Question 1

Discuss the contributions of Montesquieu to modern political theory.

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Montesquieu, a French philosopher, made

Question 2

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Inductive Approach

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The inductive approach is a research met

Question 3

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 the Congregation of the Index

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The Congregation of the Index was a form

Question 4

​ Why did many Philosophes reject democracy and prefer an enlighted despot ?

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Many philosophes of the Enlightenment er

Question 5

Which of the following systematically observed the planets and stars and recorded their positions with far greater accuracy than had ever been done?

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A) Copernicus 
B) Kepler 
C) Brahe 
D) Galileo 
E) Descartes 
A) Copernicus 
B) Kepler 
C) Brahe 
D) Galileo 
E) Descartes

Question 6

Who published The Social Contract ?

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A) Locke 
B) Hobbes 
C) Diderot 
D) Rousseau 
E) Adam Smith 
A) Locke 
B) Hobbes 
C) Diderot 
D) Rousseau 
E) Adam Smith

Question 7

How did the new scientific approach to nature raise some concerns among the Roman Catholic hierarchy? How would you typify their response?

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Question 8

​ Hobbes and Locke would have both agreed that

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A) ​humans were rational by nature 
B) ​humans are essential good 
C) ​absolute monarchy protects people from our own selfish impulses 
D) ​governments exist in order to ensure security 
E) ​humans are antisocial 
A) ​humans were rational by nature 
B) ​humans are essential good 
C) ​absolute monarchy protects people from our own selfish impulses 
D) ​governments exist in order to ensure security 
E) ​humans are antisocial

Question 9

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Jean Jacques Rousseau was an 18th-centur

Question 10

Central to the practice of modern science is the experimental method of investigation and testing scientific theories. Who were some of the pioneers of experimental method in the Scientific Revolution and what were their achievements?

Accepted Answer

Some of the pioneers of the experimental

Question 11

Who wrote the Leviathan ?

Accepted Answer

A) Voltaire 
B) Beccaria 
C) Diderot 
D) Hume 
E) Hobbes 
A) Voltaire 
B) Beccaria 
C) Diderot 
D) Hume 
E) Hobbes

Question 12

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Nicolaus Copernicus

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Who: Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissan

Question 13

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 William Harvey

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Who: William Harvey was an English physi

Question 14

How did the Scientific Revolution cause a reorientation in Western thought?

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The Scientific Revolution caused a reori

Question 15

Which of the following was a recognized leader of the French Enlightenment?

Accepted Answer

A) Voltaire 
B) Hobbes 
C) Locke 
D) Paine 
E) Beccaria 
A) Voltaire 
B) Hobbes 
C) Locke 
D) Paine 
E) Beccaria

Question 16

Which of the following statements about Mary Wollstonecraft is correct?

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A) Wollstonecraft's work was remarkable because she had little contact with well-known Enlightenment thinkers. 
B) Although hardly mainstream Enlightenment thought, Wollstonecraft's writings grew from circulating arguments on liberty and rights. 
C) Wollstonecraft successfully argued for women's suffrage. 
D) Wollstonecraft's work was remarkable both because she had little contact with well-known Enlightenment thinkers and Wollstonecraft defended not only women, but principles of human rights in general. 
E) Wollstonecraft accepted the position of women without question. 
A) Wollstonecraft's work was remarkable because she had little contact with well-known Enlightenment thinkers. 
B) Although hardly mainstream Enlightenment thought, Wollstonecraft's writings grew from circulating arguments on liberty and rights. 
C) Wollstonecraft successfully argued for women's suffrage. 
D) Wollstonecraft's work was remarkable both because she had little contact with well-known Enlightenment thinkers and Wollstonecraft defended not only women, but principles of human rights in general. 
E) Wollstonecraft accepted the position of women without question.

Question 17

In his work On Crimes and Punishments, Beccaria wrote of torture

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A) ​that it suited religious critics 
B) ​that it was inhuman and fit for cannibals 
C) ​that it was necessary for the security of the state 
D) ​that it should only be used in emergencies 
E) ​that it was part of human nature 
A) ​that it suited religious critics 
B) ​that it was inhuman and fit for cannibals 
C) ​that it was necessary for the security of the state 
D) ​that it should only be used in emergencies 
E) ​that it was part of human nature

Question 18

Achievements of Kepler include proving that

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A) orbits of planets are elliptical. 
B) planets circle around the sun. 
C) planets move at different speeds. 
D) there is a mathematical relationship between the time it takes a planet to complete its orbit of the sun and its average distance from the sun. 
E) Each of these was proven by Kepler. 
A) orbits of planets are elliptical. 
B) planets circle around the sun. 
C) planets move at different speeds. 
D) there is a mathematical relationship between the time it takes a planet to complete its orbit of the sun and its average distance from the sun. 
E) Each of these was proven by Kepler.

Question 19

Modern astronomy began with ____, a Polish astronomer, mathematician, and church canon.

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A) Bruno 
B) Kepler 
C) Brahe 
D) Galileo 
E) Copernicus 
A) Bruno 
B) Kepler 
C) Brahe 
D) Galileo 
E) Copernicus

Question 20

____ argued that passages from the Bible had no authority in questions involving nature.

Accepted Answer

A) Galen 
B) Copernicus 
C) Harvey 
D) Paracelsus 
E) Galileo 
A) Galen 
B) Copernicus 
C) Harvey 
D) Paracelsus 
E) Galileo

Discuss the contributions of Montesquieu to modern political theory.

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Inductive Approach

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? the Congregation of the Index

Why did many Philosophes reject democracy and prefer an enlighted despot ?

Which of the following systematically observed the planets and stars and recorded their positions with far greater accuracy than had ever been done?

Who published The Social Contract ?

How did the new scientific approach to nature raise some concerns among the Roman Catholic hierarchy? How would you typify their response?

Hobbes and Locke would have both agreed that

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Jean Jacques Rousseau

Central to the practice of modern science is the experimental method of investigation and testing scientific theories. Who were some of the pioneers of experimental method in the Scientific Revolution and what were their achievements?

Who wrote the Leviathan ?

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Nicolaus Copernicus

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? William Harvey

How did the Scientific Revolution cause a reorientation in Western thought?

Which of the following was a recognized leader of the French Enlightenment?

Which of the following statements about Mary Wollstonecraft is correct?

In his work On Crimes and Punishments, Beccaria wrote of torture

Achievements of Kepler include proving that

Modern astronomy began with ____, a Polish astronomer, mathematician, and church canon.

____ argued that passages from the Bible had no authority in questions involving nature.

Transition to the Modern Age: Renaissance and Reformation

Political and Economic Transformation: National States, Overseas Expansion, Commercial Revolution

The Era of the French Revolution: Affirmation of Liberty and Equality

The Industrial Revolution: The Transformation of Society

Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century

Surge of Liberalism and Nationalism: Revolution, Counterrevolution, and Unification

Thought and Culture in the Mid-Nineteenth Century: Realism, Positivism, Darwinism, and Social Criticism

Europe in the Late Nineteenth Century: Modernization, Nationalism, Imperialism

Modern Consciousness: New Views of Nature, Human Nature, and the Arts

World War I: The West in Despair

An Era of 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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Exam 3: Intellectual Transformation: the Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment

Discuss the contributions of Montesquieu to modern political theory.

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Inductive Approach

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? the Congregation of the Index

​ Why did many Philosophes reject democracy and prefer an enlighted despot ?

Which of the following systematically observed the planets and stars and recorded their positions with far greater accuracy than had ever been done?

Who published The Social Contract ?

How did the new scientific approach to nature raise some concerns among the Roman Catholic hierarchy? How would you typify their response?

​ Hobbes and Locke would have both agreed that

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Jean Jacques Rousseau

Central to the practice of modern science is the experimental method of investigation and testing scientific theories. Who were some of the pioneers of experimental method in the Scientific Revolution and what were their achievements?

Who wrote the Leviathan ?

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Nicolaus Copernicus

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? William Harvey

How did the Scientific Revolution cause a reorientation in Western thought?

Which of the following was a recognized leader of the French Enlightenment?

Which of the following statements about Mary Wollstonecraft is correct?

In his work On Crimes and Punishments, Beccaria wrote of torture

Achievements of Kepler include proving that

Modern astronomy began with ____, a Polish astronomer, mathematician, and church canon.

____ argued that passages from the Bible had no authority in questions involving nature.

Transition to the Modern Age: Renaissance and Reformation

Political and Economic Transformation: National States, Overseas Expansion, Commercial Revolution

The Era of the French Revolution: Affirmation of Liberty and Equality

The Industrial Revolution: The Transformation of Society

Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century

Surge of Liberalism and Nationalism: Revolution, Counterrevolution, and Unification

Thought and Culture in the Mid-Nineteenth Century: Realism, Positivism, Darwinism, and Social Criticism

Europe in the Late Nineteenth Century: Modernization, Nationalism, Imperialism

Modern Consciousness: New Views of Nature, Human Nature, and the Arts

World War I: The West in Despair

An Era of 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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Why did many Philosophes reject democracy and prefer an enlighted despot ?

Hobbes and Locke would have both agreed that