Question 1

The famous Declaration of the Rights of Women and the Female Citizen was authored by Mary Wollstonecraft.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
scientific method

Accepted Answer

The scientific method is a systematic an

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

The term "the Third Estate" refers to th

Question 4

Enlightened Absolutism

Accepted Answer

A)  was based more on practical measures to strengthen the power of the state than to "reform" and free their populations. 
B)  was best illustrated by the activity of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. 
C)  was truly applied only briefly, in the ten months before the death of Emelyan Pugachev. 
D)  was limited by the desires of the middle classes to retain their special advantages. 
E)  best describes the British government in the eighteenth century. 
A)  was based more on practical measures to strengthen the power of the state than to "reform" and free their populations. 
B)  was best illustrated by the activity of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. 
C)  was truly applied only briefly, in the ten months before the death of Emelyan Pugachev. 
D)  was limited by the desires of the middle classes to retain their special advantages. 
E)  best describes the British government in the eighteenth century.

Question 5

Who said that each of us is born with a tabula rasa ?

Accepted Answer

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 6

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Frederick the Great

Accepted Answer

Frederick the Great, also known as Frede

Question 7

The Catholic Church condemned the theories of ____________ because they threatened the Scriptures.

Accepted Answer

A)  Voltaire and Rousseau 
B)  Copernicus and Galileo 
C)  Kepler and Newton 
D)  Galileo and Ptolemy 
E)  Newton and Copernicus 
A)  Voltaire and Rousseau 
B)  Copernicus and Galileo 
C)  Kepler and Newton 
D)  Galileo and Ptolemy 
E)  Newton and Copernicus

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

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 9

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 10

After French revolutionaries beheaded king Louis XVI, France became and remained a republic.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The first independent state in Latin America was Haiti.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

During the Reign of Terror, cannon fire was used to blow condemned men into open graves.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Alexander II. 
B)  Catherine the Great. 
C)  Peter II. 
D)  Peter the Great. 
E)  Ivan IV. 
A)  Alexander II. 
B)  Catherine the Great. 
C)  Peter II. 
D)  Peter the Great. 
E)  Ivan IV.

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

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 16

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?

Accepted Answer

The French Revolution was caused by a co

Question 17

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
"putting-out" system

Accepted Answer

The "putting-out" system, also known as

Question 18

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
feminism

Accepted Answer

Feminism is a socio-political and econom

Question 19

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 20

The eighteenth century ruler who called himself/herself "the first servant of the state" was

Accepted Answer

A)  Joseph II of Austria. 
B)  George III of Great Britain. 
C)  Catherine the Great of Russia. 
D)  Frederick II of Prussia. 
E)  Louis XVI of France. 
A)  Joseph II of Austria. 
B)  George III of Great Britain. 
C)  Catherine the Great of Russia. 
D)  Frederick II of Prussia. 
E)  Louis XVI of France.

The famous Declaration of the Rights of Women and the Female Citizen was authored by Mary Wollstonecraft.

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). scientific method

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

Enlightened Absolutism

Who said that each of us is born with a tabula rasa ?

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Frederick the Great

The Catholic Church condemned the theories of ____________ because they threatened the Scriptures.

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

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

After French revolutionaries beheaded king Louis XVI, France became and remained a republic.

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

The first independent state in Latin America was Haiti.

During the Reign of Terror, cannon fire was used to blow condemned men into open graves.

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

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

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?

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). "putting-out" system

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). feminism

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

The eighteenth century ruler who called himself/herself "the first servant of the state" was

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

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

The famous Declaration of the Rights of Women and the Female Citizen was authored by Mary Wollstonecraft.

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). scientific method

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

Enlightened Absolutism

Who said that each of us is born with a tabula rasa ?

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Frederick the Great

The Catholic Church condemned the theories of ____________ because they threatened the Scriptures.

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

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

After French revolutionaries beheaded king Louis XVI, France became and remained a republic.

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

The first independent state in Latin America was Haiti.

During the Reign of Terror, cannon fire was used to blow condemned men into open graves.

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

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

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?

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). "putting-out" system

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). feminism

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

The eighteenth century ruler who called himself/herself "the first servant of the state" was

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

Filters