Question 1

In his Essay Concerning Human Understanding,the writer who said each of us is born with a tabula rasa was

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A)  John Locke. 
B)  Rene Descartes. 
C)  Voltaire. 
D)  Isaac Newton. 
E)  Jean-Jacques Rousseau. 
A)  John Locke. 
B)  Rene Descartes. 
C)  Voltaire. 
D)  Isaac Newton. 
E)  Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

Question 2

Identify the following terms.
-the Third Estate

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The Third Estate refers to the common pe

Question 3

In line with mercantilist theory,

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A)  governments had nothing to do regarding trade and manufacturing policies. 
B)  Latin American countries traded exclusively with their "mother" countries. 
C)  Latin American colonies were encouraged to manufacture. 
D)  American colonies were viewed as sources of raw materials and markets by Europeans. 
E)  the production of heavy industrial products was instituted in Mexico in 1734. 
A)  governments had nothing to do regarding trade and manufacturing policies. 
B)  Latin American countries traded exclusively with their "mother" countries. 
C)  Latin American colonies were encouraged to manufacture. 
D)  American colonies were viewed as sources of raw materials and markets by Europeans. 
E)  the production of heavy industrial products was instituted in Mexico in 1734.

Question 4

Which of the following was not achieved during the regime of Napoleon?

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A)  The legal position of women was weakened with the activation of the Civil Code. 
B)  A concordat was arranged with the pope. 
C)  The laws of France were codified in the Civil Code. 
D)  A powerful, centralized bureaucracy was established. 
E)  All divorces were outlawed. 
A)  The legal position of women was weakened with the activation of the Civil Code. 
B)  A concordat was arranged with the pope. 
C)  The laws of France were codified in the Civil Code. 
D)  A powerful, centralized bureaucracy was established. 
E)  All divorces were outlawed.

Question 5

In the American Revolution,the rebels

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A)  received the support of a number of European countries. 
B)  developed a number of innovative attack techniques used by Napoleonic armies. 
C)  was marked by the seizure of political and military power by the poorest segment of colonial society. 
D)  contained a series of major battles in which American firepower literally destroyed some of the best units of the British army. 
E)  was significantly enhanced by the large slave component in the rebel army. 
A)  received the support of a number of European countries. 
B)  developed a number of innovative attack techniques used by Napoleonic armies. 
C)  was marked by the seizure of political and military power by the poorest segment of colonial society. 
D)  contained a series of major battles in which American firepower literally destroyed some of the best units of the British army. 
E)  was significantly enhanced by the large slave component in the rebel army.

Question 6

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?

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Europe became the engine for rapid globa

Question 7

Discuss the emergence of the social sciences in terms of their philosophical foundations and the ideas of individuals such as John Locke and Adam Smith.

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The emergence of the social sciences can

Question 8

By the end of the eighteenth century,serfdom had come to an end in eastern Europe,but it still existed in western Europe,and was to prove one of the causes of the French Revolution.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Identify the following terms.
-the taille

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The taille was a form of land tax in med

Question 10

Enlightened despotism

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A)  was limited by the social and political reality of the hereditary aristocracy. 
B)  was most widely attempted in Britain, but caused confusion among the peasants and opposition from nobles and clergy. 
C)  was best exemplified by the policies of Louis XV in France. 
D)  was abolished in Prussia by Frederick the Great. 
E)  was never attempted in Austria. 
A)  was limited by the social and political reality of the hereditary aristocracy. 
B)  was most widely attempted in Britain, but caused confusion among the peasants and opposition from nobles and clergy. 
C)  was best exemplified by the policies of Louis XV in France. 
D)  was abolished in Prussia by Frederick the Great. 
E)  was never attempted in Austria.

Question 11

Balthasar Neumann's pilgrimage church of the Vierzehnheiligen exemplified the Baroque-Rococo architectural style.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

A discovery made by Galileo was the

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A)  development of the calculus. 
B)  fallacy of the existence of sunspots and the phases of Venus. 
C)  five moons revolving around Pluto. 
D)  similarity of the material composition of other planets and the moon to that of the earth. 
E)  totally flat terrain of the earth's moon. 
A)  development of the calculus. 
B)  fallacy of the existence of sunspots and the phases of Venus. 
C)  five moons revolving around Pluto. 
D)  similarity of the material composition of other planets and the moon to that of the earth. 
E)  totally flat terrain of the earth's moon.

Question 13

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?

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During the seventeenth century, European

Question 14

Maria Winkelmann was the author of the Vindication of the Rights of Woman.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The intellectuals of the Enlightenment advocated the

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A)  creation of a new religion of sciences. 
B)  use of the scientific method to foster progress toward a "better" society. 
C)  application of religious precepts to all knowledge. 
D)  inversion of human development. 
E)  abandonment of reason for the purpose of developing human knowledge. 
A)  creation of a new religion of sciences. 
B)  use of the scientific method to foster progress toward a "better" society. 
C)  application of religious precepts to all knowledge. 
D)  inversion of human development. 
E)  abandonment of reason for the purpose of developing human knowledge.

Question 16

Identify the following terms.
-Quebec's the Plains of Abraham

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The Plains of Abraham, also known as Bat

Question 17

All of the following were relevant to Newton's discoveries except

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A)  they created a new cosmology. 
B)  they presented a basically mechanical explanation of things. 
C)  universal motion could be mathematically explained. 
D)  his theories had no spiritual ramifications. 
E)  Einsteinian relativity eventually came to superseded Newtonian mechanism. 
A)  they created a new cosmology. 
B)  they presented a basically mechanical explanation of things. 
C)  universal motion could be mathematically explained. 
D)  his theories had no spiritual ramifications. 
E)  Einsteinian relativity eventually came to superseded Newtonian mechanism.

Question 18

Identify the following terms.
-the Reign of Terror and the guillotine

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The Reign of Terror, also known simply a

Question 19

The Catholic Church condemned the theories of Copernicus and Galileo because they

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A)  ended the spirituality of the earth. 
B)  threatened the Scriptures, as the heavens were no longer a spiritual world but a world of matter. 
C)  was simpler to accept it than to reject its doctrinal challenges. 
D)  conflicted with those of Newton. 
E)  were contrary to the Council of Constance. 
A)  ended the spirituality of the earth. 
B)  threatened the Scriptures, as the heavens were no longer a spiritual world but a world of matter. 
C)  was simpler to accept it than to reject its doctrinal challenges. 
D)  conflicted with those of Newton. 
E)  were contrary to the Council of Constance.

Question 20

Identify the following terms.
-Continental System

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The Continental System was a foreign pol

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

In his Essay Concerning Human Understanding,the writer who said each of us is born with a tabula rasa was

Identify the following terms. -the Third Estate

In line with mercantilist theory,

Which of the following was not achieved during the regime of Napoleon?

In the American Revolution,the rebels

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?

Discuss the emergence of the social sciences in terms of their philosophical foundations and the ideas of individuals such as John Locke and Adam Smith.

By the end of the eighteenth century,serfdom had come to an end in eastern Europe,but it still existed in western Europe,and was to prove one of the causes of the French Revolution.

Identify the following terms. -the taille

Enlightened despotism

Balthasar Neumann's pilgrimage church of the Vierzehnheiligen exemplified the Baroque-Rococo architectural style.

A discovery made by Galileo was the

Maria Winkelmann was the author of the Vindication of the Rights of Woman.

The intellectuals of the Enlightenment advocated the

Identify the following terms. -Quebec's the Plains of Abraham

All of the following were relevant to Newton's discoveries except

Identify the following terms. -the Reign of Terror and the guillotine

The Catholic Church condemned the theories of Copernicus and Galileo because they

Identify the following terms. -Continental System

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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