The Declaration of Independence is a his

Question 8

As a direct result of the French Revolution, this nation became the first Latin American state to win its independence from European colonialism.

Accepted Answer

A) Ecuador. 
B) Brazil. 
C) Nicaragua. 
D) Haiti. 
E) Puerto Rico. 
A) Ecuador. 
B) Brazil. 
C) Nicaragua. 
D) Haiti. 
E) Puerto Rico.

Question 9

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
the Directory

Accepted Answer

The Directory refers to the five-member

Question 10

All of the following were true about European population and food supplies except

Accepted Answer

A) as the eighteenth century progressed, European population declined. 
B) food production increased in Europe during the eighteenth century. 
C) the introduction of the potato and maize provided a much-needed staple foods. 
D) the New World was a source of new vegetables for Europe. 
E) more plentiful food led to improved nutrition. 
A) as the eighteenth century progressed, European population declined. 
B) food production increased in Europe during the eighteenth century. 
C) the introduction of the potato and maize provided a much-needed staple foods. 
D) the New World was a source of new vegetables for Europe. 
E) more plentiful food led to improved nutrition.

Question 11

In the geocentric universe model, the earth revolves around the sun.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Diderot's Encyclopedia

Accepted Answer

Diderot's Encyclopedia, also known as "E

Question 13

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 14

Why did Europe become the engine for rapid global change in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries rather than China or some other non-Western society? What colonies did the British and French establish in the Americas, and how did their methods of administering their colonies differ?

Accepted Answer

Europe became the engine for rapid globa

Question 15

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 16

How did European ideas about the natures of, and the relationships between, science and religion change during the seventeenth century? Were these changes restricted to just the intellectual classes? Why or why not? What changes occurred in the European economy in the eighteenth century, and to what degree were these changes reflected in social patterns?

Accepted Answer

During the seventeenth century, European

Question 17

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Louis XVI

Accepted Answer

Louis XVI was the last king of France be

Question 18

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
philosophes

Accepted Answer

The term "philosophes" refers to a group

Question 19

The French Revolution

Accepted Answer

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 20

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.

Which astronomer argued for an elliptical motion of the planets around the sun?

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

The illegal event that constituted the start of the French Revolution was the

Instructions: Identify the following terms. geocentric and heliocentric

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Continental System

Which of these leaders asserted, "I have made Philosophy the lawmaker of my empire"?

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Declaration of Independence

As a direct result of the French Revolution, this nation became the first Latin American state to win its independence from European colonialism.

Instructions: Identify the following terms. the Directory

All of the following were true about European population and food supplies except

In the geocentric universe model, the earth revolves around the sun.

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Diderot's Encyclopedia

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?

Why did Europe become the engine for rapid global change in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries rather than China or some other non-Western society? What colonies did the British and French establish in the Americas, and how did their methods of administering their colonies differ?

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

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Louis XVI

Instructions: Identify the following terms. philosophes

The French Revolution

Mary Wollstonecraft challenged traditional Enlightenment thinkers by arguing that

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

The Crisis Deepens: World War II

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Exam 5: The West on the Eve of a New World Order

Which astronomer argued for an elliptical motion of the planets around the sun?

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

The illegal event that constituted the start of the French Revolution was the

Instructions: Identify the following terms. geocentric and heliocentric

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Continental System

Which of these leaders asserted, "I have made Philosophy the lawmaker of my empire"?

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Declaration of Independence

As a direct result of the French Revolution, this nation became the first Latin American state to win its independence from European colonialism.

Instructions: Identify the following terms. the Directory

All of the following were true about European population and food supplies except

In the geocentric universe model, the earth revolves around the sun.

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Diderot's Encyclopedia

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?

Why did Europe become the engine for rapid global change in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries rather than China or some other non-Western society? What colonies did the British and French establish in the Americas, and how did their methods of administering their colonies differ?

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

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Louis XVI

Instructions: Identify the following terms. philosophes

The French Revolution

Mary Wollstonecraft challenged traditional Enlightenment thinkers by arguing that

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 II

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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