Question 1

Identify the following terms.
-philosophes

Accepted Answer

The term "philosophes" refers to a group

Question 2

Identify the following terms.
-Maria Theresa and Joseph II

Accepted Answer

Maria Theresa and Joseph II were promine

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

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?

Accepted Answer

Napoleon's career and policies fulfilled

Question 5

Who,among the following,should NOT be considered an "enlightened despot"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Frederick II 
B)  Louis XIV 
C)  Joseph II 
D)  Maria Theresa 
E)  Catherine the Great 
A)  Frederick II 
B)  Louis XIV 
C)  Joseph II 
D)  Maria Theresa 
E)  Catherine the Great

Question 6

Identify the following terms.
-John Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding

Accepted Answer

John Locke's "An Essay Concerning Human

Question 7

Identify the following terms.
-the Constitution

Accepted Answer

The Constitution, in the context of a co

Question 8

Lyrical Rococo depictions of aristocratic life were expressed in the work of

Accepted Answer

A)  William Hogarth. 
B)  Antoine Watteau. 
C)  Joachim Orlov. 
D)  Balthasar Neumann. 
E)  Johann Sebastian Bach. 
A)  William Hogarth. 
B)  Antoine Watteau. 
C)  Joachim Orlov. 
D)  Balthasar Neumann. 
E)  Johann Sebastian Bach.

Question 9

Identify the following terms.
-rentiers

Accepted Answer

A rentier is an individual or entity tha

Question 10

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 11

Which of the following statements is an accurate depiction of the nature of the British Parliament in the latter half of the eighteenth century?

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A)  It was primarily composed of civil libertarians who advocated individual rights. 
B)  Its role was primarily that of a rubber stamp for the king. 
C)  It shared power with the king, gradually gaining the upper hand. 
D)  Uniquely, women could become Members of Parliament. 
E)  It failed to meet between 1753 and 1792. 
A)  It was primarily composed of civil libertarians who advocated individual rights. 
B)  Its role was primarily that of a rubber stamp for the king. 
C)  It shared power with the king, gradually gaining the upper hand. 
D)  Uniquely, women could become Members of Parliament. 
E)  It failed to meet between 1753 and 1792.

Question 12

Which of the following was not an immediate result of the fall of Robespierre?

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A)  A period of stagnation and corruption ensued. 
B)  The Reign of Terror ended. 
C)  Moderate forces came to control the Revolution. 
D)  A new constitution was written that strove for stability by placing executive authority in the hands of the Directory. 
E)  Napoleon was elected President of France. 
A)  A period of stagnation and corruption ensued. 
B)  The Reign of Terror ended. 
C)  Moderate forces came to control the Revolution. 
D)  A new constitution was written that strove for stability by placing executive authority in the hands of the Directory. 
E)  Napoleon was elected President of France.

Question 13

Toussaint L'Ouverture led a royalist rebellion against the radicalism of French Revolution in the French colony of Saint Domingue.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The person viewed as one of the founders of modern economics and known for the doctrine of laissez-faire was

Accepted Answer

A)  John McDonald. 
B)  Adam Smith. 
C)  Robert Walpole. 
D)  Robert Burns. 
E)  Lord Gordon Brown. 
A)  John McDonald. 
B)  Adam Smith. 
C)  Robert Walpole. 
D)  Robert Burns. 
E)  Lord Gordon Brown.

Question 15

In eighteenth-century Europe,

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A)  it was illegal for a noble-class male to marry a middle-class female without a government dispensation everywhere except in Prussia and the Netherlands. 
B)  noble and bourgeois women dressed in the same fashion and were visually indistinguishable. 
C)  the peasants composed less than forty percent of the populations of Austria and France. 
D)  nobles constituted approximately two or three percent of the population. 
E)  factory workers had replaced farmers as the majority of the population. 
A)  it was illegal for a noble-class male to marry a middle-class female without a government dispensation everywhere except in Prussia and the Netherlands. 
B)  noble and bourgeois women dressed in the same fashion and were visually indistinguishable. 
C)  the peasants composed less than forty percent of the populations of Austria and France. 
D)  nobles constituted approximately two or three percent of the population. 
E)  factory workers had replaced farmers as the majority of the population.

Question 16

The system that came to be known as the "cottage industry" involved all except

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A)  the purchase, by an entrepreneur, of the raw materials needed for textile production. 
B)  country laborers producing yarn and cloth. 
C)  the selling of finished products by an entrepreneur. 
D)  peasants grew cotton on their farms and sold the raw material to entrepreneurs. 
E)  it was also known as the "putting-out" system. 
A)  the purchase, by an entrepreneur, of the raw materials needed for textile production. 
B)  country laborers producing yarn and cloth. 
C)  the selling of finished products by an entrepreneur. 
D)  peasants grew cotton on their farms and sold the raw material to entrepreneurs. 
E)  it was also known as the "putting-out" system.

Question 17

Identify the following terms.
-partitions of Poland

Accepted Answer

The partitions of Poland refer to the di

Question 18

Identify the following terms.
-Toussaint L'Ouverture

Accepted Answer

Toussaint L'Ouverture was a leader of th

Question 19

The Ptolemaic view of the universe believed all of the following to be true except

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A)  the planets were believed to be imperfect and material. 
B)  the imperfect, motionless earth was in a state of constant change at the center of the universe. 
C)  heavenly bodies, composed of a crystalline substance, resided in concentric spheres that moved in circular orbits around the earth. 
D)  God and all the saved souls resided in the Empyrean Heaven that lay beyond the outermost, or tenth, sphere. 
E)  God and the saved souls were at one end of the universe and humans at the center. 
A)  the planets were believed to be imperfect and material. 
B)  the imperfect, motionless earth was in a state of constant change at the center of the universe. 
C)  heavenly bodies, composed of a crystalline substance, resided in concentric spheres that moved in circular orbits around the earth. 
D)  God and all the saved souls resided in the Empyrean Heaven that lay beyond the outermost, or tenth, sphere. 
E)  God and the saved souls were at one end of the universe and humans at the center.

Question 20

Identify the following terms.
-the Enlightenment

Accepted Answer

The item "" refers to the Enlightenment,

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

Identify the following terms. -philosophes

Identify the following terms. -Maria Theresa and Joseph II

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

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?

Who,among the following,should NOT be considered an "enlightened despot"?

Identify the following terms. -John Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding

Identify the following terms. -the Constitution

Lyrical Rococo depictions of aristocratic life were expressed in the work of

Identify the following terms. -rentiers

Cartesian dualism

Which of the following statements is an accurate depiction of the nature of the British Parliament in the latter half of the eighteenth century?

Which of the following was not an immediate result of the fall of Robespierre?

Toussaint L'Ouverture led a royalist rebellion against the radicalism of French Revolution in the French colony of Saint Domingue.

The person viewed as one of the founders of modern economics and known for the doctrine of laissez-faire was

In eighteenth-century Europe,

The system that came to be known as the "cottage industry" involved all except

Identify the following terms. -partitions of Poland

Identify the following terms. -Toussaint L'Ouverture

The Ptolemaic view of the universe believed all of the following to be true except

Identify the following terms. -the Enlightenment

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

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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