Question 1

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Galileo Galilei

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Galileo Galilei...

Question 2

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

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In the mid-eighteenth centuries, "high"

Question 3

Enlightened Despotism

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A)  demonstrated much more despotism than enlightenment in Russia. 
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)  demonstrated much more despotism than enlightenment in Russia. 
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 4

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

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

Question 5

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
popular culture

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Popular culture, often abbreviated as po

Question 6

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
natural rights

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Natural rights, often referred to as "un

Question 7

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Robert Clive

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Robert Clive...

Question 8

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?

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During the Enlightenment, there were sev

Question 9

What was the relationship of the Enlightenment to the Scientific Revolution? Could the Enlightenment have occurred without the Scientific Revolution?

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The Enlightenment was closely related to

Question 10

Napoleon gained control of the executive authority of the French government by

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A)  becoming President of the Committee of Public Safety. 
B)  being elected as first director of the Directory. 
C)  seizing power in a coup d'etat. 
D)  capitalizing on his military victories to become a popularly elected president. 
E)  his appointment to the post by a newly restored monarch, Louis XVII. 
A)  becoming President of the Committee of Public Safety. 
B)  being elected as first director of the Directory. 
C)  seizing power in a coup d'etat. 
D)  capitalizing on his military victories to become a popularly elected president. 
E)  his appointment to the post by a newly restored monarch, Louis XVII.

Question 11

On the eve of the French Revolution, all of these conditions existed EXCEPT

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A)  the hereditary aristocracy was still the most powerful class in European society. 
B)  the nobles and clergy in France were effectively untaxed, even as the French treasury neared bankruptcy and millions were hungry. 
C)  the bourgeoisie comprised about eight percent of the population. 
D)  the peasants were enthusiastic for revolutionary change. 
E)  monarchy was the norm for European governments. 
A)  the hereditary aristocracy was still the most powerful class in European society. 
B)  the nobles and clergy in France were effectively untaxed, even as the French treasury neared bankruptcy and millions were hungry. 
C)  the bourgeoisie comprised about eight percent of the population. 
D)  the peasants were enthusiastic for revolutionary change. 
E)  monarchy was the norm for European governments.

Question 12

Who advocated a doctrine that would be later be known as laissez-faire ?

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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 13

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

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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 14

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Diderot's Encyclopedia

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Diderot's Encyclopedia...

Question 15

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
John Locke

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John Locke (1632–1704) was an influentia

Question 16

The Ptolemaic view of the universe argued that

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A)  the planets were 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 moon. 
D)  God and all the saved souls resided in the Empyrean Heaven that lay beyond the innermost, or tenth, sphere. 
E)  God and the saved souls were at the center of the universe. 
A)  the planets were 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 moon. 
D)  God and all the saved souls resided in the Empyrean Heaven that lay beyond the innermost, or tenth, sphere. 
E)  God and the saved souls were at the center of the universe.

Question 17

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Seven Years War

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Seven Years...

Question 18

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Maximilien Robespierre

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Maximilien Robespierre was a French lawy

Question 19

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 20

Who proposed a heliocentric theory to explain the movement of the heavenly bodies?

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A)  Voltaire 
B)  Galileo Galilei 
C)  Nicolaus Copernicus 
D)  Ptolemy 
E)  Johannes Kepler 
A)  Voltaire 
B)  Galileo Galilei 
C)  Nicolaus Copernicus 
D)  Ptolemy 
E)  Johannes Kepler

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

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Galileo Galilei

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

Enlightened Despotism

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

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). popular culture

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). natural rights

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Robert Clive

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?

What was the relationship of the Enlightenment to the Scientific Revolution? Could the Enlightenment have occurred without the Scientific Revolution?

Napoleon gained control of the executive authority of the French government by

On the eve of the French Revolution, all of these conditions existed EXCEPT

Who advocated a doctrine that would be later be known as laissez-faire ?

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

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Diderot's Encyclopedia

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). John Locke

The Ptolemaic view of the universe argued that

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Seven Years War

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Maximilien Robespierre

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.

Who proposed a heliocentric theory to explain the movement of the heavenly bodies?

Early Humans and the First Civilizations

Ancient India

China in Antiquity

The Civilization of the Greeks

The Roman World Empire

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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