Question 1

Thomas Hobbes appealed to Enlightenment thinkers by his

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A) concept of a state of nature superseded by a social contract. 
B) belief that self-interest is not a valid reason for political activity. 
C) support for the absolute power of the state. 
D) view that human nature is greedy and warlike. 
E) all of the above 
A) concept of a state of nature superseded by a social contract. 
B) belief that self-interest is not a valid reason for political activity. 
C) support for the absolute power of the state. 
D) view that human nature is greedy and warlike. 
E) all of the above

Question 2

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Freemasons

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Freemasons are members of a fraternal or

Question 3

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 High Enlightenment

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The High Enlightenment refers to a perio

Question 4

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).   
 Locate and label the  home country of the following: Bayle, Locke, Hume, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Voltaire, Diderot, Beccaria, and Kant.

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The answer of Instructions: Please use this outline map of...

Question 5

Eighteenth-century philosophes were

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A) traditional philosophers who opposed new ideas. 
B) particularly those clergymen whose duty it was to protect the faith from philosophical wrangling. 
C) leaders of Enlightenment thought who supported tolerance, rationality, and freedom. 
D) the university professors who debated issues of the Enlightenment. 
E) the modern equivalent of ancient sophists. 
A) traditional philosophers who opposed new ideas. 
B) particularly those clergymen whose duty it was to protect the faith from philosophical wrangling. 
C) leaders of Enlightenment thought who supported tolerance, rationality, and freedom. 
D) the university professors who debated issues of the Enlightenment. 
E) the modern equivalent of ancient sophists.

Question 6

England drove the French from North America as part of which conflict?

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A) t he War of Spanish Succession 
B) t he Seven Years' War 
C) t he War of Polish Succession 
D) t he Great Northern War 
E) t he War of Austrian Succession 
A) t he War of Spanish Succession 
B) t he Seven Years' War 
C) t he War of Polish Succession 
D) t he Great Northern War 
E) t he War of Austrian Succession

Question 7

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 natural rights

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Natural rights are rights that are belie

Question 8

The most powerful conflict between Austria and Prussia in the eighteenth century was over

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A) religion; Austria was Catholic and Prussia Protestant. 
B) the Prussian seizure of Silesia. 
C) unification of the Holy Roman Empire. 
D) the potential division of the Ottoman Empire. 
E) Austrian claims to northern Italy. 
A) religion; Austria was Catholic and Prussia Protestant. 
B) the Prussian seizure of Silesia. 
C) unification of the Holy Roman Empire. 
D) the potential division of the Ottoman Empire. 
E) Austrian claims to northern Italy.

Question 9

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Discuss the Enlightenment as part of the broader intellectual history of the West.

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The Enlightenment was a period of intell

Exam 18: The Age of Enlightenment Reason and Reform

Thomas Hobbes appealed to Enlightenment thinkers by his

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Freemasons

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? High Enlightenment

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). Locate and label the home country of the following: Bayle, Locke, Hume, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Voltaire, Diderot, Beccaria, and Kant.

Eighteenth-century philosophes were

England drove the French from North America as part of which conflict?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? natural rights

The most powerful conflict between Austria and Prussia in the eighteenth century was over

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Discuss the Enlightenment as part of the broader intellectual history of the West.

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greek City-State Democratic Politics

Greek Thought From Myth to Reason

The Hellenistic Age Cultural Diffusion

The Roman Republic City-State to World Empire

The Roman Empire a World-State

Early Christianity a World Religion

The Heirs of Rome Byzantium Islam and Latin Christendom

The High Middle Ages Vitality and Enewal

The Flowering of Medieval Culture the Christian Synthesis

The Late Middle Ages Crisis and Dissolution

The Renaissance Transition to the Modern Age

The Reformation the Shattering of Christian Unity

European Expansion Economic and Social Transformations

The Rise of Sovereignty Transition to the Modern State

The Scientific Revolution the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

The French Revolution the Affirmation of Liberty and Equality

The Industrial Revolution the Great Transformation

Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century

Revolution and Counterrevolution 1815-1848

Thought and Culture in the Mid-Nineteenth Century Realism and Social Criticism

The Surge of Nationalism From Liberal to Extreme Nationalism

The Industrial West Responses to Modernization

Imperialism Western Global Dominance

Modern Consciousness New Views of Nature Human Nature and the Arts

World War I the West in Despair

An Era of Totalitarianism

Thought and Culture in an Era of World Wars and Totalitarianism

World War II Western Civilization in the Balance

Europe After World War II Recovery and Realignment 1945-1989

The Troubled Present

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