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

What do historians mean by the term "enlightened absolutism," and to what degree did eighteenth-century Prussia,Austria,and Russia exhibit its characteristics? How "enlightened" was enlightened absolutism as it was manifested in eighteenth-century Europe? Give examples to support your viewpoint.

Compare the "high" and "popular" cultures of the mid-eighteenth century to today's culture.Is there any "high culture" left in the modern world? If so,what,and if not,why not?

Compare and contrast the Seven Years' War with the wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon.Did the nature of war change? The causes? Motives? Tactics? Results? Be specific.

Identify the following terms. -Voltaire and "Crush the infamous thing"

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?

Identify the following terms. -the Consulate

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

Identify the following terms. -Balthasar Neumann's church of the Vierzehnheiligen

Identify the following terms. -Galileo Galilei

Outside Europe,the major scenes of battle in the Seven Years' War were

What characteristics of European civilization encouraged or mandated both the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment?

The new United States Constitution of 1787

Identify the following terms. -Isaac Newton's Principia

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

In your opinion,was the American Revolution or the French Revolution most "revolutionary"? Why? Be specific.

Identify the following terms. -the Paris commune

Identify the following terms. -the Grand Empire

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

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

Identify the following terms. -Nicholas Copernicus