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

Why did Europe become the engine for rapid global change in the seventeenth and eighteenth century rather than China or some other non-Western society?

Compare the colonial empires of Britain and France in the Americas, highlighting similarities and differences in their administration.

Who asserted that the material composition of other planets and the moon was similar to that of the earth?

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

The most ironic aspect of Napoleon's career or rule in France was that

The intellectuals of the Enlightenment use the word ____ to advocate for the application of the scientific method to the understanding of all life.

Which revolution -- the American Revolution or the French Revolution - was the most "revolutionary"? Why? Be specific.

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Plassey

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). patrician

In eighteenth century Europe,

The Committee of Public Safety was established to

Enlightened Absolutism

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). cottage industry

In the American Revolution, the rebels

"The Scientific Revolution was the most revolutionary of all revolutions." Discuss critically, using specific examples.

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

The military forces raised by the French revolutionary government was

What caused the French Revolution to start when it did? Could its outbreak have been avoided, or postponed? Was the revolution inevitable? Why or why not?

The Russian monarch whose policies favored the landed nobility, at the expense of the serfs, was

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). the third estate