Question 1

Voltaire criticized Christianity for creating

Accepted Answer

A)  religious warfare 
B)  religious tolerance 
C)  bad Christians 
D)  bad science 
A)  religious warfare 
B)  religious tolerance 
C)  bad Christians 
D)  bad science A

Question 2

How did Galileo become interested in astronomy?

Accepted Answer

A)  his interest in tides 
B)  his interest in the habitation of God 
C)  his interest in astronomy 
D)  his interest in disproving religion 
A)  his interest in tides 
B)  his interest in the habitation of God 
C)  his interest in astronomy 
D)  his interest in disproving religion A

Question 3

Most Enlightenment philosophers believed that women

Accepted Answer

A)  were equal to men 
B)  were naturally enlightened 
C)  should work for a living 
D)  were naturally inferior 
A)  were equal to men 
B)  were naturally enlightened 
C)  should work for a living 
D)  were naturally inferior D

Question 4

Montesquieu developed the idea of a constitutional monarchy based in

Accepted Answer

A)  divine right 
B)  Christian morality 
C)  checks and balances 
D)  atheism 
A)  divine right 
B)  Christian morality 
C)  checks and balances 
D)  atheism

Question 5

Francis Bacon was particularly interested in

Accepted Answer

A)  technology 
B)  mathematics 
C)  computers 
D)  religion 
A)  technology 
B)  mathematics 
C)  computers 
D)  religion

Question 6

Enlightenment philosophers transferred the methods of science to the study of

Accepted Answer

A)  geography 
B)  people and society 
C)  astronomy 
D)  industry 
A)  geography 
B)  people and society 
C)  astronomy 
D)  industry

Question 7

Rousseau believed that civilization

Accepted Answer

A)  was necessary for freedom 
B)  was natural and desirable 
C)  benefited mankind 
D)  limited freedom and independence 
A)  was necessary for freedom 
B)  was natural and desirable 
C)  benefited mankind 
D)  limited freedom and independence

Question 8

Adam Smith's solution to the dehumanizing nature of division of labor was

Accepted Answer

A)  to limit division of labor 
B)  free public education 
C)  not to care 
D)  a return to primitive society 
A)  to limit division of labor 
B)  free public education 
C)  not to care 
D)  a return to primitive society

Question 9

Isaac Newton used mathematics to prove the

Accepted Answer

A)  theory of gravity 
B)  heliocentric theory 
C)  theory of relativity 
D)  theory of electricity 
A)  theory of gravity 
B)  heliocentric theory 
C)  theory of relativity 
D)  theory of electricity

Question 10

John Locke believed that the human mind was a blank slate at birth, meaning that

Accepted Answer

A)  they learn from experiences 
B)  they learn only from religion 
C)  their ideas are innate 
D)  they have finite intelligence 
A)  they learn from experiences 
B)  they learn only from religion 
C)  their ideas are innate 
D)  they have finite intelligence

Question 11

What development made the discoveries of the scientific revolution more accessible?

Accepted Answer

A)  modern telecommunications 
B)  print culture 
C)  the Protestant Reformation 
D)  absolute monarchies 
A)  modern telecommunications 
B)  print culture 
C)  the Protestant Reformation 
D)  absolute monarchies

Question 12

What new scientific methods did Galileo use to disprove some of Aristotle's ideas?

Accepted Answer

A)  mathematics and logic 
B)  religious belief 
C)  observation and experimentation 
D)  deductive reasoning 
A)  mathematics and logic 
B)  religious belief 
C)  observation and experimentation 
D)  deductive reasoning

Question 13

What did Galileo provide that no astronomer before him had?

Accepted Answer

A)  mathematical proof 
B)  a spaceship 
C)  the theory of heliocentrism 
D)  empirical evidence 
A)  mathematical proof 
B)  a spaceship 
C)  the theory of heliocentrism 
D)  empirical evidence

Question 14

Descartes insisted on certainty in proving new ideas, based in

Accepted Answer

A)  observation 
B)  religion 
C)  mathematics 
D)  experimentation 
A)  observation 
B)  religion 
C)  mathematics 
D)  experimentation

Question 15

What was the new, scientific view of the world developed by the Scientific Revolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  it is animistic 
B)  it was made by God 
C)  it doesn't exist 
D)  it functions like a machine 
A)  it is animistic 
B)  it was made by God 
C)  it doesn't exist 
D)  it functions like a machine

Voltaire criticized Christianity for creating

How did Galileo become interested in astronomy?

Most Enlightenment philosophers believed that women

Montesquieu developed the idea of a constitutional monarchy based in

Francis Bacon was particularly interested in

Enlightenment philosophers transferred the methods of science to the study of

Rousseau believed that civilization

Adam Smith's solution to the dehumanizing nature of division of labor was

Isaac Newton used mathematics to prove the

John Locke believed that the human mind was a blank slate at birth, meaning that

What development made the discoveries of the scientific revolution more accessible?

What new scientific methods did Galileo use to disprove some of Aristotle's ideas?

What did Galileo provide that no astronomer before him had?

Descartes insisted on certainty in proving new ideas, based in

What was the new, scientific view of the world developed by the Scientific Revolution?

The Age of Religious Reform, 1490-1648

States and Empires, 1500-1715

Science and Enlightenment, 1600-1789

The Era of the French Revolution, 1750-1815

The Industrial Revolution, 1750-1850

Conservation, Reform, and Revolution, 1815-1852

From National Unification to Religious Revivial, 1850-1880

European Society and the Road to War, 1880-1914

The First World War, 1914-1919

The Russian Revolution and the Rise of the Soviet Union, 1905-1940

Fascism and Nazism: Mass Politics and Mass Culture, 1919-1939

The Second World War, 1939-1945

The Postwar, 1945-1970

Economic Dilemmas, European Unity, and the Collapse of Communism, 1970-2010

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Voltaire criticized Christianity for creating

How did Galileo become interested in astronomy?

Most Enlightenment philosophers believed that women

Montesquieu developed the idea of a constitutional monarchy based in

Francis Bacon was particularly interested in

Enlightenment philosophers transferred the methods of science to the study of

Rousseau believed that civilization

Adam Smith's solution to the dehumanizing nature of division of labor was

Isaac Newton used mathematics to prove the

John Locke believed that the human mind was a blank slate at birth, meaning that

What development made the discoveries of the scientific revolution more accessible?

What new scientific methods did Galileo use to disprove some of Aristotle's ideas?

What did Galileo provide that no astronomer before him had?

Descartes insisted on certainty in proving new ideas, based in

What was the new, scientific view of the world developed by the Scientific Revolution?

The Age of Religious Reform, 1490-1648

States and Empires, 1500-1715

Science and Enlightenment, 1600-1789

The Era of the French Revolution, 1750-1815

The Industrial Revolution, 1750-1850

Conservation, Reform, and Revolution, 1815-1852

From National Unification to Religious Revivial, 1850-1880

European Society and the Road to War, 1880-1914

The First World War, 1914-1919

The Russian Revolution and the Rise of the Soviet Union, 1905-1940

Fascism and Nazism: Mass Politics and Mass Culture, 1919-1939

The Second World War, 1939-1945

The Postwar, 1945-1970

Economic Dilemmas, European Unity, and the Collapse of Communism, 1970-2010

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