Question 1

Which French mathematician and philosopher is regarded as the founder of modern philosophy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bacon 
B)  Descartes 
C)  Bruno 
D)  Newton 
E)  Brahe 
A)  Bacon 
B)  Descartes 
C)  Bruno 
D)  Newton 
E)  Brahe

Question 2

Voltaire attributed many of the ills of French society to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Muslim extremists 
B)  The clergy 
C)  The deists 
D)  The atheists 
E)  Established Christianity 
A)  Muslim extremists 
B)  The clergy 
C)  The deists 
D)  The atheists 
E)  Established Christianity

Question 3

​All of the following were examples of enlightened despots except

Accepted Answer

A)  ​Catherine the Great 
B)  ​Maria Theresa 
C)  ​Louis XVI 
D)  ​Charles III 
E)  ​Frederick the Great 
A)  ​Catherine the Great 
B)  ​Maria Theresa 
C)  ​Louis XVI 
D)  ​Charles III 
E)  ​Frederick the Great

Question 4

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Mary Wollstonecraft

Accepted Answer

Mary Wollstonecraft was an 18th-century

Question 5

The element of the American political system that aligns most with Montesquieu is

Accepted Answer

A)  its election of officials by the people. 
B)  its Constitution established a Supreme Court 
C)  the core of American political power lies with the executive, legislative and judicial departments. 
D)  it is based on human rights and natural law. 
E)  a people have the right to overthrow a despotic government 
A)  its election of officials by the people. 
B)  its Constitution established a Supreme Court 
C)  the core of American political power lies with the executive, legislative and judicial departments. 
D)  it is based on human rights and natural law. 
E)  a people have the right to overthrow a despotic government

Question 6

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-"the century of genius"

Accepted Answer

"The century of genius" refers to the pe

Question 7

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 8

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Candide

Accepted Answer

Candide is a satirical novel written by

Question 9

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-"I think, therefore I am."

Accepted Answer

The key term "I think, therefore I am" i

Question 10

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).
  
-Discuss the relationships of both Copernicus and Galileo to the Roman Church.

Accepted Answer

Both Copernicus and Galileo had complex

Question 11

​Hobbes and Locke would have both agreed that

Accepted Answer

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 12

Which of the following established the inductive method of science?

Accepted Answer

A)  Newton 
B)  Galileo 
C)  Bacon 
D)  Kepler 
E)  Copernicus 
A)  Newton 
B)  Galileo 
C)  Bacon 
D)  Kepler 
E)  Copernicus

Question 13

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Nicolaus Copernicus

Accepted Answer

Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance-er

Question 14

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).
  
-How did the new scientific approach to nature raise some concerns among the Roman Catholic hierarchy? How would you typify their response?

Accepted Answer

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Question 15

Which political thinker would generally support a benevolent dictator?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rousseau 
B)  Hobbes 
C)  Locke 
D)  Montesquieu 
E)  Thomas Paine 
A)  Rousseau 
B)  Hobbes 
C)  Locke 
D)  Montesquieu 
E)  Thomas Paine

Question 16

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-epicycles

Accepted Answer

Epicycles were a key concept in ancient

Question 17

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Johannes Kepler

Accepted Answer

Johannes Kepler was a German astronomer,

Question 18

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-heliocentric theory

Accepted Answer

The heliocentric theory is a model of th

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

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 20

Which enlightenment thinker argued that humans are born with a mind that was a blank slate?​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​Descartes 
B)  ​Hume 
C)  ​Rousseau 
D)  ​Locke 
E)  ​Hobbes 
A)  ​Descartes 
B)  ​Hume 
C)  ​Rousseau 
D)  ​Locke 
E)  ​Hobbes

Exam 10: Intellectual Transformation: the Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment

Which French mathematician and philosopher is regarded as the founder of modern philosophy?

Voltaire attributed many of the ills of French society to which of the following?

​All of the following were examples of enlightened despots except

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Mary Wollstonecraft

The element of the American political system that aligns most with Montesquieu is

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -"the century of genius"

Who wrote the Leviathan?

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Candide

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -"I think, therefore I am."

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -Discuss the relationships of both Copernicus and Galileo to the Roman Church.

​Hobbes and Locke would have both agreed that

Which of the following established the inductive method of science?

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Nicolaus Copernicus

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -How did the new scientific approach to nature raise some concerns among the Roman Catholic hierarchy? How would you typify their response?

Which political thinker would generally support a benevolent dictator?

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -epicycles

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Johannes Kepler

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -heliocentric theory

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

Which enlightenment thinker argued that humans are born with a mind that was a blank slate?​

The Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greeks: From Myth to Reason

Rome: From City-State to World Empire

Early Christianity: a World Religion

The Rise of Europe: Fusion of Classical, Christian, and Germanic Traditions

The Flowering and Dissolution of Medieval Civilization

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 2: Western Civilization in the Balance

Europe After World War 2: Recovery and Realignment, 1945-1989

The Troubled Present

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All of the following were examples of enlightened despots except

Hobbes and Locke would have both agreed that

Which enlightenment thinker argued that humans are born with a mind that was a blank slate?