Question 1

According to David Hume

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A) the universe does not prove God's existence. 
B) all religion results from human fears and superstitions. 
C) the order apparent in the universe may be more in a person's mind than in reality. 
D) religion is a social convention. 
E) all of the above 
A) the universe does not prove God's existence. 
B) all religion results from human fears and superstitions. 
C) the order apparent in the universe may be more in a person's mind than in reality. 
D) religion is a social convention. 
E) all of the above E

Question 2

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. B

Question 3

In Émile , Rousseau recommended

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A) that children receive a rigorous education in the sciences. 
B) a solid background in the classics as essential for a modern education. 
C) that intellectual and moral instruction should come after the development of the senses. 
D) a state-run education system to rid society of superstition and ignorance. 
E) an education provided in the home under the guidance of the clergy. 
A) that children receive a rigorous education in the sciences. 
B) a solid background in the classics as essential for a modern education. 
C) that intellectual and moral instruction should come after the development of the senses. 
D) a state-run education system to rid society of superstition and ignorance. 
E) an education provided in the home under the guidance of the clergy. C

Question 4

Immanuel Kant insisted that

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A) individuals must conform to knowledge presented by authority. 
B) each individual should reason independently. 
C) education and critical thought were indispensable for the overthrow of the aristocratic order. 
D) there was no conflict between reason and faith. 
E) a person should be enlightened by an "inner light." 
A) individuals must conform to knowledge presented by authority. 
B) each individual should reason independently. 
C) education and critical thought were indispensable for the overthrow of the aristocratic order. 
D) there was no conflict between reason and faith. 
E) a person should be enlightened by an "inner light."

Question 5

The term tabula rasa relates most to the concept that

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A) economic tables of the law of supply and demand should be kept by modern states. 
B) no ideas are innate. 
C) slavery was part of the chain of being. 
D) original sin must be removed by baptism. 
E) tyranny breaks the social contract and society returns to the state of nature. 
A) economic tables of the law of supply and demand should be kept by modern states. 
B) no ideas are innate. 
C) slavery was part of the chain of being. 
D) original sin must be removed by baptism. 
E) tyranny breaks the social contract and society returns to the state of nature.

Question 6

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

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Laissez-faire is an economic philosophy

Question 7

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). 
   Locate and label the following sites:   the original home of the Freemasons, the location of the Grand Lodge of the Freemasons, and the country of origin of the Encyclopedia.

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

Question 8

John Locke's ideal form of government can best be described as a

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A) constitutional state based on the consent of the governed and respectful of each person's natural rights except for Catholics and atheists. 
B) absolute monarchy guided by the principles of the Enlightenment. 
C) constitutional state based on the consent of the governed and respectful of everyone's natural rights. 
D) divine right monarchy. 
E) constitutional state guided by the general will defined as the consensus of well-informed citizens. 
A) constitutional state based on the consent of the governed and respectful of each person's natural rights except for Catholics and atheists. 
B) absolute monarchy guided by the principles of the Enlightenment. 
C) constitutional state based on the consent of the governed and respectful of everyone's natural rights. 
D) divine right monarchy. 
E) constitutional state guided by the general will defined as the consensus of well-informed citizens.

Question 9

All of the following were true of Austria EXCEPT

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A) a dynamic, innovative central administration. 
B) a concentration on its eastern non-German territories. 
C) consolidated control of the German parts of the Holy Roman Empire. 
D) acquisition of the southern Netherlands, later called Belgium. 
E) a progressive mother-son imperial partnership. 
A) a dynamic, innovative central administration. 
B) a concentration on its eastern non-German territories. 
C) consolidated control of the German parts of the Holy Roman Empire. 
D) acquisition of the southern Netherlands, later called Belgium. 
E) a progressive mother-son imperial partnership.

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

Skepticism is the attitude of doubting o

Question 11

The term freethinking , as applied to individuals in the eighteenth century, suggested

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A) their readiness to criticize church dogmas. 
B) willingness to move to political action. 
C) their clubs would not be confined to one topic. 
D) their thoughts would not be stifled by a monarch. 
E) unstructured reflection. 
A) their readiness to criticize church dogmas. 
B) willingness to move to political action. 
C) their clubs would not be confined to one topic. 
D) their thoughts would not be stifled by a monarch. 
E) unstructured reflection.

Question 12

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What is the difference between skepticism and freethinking? Provide examples of each.

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Skepticism and freethinking are both phi

Question 13

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Compare and contrast the ideas of Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean Jacques Rousseau about the origin of the state. What was the relationship of the citizen to the state according to each of these men?

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Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean Jacq

Question 14

That "Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains" was the stirring pronouncement of

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A) Rousseau. 
B) Locke. 
C) Diderot. 
D) Jefferson. 
E) Beccaria. 
A) Rousseau. 
B) Locke. 
C) Diderot. 
D) Jefferson. 
E) Beccaria.

Question 15

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. In challenging traditional values and authorities, how did the Enlightenment contribute to a new, modern worldview?

Accepted Answer

The Enlightenment was a period of intell

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

Salons were gatherings of intellectuals,

Question 17

Instructions: Please use this outline map of the world to answer the question(s). 
   Locate and label the areas belonging to  the following colonial empires in 1750: Spanish, Dutch, French, and British.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 18

Among those admitted to Masonic lodges were

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A) working stonemasons. 
B) middle-class men. 
C) aristocratic men. 
D) some women. 
E) all of the above 
A) working stonemasons. 
B) middle-class men. 
C) aristocratic men. 
D) some women. 
E) all of the above

Question 19

All of the following characterized civil society and the public sphere in Enlightenment Europe EXCEPT

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A) mixing of aristocrats with other social classes. 
B) restriction to a few major cities. 
C) membership based on common interests and curiosity rather than religion, kin, or occupational affiliation. 
D) most of the members had some surplus wealth. 
E) informal training in self-governance, self-education, and social criticism. 
A) mixing of aristocrats with other social classes. 
B) restriction to a few major cities. 
C) membership based on common interests and curiosity rather than religion, kin, or occupational affiliation. 
D) most of the members had some surplus wealth. 
E) informal training in self-governance, self-education, and social criticism.

Question 20

Cesare Beccaria advocated a justice system that

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A) sought to rehabilitate the criminal. 
B) was integrated with the church. 
C) did not take into account the causes of crime. 
D) linked crime and sin together. 
E) all of the above 
A) sought to rehabilitate the criminal. 
B) was integrated with the church. 
C) did not take into account the causes of crime. 
D) linked crime and sin together. 
E) all of the above

According to David Hume

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

In Émile , Rousseau recommended

Immanuel Kant insisted that

The term tabula rasa relates most to the concept that

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

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). Locate and label the following sites: the original home of the Freemasons, the location of the Grand Lodge of the Freemasons, and the country of origin of the Encyclopedia.

John Locke's ideal form of government can best be described as a

All of the following were true of Austria EXCEPT

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

The term freethinking , as applied to individuals in the eighteenth century, suggested

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What is the difference between skepticism and freethinking? Provide examples of each.

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Compare and contrast the ideas of Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean Jacques Rousseau about the origin of the state. What was the relationship of the citizen to the state according to each of these men?

That "Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains" was the stirring pronouncement of

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. In challenging traditional values and authorities, how did the Enlightenment contribute to a new, modern worldview?

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

Instructions: Please use this outline map of the world to answer the question(s). Locate and label the areas belonging to the following colonial empires in 1750: Spanish, Dutch, French, and British.

Among those admitted to Masonic lodges were

All of the following characterized civil society and the public sphere in Enlightenment Europe EXCEPT

Cesare Beccaria advocated a justice system that

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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 Renewal

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

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Exam 18: The Age of Enlightenment: Reason and Reform

According to David Hume

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

In Émile , Rousseau recommended

Immanuel Kant insisted that

The term tabula rasa relates most to the concept that

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

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). Locate and label the following sites: the original home of the Freemasons, the location of the Grand Lodge of the Freemasons, and the country of origin of the Encyclopedia.

John Locke's ideal form of government can best be described as a

All of the following were true of Austria EXCEPT

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

The term freethinking , as applied to individuals in the eighteenth century, suggested

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What is the difference between skepticism and freethinking? Provide examples of each.

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Compare and contrast the ideas of Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean Jacques Rousseau about the origin of the state. What was the relationship of the citizen to the state according to each of these men?

That "Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains" was the stirring pronouncement of

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. In challenging traditional values and authorities, how did the Enlightenment contribute to a new, modern worldview?

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

Instructions: Please use this outline map of the world to answer the question(s). Locate and label the areas belonging to the following colonial empires in 1750: Spanish, Dutch, French, and British.

Among those admitted to Masonic lodges were

All of the following characterized civil society and the public sphere in Enlightenment Europe EXCEPT

Cesare Beccaria advocated a justice system that

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 Renewal

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

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