Deck 3: Historical Figures, Movements, and Events

Question 1

Most famous work of Niccolò Machiavelli is _________

A)the prince
B)the praise of folly
C)the tragedy of mariam
D)the history of that ingenious gentleman

Answer 1

the prince

Question 2

Who is the "Father of Modern Philosophy"?.

A)john locke
B)rene descartes
C)charles montesquieu
D)jean-jacques rousseau

Answer 2

rene descartes

Question 3

_____________is the author of "Discourse on the Method and Principles of Philosophy".

A)charles montesquieu
B)john locke
C)rene descartes
D)jean-jacques rousseau

Answer 3

rene descartes

Question 4

Masterwork of Montesquieu is___________

A)the spirit of the laws
B)macbeth
C)theessays
D)utopia

Question 5

__________means separation of religion from political, economic, social and cultural aspects of life, religion being treated as a purely personal matter.

A)humanism
B)postivism
C)secularism
D)liberalism

Question 6

The term "rationalism" derived from Latin ratio which means__________

A)culture
B)reason
C)philosophy
D)art

Question 7

In feudalism, the_________ were subjected to "triple taxation"

A)peasants
B)knights
C)clergy
D)noble

Question 8

Girondists had the majority in the Legislative Assembly in ________

A)italy
B)spain
C)france
D)england

Question 9

The rationalism movement started in the 17th century with Descartes and was continued by________

A)cartesian
B)subaltern
C)indologist
D)orientalist

Question 10

Who wrote "The Theory of the Moral Sentiments"?.

A)john locke
B)jean-jacques rousseau
C)adam smith
D)immanuel kant

Question 11

Acoording to ____________ outlined a theory of politics based on people's natural rights: life, liberty, and the ownership of property

A)benvenuto cellini
B)giotto
C)leon battista alberti
D)john locke

Question 12

_________ was marked by an emphasis on the scientific method and reductionism, along with increased questioning of religious orthodoxy.

A)enlightenment
B)renaissance
C)rationalism
D)secularism

Question 13

_____________ is a key figure in the 17th-century scientific revolution, best known for his laws of planetary motion

A)thomas hobbes
B)johannes kepler
C)voltaire
D)marie jean caritat

Question 14

__________'s Ten Books on Architecture is a bible of Renaissance architecture.

A)leon battista alberti
B)johannes kepler
C)marie jean caritat
D)voltaire

Question 15

____________ is the action or process of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area.

A)feudalism
B)absolutism
C)secularism
D)colonization

Question 16

A Colony is a collectivity of_______

A)people
B)manor
C)market
D)guilds

Question 17

The second phase of Asia is related to the Industrial Revolution and the rise of powerful ________in Europe

A)absolutism
B)nation states
C)middle class
D)noble class

Question 18

European exploration of Africa begins with the Age of Discovery by ___________

A)henry
B)james
C)william
D)pache

Question 19

Prince Henry was the first European to methodically explore __________ and the oceanic route to the Indies.

A)asia
B)africa
C)europe
D)america

Question 20

The conquest of Algeria was initiated in the last days of the Bourbon Restoration by _________

A)charles x
B)duc de rovigo
C)bartolomeu dias
D)james bruce

Question 21

France annexed as a colony the occupied areas of________ in 1834

A)algeria
B)croatia
C)estonia
D)lithuania

Question 22

A ____________is primarily driven by fear of unpredictability in societies experiencing rapid demographic, racial, and cultural change.

A)traditional nationalism
B)transsovereign nationalism
C)protectionist nationalism
D)substate nationalism

Question 23

The term "___________" was invented by a famous German historian Leopold von Ranke

A)serbian revolution
B)french revolution
C)glorious revolution
D)belgium revolution

Question 24

_________won independence from Sweden in 1905

A)ukraine
B)norway
C)moldova
D)austria

Question 25

The key exponent of the modern idea of the nation-state was ________

A)john locke
B)rene descartes
C)charles montesquieu
D)g. w. friedrich hegal