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2014-15
1. Voltaire's famous polemic slogan, Crush the infamous thing!, referred to?
a.
b.
c.
d.
royal despotism
political radicalism
religious bigotry as supported by an organized clergy
constitutional monarchy
Hobbes
Locke
Rousseau
Montesquieu
6. Rulers of the 18th century who tried to govern by Enlightenment principles while maintaining their royal powers
practiced
a.
b.
c.
d.
Enlightened republicanism
Enlightened conservatism
Enlightened radicalism
Enlightened absolutism
Geocentric model
Heliocentric model
Ptolemaic model
Kepler model
8. The best government, said which of the following men, is achieved by the separation of powers?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Locke
Voltaire
Montesqiueu
Diderot
9. Which European nation assisted the American colonists during the revolution?
a. Prussia
b. France
c. Austria
d. Spain
10. Maria Theresa can be labeled an "Enlightened Despot" because she?
a.
b.
c.
d.
11. The American Bill of Rights protected all of the following except
a.
b.
c.
d.
Freedom of Religion
Freedom of Press
Freedom of Assembly
Freedom of Government
Descartes
Newton
Galileo
Kant
13. All of the following are considered major factors that fostered the ideals of the Enlightenment EXCEPT
a.
b.
c.
d.
14. The Scientific Revolution was pioneered by all of the following individuals EXCEPT
a.
b.
c.
d.
Galileo
Descartes
Bacon
Ptolemy
was based upon the assumption that science and reason can explain all things
regarded human progress as an impossibility "in this best of all possible worlds."
was diametrically opposed to the Newtonian concept of natural law
rejected the claims of modern science
London
Amsterdam
Paris
Vienna
17. Which Prussian monarch was considered the most cultured monarch of the 18th century and has close ties to the
Enlightenment?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Frederick William I
Frederick the Great
Catherine the Great
Joseph II
France
Great Britain
Prussia
Russia
19. Even though he was a philosopher, Francis Bacon is credited with the development of the
a.
b.
c.
d.
20. The wars of the 18th century saw the emergence of the international rivalry between France and
a.
b.
c.
d.
Great Britain
Prussia
Austria
Russia
Executive meetings
Salons
Assemblies
Congresses
25. One of the most important impacts of the scientific revolution was that
a.
b.
c.
d.
Into slavery
Tabula Rasa
Into a natural state
Evil
27. Many of the scientific theories developed by the likes of Galileo, Kepler, and Newton were taken by
Enlightenment thinkers
a.
b.
c.
d.
28. Unlike the Renaissance, the major thinkers and ideas of the Enlightenment
a.
b.
c.
d.
29. One of the goals established by Enlightenment thinkers to reform education was to create
a.
b.
c.
d.
Universities
Republican or virtuous citizens
A new generation of enlightened monarchs
New means of communication
30. One of the most radical ideas of the Enlightenment period was that of Deism, proposed by
a.
b.
c.
d.
Locke
Montesquieu
Voltaire
Rousseau
He was a pessimist
He believed in limited monarchy
He advocated for a bill of rights
He believed men should live in a state of nature
Absolute monarchs who embraced the ideas of the Enlightenment but still retained total authority
Absolute monarchs who embraced the ideas of the Enlightenment and practiced those ideas
Absolute monarchs who wrote and contributed to the Enlightenment period
Absolute monarchs who rejected Enlightenment ideas in favor of increasing their authority
Joseph II of Austria
Catherine the Great of Russia
Peter the Great of Russia
Frederick the Great of Prussia
35. The country most commonly associated with the Enlightenment was
a.
b.
c.
d.
England
France
Russia
Spain
Thomas Hobbes
Enlightened Despots
Seven Years War