Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Rousseau. 
B)  Frederick II. 
C)  Diderot. 
D)  Jefferson. 
E)  Voltaire. 
A)  Rousseau. 
B)  Frederick II. 
C)  Diderot. 
D)  Jefferson. 
E)  Voltaire.

Question 2

Enlightenment philosophes generally approved of Thomas Hobbes's

Accepted Answer

A)  advocacy of absolutist monarchy. 
B)  contract theory of government. 
C)  refusal to bring God into his political theories. 
D)  Deism. 
E)  outlook on education. 
A)  advocacy of absolutist monarchy. 
B)  contract theory of government. 
C)  refusal to bring God into his political theories. 
D)  Deism. 
E)  outlook on education.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Cesare Beccaria was an Italian criminolo

Question 4

Which of the following refused to publish his work due to his concern that it would spark controversy?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

Experimental physics is a branch of phys

Question 6

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).
  
-Discuss why capitalists could find a champion in Adam Smith. Would Adam Smith have wanted to be such a champion? Can some issues that interested Adam Smith have a relationship to contemporary ones?

Accepted Answer

Adam Smith, often referred to as the fat

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

Salons:

Who?
Salons were gatherings of

Question 8

Rousseau's Emile was written about

Accepted Answer

A)  political reforms. 
B)  slavery. 
C)  prison reforms. 
D)  economic reforms. 
E)  educational reforms. 
A)  political reforms. 
B)  slavery. 
C)  prison reforms. 
D)  economic reforms. 
E)  educational reforms.

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

The Congregation of the Index, also know

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

The Discourse on Method is a philosophic

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

Adam Smith (1723–1790) was a Scottish ec

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

Many philosophes of the Enlightenment er

Question 13

The new model put forth by Copernicus and Galileo that believed that the planets orbited the sun was known as

Accepted Answer

A)  heliocentric model. 
B)  geocentric model. 
C)  epicenter model. 
D)  mathematical model. 
E)  epicycle model. 
A)  heliocentric model. 
B)  geocentric model. 
C)  epicenter model. 
D)  mathematical model. 
E)  epicycle model.

Question 14

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).
  
-How did the philosophes view the place and role of women in society?

Accepted Answer

The philosophes generally viewed the pla

Question 15

____ searched for an absolute truth that could serve as the first principle of knowledge.

Accepted Answer

A)  Galen 
B)  Paracelsus 
C)  Descartes 
D)  Boyle 
E)  Bruno 
A)  Galen 
B)  Paracelsus 
C)  Descartes 
D)  Boyle 
E)  Bruno

Question 16

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).
  
-Show the widespread nature of the Scientific Revolution by locating on a map of Europe some areas where significant achievements occurred. List the place and the achievement.

Accepted Answer

1. Florence, Italy - Birthplace of the R

Question 17

Medieval thinkers constructed a coherent picture of the universe that blended the theories of which of the following ancient Greeks?

Accepted Answer

A)  Aristotle and Ptolemy 
B)  Plato and Socrates 
C)  Ptolemy and Socrates 
D)  Aristotle and Socrates 
E)  Strabo and Galen 
A)  Aristotle and Ptolemy 
B)  Plato and Socrates 
C)  Ptolemy and Socrates 
D)  Aristotle and Socrates 
E)  Strabo and Galen

Question 18

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).
  
-In what ways was the Enlightenment a threat to the old regimes in Europe?

Accepted Answer

The Enlightenment was a threat to the ol

Question 19

Who wrote that people are "born neither good nor wicked; education, example, the government into which he is thrown....determines him to virtue or vice."?​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​Rousseau 
B)  ​Diderot 
C)  ​Hume 
D)  ​Voltaire 
E)  ​Hobbes 
A)  ​Rousseau 
B)  ​Diderot 
C)  ​Hume 
D)  ​Voltaire 
E)  ​Hobbes

Question 20

Of the following, who expressed the most interest in using science to advance trade, industry, and the condition in which human beings live?

Accepted Answer

A)  Galileo 
B)  Bacon 
C)  Toland 
D)  Harvey 
E)  Descartes 
A)  Galileo 
B)  Bacon 
C)  Toland 
D)  Harvey 
E)  Descartes

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

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

Enlightenment philosophes generally approved of Thomas Hobbes's

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

Which of the following refused to publish his work due to his concern that it would spark controversy?

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

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -Discuss why capitalists could find a champion in Adam Smith. Would Adam Smith have wanted to be such a champion? Can some issues that interested Adam Smith have a relationship to contemporary ones?

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

Rousseau's Emile was written about

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

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

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

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

The new model put forth by Copernicus and Galileo that believed that the planets orbited the sun was known as

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -How did the philosophes view the place and role of women in society?

____ searched for an absolute truth that could serve as the first principle of knowledge.

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -Show the widespread nature of the Scientific Revolution by locating on a map of Europe some areas where significant achievements occurred. List the place and the achievement.

Medieval thinkers constructed a coherent picture of the universe that blended the theories of which of the following ancient Greeks?

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -In what ways was the Enlightenment a threat to the old regimes in Europe?

Who wrote that people are "born neither good nor wicked; education, example, the government into which he is thrown....determines him to virtue or vice."?​

Of the following, who expressed the most interest in using science to advance trade, industry, and the condition in which human beings live?

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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