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1. Who were the leading figures of the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment, and what were their
main contributions? What was the impact of the intellectual revolution of the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries on European society? Was the Scientific Revolution "the most revolutionary of all
revolutions"? Discuss critically, using specific examples.
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2. Why were the ideas of Copernicus and Galileo so controversial in the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries?
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3. How did European ideas about the natures of, and the relationships between, science and religion
change during the seventeenth century? Were these changes restricted to just the intellectual classes?
Why or why not? What changes occurred in the European economy in the eighteenth century, and to
what degree were these changes reflected in social patterns?
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4. What was the relationship of the Enlightenment to the Scientific Revolution? Could the Enlightenment
have occurred with the Scientific Revolution?
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5. What characteristics of European civilization encouraged or mandated both the Scientific Revolution
and the Enlightenment?
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6. Discuss the emergence of the social sciences in terms of their philosophical foundations and the ideas
of individuals such as John Locke and Adam Smith.
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7. Describe the major innovations in art and music during the Enlightenment. Were they as important as
the era's new social and economic ideas? Why or why not?
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8. Why did Europe become the engine for rapid global change in the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries rather than China or some other non-Western society? What colonies did the British and
French establish in the Americas, and how did their methods of administering their colonies differ?
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9. Compare the "high" and "popular" cultures of the mid-eighteenth century to today's culture. Is there
any "high culture" left in the modern world? If so, what, and if not, why not?
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10. Compare and contrast the Seven Years' War with the wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon.
Did the nature of war change? The causes? Motives? Tactics? Results? Be specific.
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11. What do historians mean by the term "enlightened absolutism," and to what degree did eighteenth-
century Prussia, Austria, and Russia exhibit its characteristics? How "enlightened" was enlightened
absolutism as it was manifested in eighteenth-century Europe? Give examples to support your
viewpoint.
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12. What were the causes, the main events, and the results of the French Revolution? Could its outbreak
have been avoided, or possibly postponed? Was the revolution inevitable? Why or why not?
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13. How "revolutionary" was the French Revolution? How was France changed by the revolutionary
events between 1789 and 1799, and who benefited the most from these changes?
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14. Discuss the positive and the negative contributions of Napoleon to the French Revolution and to
Europe generally in the early nineteenth century. Would France and Europe have been better off if he
had never attained political power? Why or why not?
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15. In what ways did the career and policies of Napoleon fulfill, destroy, and/or move beyond the ideas
and ideals of the early French Revolution? Was his regime a realization of the hopes of the
philosophes? Why or why not?
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16. In your opinion, was the American Revolution or the French Revolution most "revolutionary"? Why?
Be specific.
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26. Frederick the Great and "the first servant of the state"
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38. Olympe de Gouges's "Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen"
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1. The Ptolemaic view of the universe believed all of the following to be true except
a. the planets were believed to be imperfect and material.
b. the imperfect, motionless earth was in a state of constant change at the center of the
universe.
c. heavenly bodies, composed of a crystalline substance, resided in concentric spheres that
moved in circular orbits around the earth.
d. God and all the saved souls resided in the Empyrean Heaven that lay beyond the
outermost, or tenth, sphere.
e. God and the saved souls were at one end of the universe and humans at the center.
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 509
3. The Catholic Church condemned the theories of Copernicus and Galileo because they
a. ended the spirituality of the earth.
b. threatened the Scriptures, as the heavens were no longer a spiritual world but a world of
matter.
c. was simpler to accept it than to reject its doctrinal challenges.
d. conflicted with those of Newton.
e. were contrary to the Council of Constance.
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 509-510
4. Newton's Principia
a. placed the earth at the center of the universe.
b. rejected the ideas of Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo.
c. mathematically disproved the universal law of gravitation.
d. supplied the new theory of the universe that combined the work of Copernicus, Kepler,
and Galileo.
e. proved that Luther was correct regarding salvation by faith.
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 510
7. Rene Descartes
a. was the developer of algebra.
b. had his writings approved by the Church.
c. claimed that "I think, therefore I am."
d. fled the Dutch Republic for the Holy Roman Empire.
e. discovered the moon of Jupiter.
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 510
8. Which of the following was not one of the positive buzzwords of the Enlightenment?
a. reason
b. divine revelation
c. natural law
d. hope
e. progress
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 511
11. In his Essay Concerning Human Understanding, the writer who said each of us is born with a tabula
rasa was
a. John Locke.
b. Rene Descartes.
c. Voltaire.
d. Isaac Newton.
e. Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 511
12. Which of the following statements would John Locke find acceptable?
a. Some of us are born bad.
b. A positive environment will create positive results.
c. Everything that we are is in our genes.
d. Faith, not reason, determines what we know.
e. Original sin places limits on individual aspirations.
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 511
13. The philosophe who praised the checks and balances of the British constitution was
a. Diderot.
b. Voltaire.
c. Montesquieu.
d. Rousseau.
e. Descartes.
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 512
14. The most active opponent of religious intolerance and the most outspoken anti-Christians among the
philosophes were
a. Lavisher and Rousseau.
b. Voltaire and Diderot.
c. Diderot and Bourbon.
d. Montesquieu and Adrien.
e. Quesnay and Pelletier.
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 513
16. The person viewed as one of the founders of modern economics and known for the doctrine of laissez-
faire was
a. John McDonald.
b. Adam Smith.
c. Robert Walpole.
d. Robert Burns.
e. Lord Gordon Brown.
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 514
19. Lyrical Rococo depictions of aristocratic life were expressed in the work of
a. William Hogarth.
b. Antoine Watteau.
c. Joachim Orlov.
d. Balthasar Neumann.
e. Johann Sebastian Bach.
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 516
20. All of the following were true about European population and food supplies except
a. as the eighteenth century progressed, European population declined.
b. food production increased in Europe during the eighteenth century.
c. the introduction of the potato and maize provided a much-needed staple foods.
d. the New World was a source of new vegetables for Europe.
e. more plentiful food led to improved nutrition.
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 518
21. The most important product of European industry in the eighteenth century was
a. spices.
b. steel.
c. coal.
d. textiles.
e. oil.
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 518
22. The system that came to be known as the "cottage industry" involved all except
a. the purchase, by an entrepreneur, of the raw materials needed for textile production.
b. country laborers producing yarn and cloth.
c. the selling of finished products by an entrepreneur.
d. peasants grew cotton on their farms and sold the raw material to entrepreneurs.
e. it was also known as the "putting-out" system.
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 518
23. Which of the following was not an element in eighteenth-century global trade?
a. Gold and silver were shipped to America by Spain.
b. Indian and Chinese products were purchased by the English, Dutch, and French.
c. American plantation products were purchased by the nations of Europe.
d. English manufactured goods were traded for African slaves, who were sold in Virginia for
tobacco, which was then processed in England and sold for cash in Germany.
e. Overseas trade boomed.
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 518
24. Outside Europe, the major scenes of battle in the Seven Years' War were
a. North America and Africa.
b. Central America and India.
c. India and North America.
d. Latin America and Africa.
e. North America and Latin America.
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 524
26. Who, among the following, should NOT be considered an "enlightened despot"?
a. Frederick II
b. Louis XIV
c. Joseph II
d. Maria Theresa
e. Catherine the Great
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 522-525
27. Which of these leaders asserted, "I have made Philosophy the lawmaker of my empire"?
a. Louis XIV
b. Napoleon
c. Joseph II
d. George III
e. Peter the Great
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 523
29. Which of the following statements is an accurate depiction of the nature of the British Parliament in
the latter half of the eighteenth century?
a. It was primarily composed of civil libertarians who advocated individual rights.
b. Its role was primarily that of a rubber stamp for the king.
c. It shared power with the king, gradually gaining the upper hand.
d. Uniquely, women could become Members of Parliament.
e. It failed to meet between 1753 and 1792.
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 521
30. The formal event which led to the break between the American colonies and England was the
a. creation of the Articles of Confederation.
b. confrontation at Yorktown.
c. confrontation over the Stamp Act.
d. signing of the Declaration of Independence.
e. creation of the United States Constitution.
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 521-522
32. Britain decided to end its war against the Americans after a combined American and French force
defeated General Cornwallis at
a. Cowpens.
b. Newburgh.
c. Saratoga.
d. Yorktown.
e. Boston.
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 522
36. The Austrian ruler whose reform program abolished serfdom, eliminated internal trade barriers, and
instituted a new penal code, among other things, was
a. Adolf III.
b. Maria Theresa.
c. Joseph II.
d. Frederick the Great.
e. Charles VI.
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 523
37. The Russian monarch whose policies favored the landed nobility, at the expense of the serfs, was
a. Alexander II.
b. Catherine the Great.
c. Peter II.
d. Peter the Great.
e. Ivan IV.
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 523-524
39. Which of the following was NOT a direct result of the Seven Years' War?
a. France ceded Canada to British control.
b. Spain ceded Florida to British control.
c. France ceded the Louisiana Territory to the Spanish.
d. The Dutch permanently withdrew from the New World.
e. Great Britain became the world's greatest colonial power.
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 525
40. The Estates-General was convened in 1789 in order to deal with the
a. invasion of Silesia.
b. near bankruptcy of the French Treasury.
c. grievances of the French peasantry.
d. discontent in the French colonies.
e. Louis XVI's demand for more power.
ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: p. 526
41. The illegal event that constituted the start of the French Revolution was the
a. meeting between Quesnay and Adam Smith.
b. storming of the Bastille.
c. mutiny of the French army.
d. action of the Third Estate in declaring itself to be a National Assembly.
e. revolts of French peasants in the countryside.
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 527
42. Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding developments in the French Revolution prior
to September 1792?
a. The fall of the Bastille weakened the government.
b. The National Assembly created a basic declaration of liberties and a new constitution to
establish a limited monarchy.
c. Louis XVI destroyed his public standing by attempting to flee.
d. Warfare broke out between France and Austria.
e. Louis XVI was an enthusiastic supporter of the revolutionary events.
ANS: E PTS: 1 REF: p. 527-528
45. As a direct result of the French Revolution, this nation became the first Latin American state to win its
independence from European colonialism.
a. Ecuador.
b. Brazil.
c. Nicaragua.
d. Haiti.
e. Puerto Rico.
ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: p. 532-533
46. Which of the following was not an immediate result of the fall of Robespierre?
a. A period of stagnation and corruption ensued.
b. The Reign of Terror ended.
c. Moderate forces came to control the Revolution.
d. A new constitution was written that strove for stability by placing executive authority in
the hands of the Directory.
e. Napoleon was elected President of France.
ANS: E PTS: 1 REF: p. 533
47. Napoleon gained control of the executive authority of the French government by
a. becoming President of the Committee of Public Safety.
b. being elected as first director of the Directory.
c. seizing power in a coup d'etat.
d. capitalizing on his military victories to become a popularly elected president.
e. his appointment to the post by a newly restored monarch, Louis XVII.
ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: p. 533
48. Which of the following was NOT characteristic of Napoleon's Grand Empire?
a. Absolute freedom of the press.
b. Loss of privilege by nobility and clergy.
c. Equality of opportunity with offices open to talent.
d. Equality before the law.
e. Religious toleration.
ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: p. 535
49. Which of the following was not achieved during the regime of Napoleon?
a. The legal position of women was weakened with the activation of the Civil Code.
b. A concordat was arranged with the pope.
c. The laws of France were codified in the Civil Code.
d. A powerful, centralized bureaucracy was established.
e. All divorces were outlawed.
ANS: E PTS: 1 REF: p. 534
1. In the geocentric universe model, the earth revolves around the sun.
2. Isaac Newton was an inspiration for the Enlightenment in his contention that the world and everything
in it worked like a giant machine.
3. Maria Winkelmann was the author of the Vindication of the Rights of Woman.
4. In the Enlightenment, many intellectuals argued that women were by nature inferior to men.
6. By the end of the eighteenth century, serfdom had come to an end in eastern Europe, but it still existed
in western Europe, and was to prove one of the causes of the French Revolution.
7. By 1763, Great Britain had become the world's greatest colonial power.
8. France's revolutionary army was an important step in the creation of modern nationalism.
9. Toussaint L'Ouverture led a royalist rebellion against the radicalism of French Revolution in the
French colony of Saint Domingue.
10. Napoleon was ultimately defeated because of Britain's ability to sustain its military and economic
power.