Question 1

Britain decided to end its war against the Americans after a combined American and French force defeated General Cornwallis at

Accepted Answer

A)  Cowpens. 
B)  Newburgh. 
C)  Saratoga. 
D)  Yorktown. 
E)  Boston. 
A)  Cowpens. 
B)  Newburgh. 
C)  Saratoga. 
D)  Yorktown. 
E)  Boston.

Question 2

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

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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

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 4

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 5

The formal event which led to the break between the American colonies and England was the

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A)  creation of the Articles of Confederation. 
B)  confrontation at Yorktown. 
C)  confrontation over the Stamp Act. 
D)  signing of the Declaration of Independence. 
E)  creation of the United States Constitution. 
A)  creation of the Articles of Confederation. 
B)  confrontation at Yorktown. 
C)  confrontation over the Stamp Act. 
D)  signing of the Declaration of Independence. 
E)  creation of the United States Constitution.

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Isaac Newton was an inspiration for the Enlightenment in his contention that the world and everything in it worked like a giant machine.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Identify the following terms.
-Committee of Public Safety and Maximilien Robespierre

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The Committee of Public Safety and Maxim

Question 9

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 10

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 11

Identify the following terms.
-nationalism

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Nationalism is an ideological concept th

Question 12

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 13

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 14

In the Enlightenment,many intellectuals argued that women were by nature inferior to men.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The Estates-General was convened in 1789 in order to deal with the

Accepted Answer

A)  invasion of Silesia. 
B)  near bankruptcy of the French Treasury. 
C)  grievances of the French peasantry. 
D)  discontent in the French colonies. 
E)  Louis XVI's demand for more power. 
A)  invasion of Silesia. 
B)  near bankruptcy of the French Treasury. 
C)  grievances of the French peasantry. 
D)  discontent in the French colonies. 
E)  Louis XVI's demand for more power.

Question 16

Which of the following was NOT a direct result of the Seven Years' War?

Accepted Answer

A)  France ceded Canada to British control. 
B)  Spain ceded Florida to British control. 
C)  France ceded the Louisiana Territory to the Spanish. 
D)  The Dutch permanently withdrew from the New World. 
E)  Great Britain became the world's greatest colonial power. 
A)  France ceded Canada to British control. 
B)  Spain ceded Florida to British control. 
C)  France ceded the Louisiana Territory to the Spanish. 
D)  The Dutch permanently withdrew from the New World. 
E)  Great Britain became the world's greatest colonial power.

Question 17

Identify the following terms.
-Elba and Saint Helena

Accepted Answer

Elba is a Mediterranean island in Tuscan

Question 18

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?

Accepted Answer

During the Enlightenment, there were sev

Question 19

How "revolutionary" was the French Revolution? How was France changed by the revolutionary events between 1789 and 1799,and who benefited the most from these changes?

Accepted Answer

The French Revolution was indeed a revol

Question 20

Identify the following terms.
-Rococo and Antoine Watteau

Accepted Answer

Rococo is an artistic movement and style

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

Britain decided to end its war against the Americans after a combined American and French force defeated General Cornwallis at

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

Which of the following statements would John Locke find acceptable?

The Committee of Public Safety was established to

The formal event which led to the break between the American colonies and England was the

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

Isaac Newton was an inspiration for the Enlightenment in his contention that the world and everything in it worked like a giant machine.

Identify the following terms. -Committee of Public Safety and Maximilien Robespierre

The French Revolution

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

Identify the following terms. -nationalism

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

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

In the Enlightenment,many intellectuals argued that women were by nature inferior to men.

The Estates-General was convened in 1789 in order to deal with the

Which of the following was NOT a direct result of the Seven Years' War?

Identify the following terms. -Elba and Saint Helena

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?

How "revolutionary" was the French Revolution? How was France changed by the revolutionary events between 1789 and 1799,and who benefited the most from these changes?

Identify the following terms. -Rococo and Antoine Watteau

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China in Antiquity

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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

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