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“All knowledge comes through experience” expresses which philosophy?
Empiricism
Edward Jenner Developed ______ that has nearly taken out smallpox.
Vaccines
What group of countries organized against France during the War of the Spanish Succession?
Grand Alliance
In the years before the American Revolution, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act and Tea Acts in order to
raise money to pay off debts from the French and Indian War
The eighteenth-century intellectual movement is known as the
Enlightenment.
Which Enlightenment philosopher believed so muh in freedoms of speech and religion that he declared, “I may disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to my death your right to say it.”
Voltaire
Which revolution was caused by the following factors?
-Financial crisis
-Enlightenment ideas
-Tax burden on the Third Estate
-Inspiration from the Declaration of Independence
French Revolution
Civil authority for the Plymouth Colony was established by the
Mayflower Compact
Reasoning from a simple premise to a more complex truth is called what?
Deductive Reasoning
The Declaration of Independence (America) and The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (France) were similar because both documents suggested that
the government should protect the rights of citizens
Which 1789 French document lists the national rights of all people and the rights possessed by citizens?
Declaration of the Rights of Man
"In every kingdom, the king's power comes directly from God, to whom the ruler is accountable; power does not come to the king from the people and he is not accountable to them." This excerpt best reflects the concept of
divine right.
Napoleon’s accomplishments included all of the following except:
a. peace treaties with Austria and Britain
b. the establishment of a republic
c. the creation of the Bank of France
d. the restoration of certain privileges to the Roman Catholic Church
the establishment of a republic.
The leading absolutist nation in Europe during the seventeenth century was which of the following?
France
What was the name of the government Napoleon established after the Directory?
Consulate
What was the religion of the Age of Reason?
deism
Popular sovereignty is government by
the consent of the governed.
What term is defined as giving specific powers to the national government while reserving all other powers for the states?
federalism
Which of the following was NOT a Russian ruler?
a. Frederick ll
b. Catherine the Great
c. Ivan the Terrible
d. Peter the Great
Frederick ll
The seventeenth- and eighteenth-century exaltation of reason is known as the
Age of Reason
The revocation of the Edict of Nantes resulted in the
end of Protestant coexistence in France
Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century kings increased their royal power by doing all the following except
a. decreasing the size of the army
b. exerting control of the church
c. increasing the size of their territory
d. increasing the size of government bureaucracy
decreasing the size of the army
On July 4, 1776, which document was adopted by the colonists?
Declaration of Independence
Which event symbolized the downfall of the Old Regime?
the storming of Bastille
From what country did most philosophes come?
France
What is not true concerning laws imposed by Parliament between 1763 and 1774?
The colonists obeyed without protesting
The belief that sees reason as the only sure source of knowledge and truth is known as
rationalsim
Which German astronomer said that the orbits of planets are elliptical?
Kepler
The Glorious Revolution caused which monarch(s) to lose the throne?
James ll
Which war was also called the French and Indian War?
Seven Years’ War
The writings of the 18th-century philosophes Locke, Rousseau, and Voltaire influenced the
patriots in America to justify their revolution
Which of the following is not associated with John Locke?
a. Empiricism
b. natural rights
c. separation of powers
d. blank tablet
separation of powers
Which of the following was not a Pietist?
a. Phillip Spener
b. John Wesley
c. August Francke
d. Nicholas von Zinzerdorf
John Wesley
During the eighteenth century in France, few people enjoyed the rights of life, liberty, and personal property because
ecclesiastical and political absolutism was the order of the day.
Who laid the foundation for absolutism in France?
Henry lV
What is the eighteenth-century American revival called?
Great Awakening
What is reasoning from specific cases to a general conclusion called?
Inductive Reasoning
What title was taken by Ivan IV and passed on to future Russian rulers?
czar
Which of the following preachers never preached in America?
a. George Whitefield
b. Jonathan Edwards
c. August Francke
d. John Wesley
August Francke
The Continental System was designed to
open trade to England
The Diplomatic Revolution took place when
France and Austria allied during the Seven Years’ War
Oliver Cromwell took the title of
Lord Protector
What German religious movement arose in the seventeenth century?
Methodism
Who proposed the heliocentric theory?
Copernicus
Louis XIV's palace at Versailles is a good example that the king
used the nation’s wealth to glorify himself and not the French people
The purpose of the Reign of Terror was to get rid of
peasants who attacked nobles
A common goal of Peter the Great of Russia and Louis XIV of France was to
maintain absolute power
Which war was the last great religious war in Europe?
Thirty Years’ War
Which of the following is not true concerning the eighteenth-century philosophes?
They respected church tradition
What country practiced a scorched-earth policy?
Russia
What group in France did Richelieu view as a danger to the state?
Huguenots
What artistic age spanning from 1600 to 1750 is characterized by its grand, heroic, sensual, and emotional style?
the baroque age
The framers of the U.S. Constitution borrowed which idea from Montesquieu?
separation of powers
Which nation came out of the Thirty Years' War the strongest?
France
The English kings were limited in power by the
Parliament’s control of taxes
The chief obstacle to Napoleon’s conquering Europe was
Bratain
What document did Charles I sign in order to obtain more funds from Parliament?
Petition of Right
Who won the Thirty Years' War?
France and the Protestants
In which country was absolutism defeated?
England
Which Enlightenment philosopher believed in limited government and argued that government power comes from the "consent of the governed"?
John Locke
Which of the following was not a goal of Peter the Great?
a. greater control of the Russian Orthodox Church
b. introduction of censorship
c. westernization and modernization
introduction of censorship
The Tennis Court Oath declared that the delegates of the Third Estate would not disband until
a written constitution was established
Which group did not belong to the Third Estate in France?
a. priests
b. doctors
c. peasants
d. city workers
priests
What philosophy says that everything is part of one great substance called “god”?
Pantheism
European nations signed the Pragmatic Sanction to allow
Maria Theresa to rule in peace
The Old Regime refers to the
political and social order before the French Revolution
Which answer choice correctly places major events in English history in chronological order?
a. the English Civil War, the Glorious Revolution, the Restoration
b. the Glorious Revolution, the Restoration, the English Civil war
c. the Restoration, the English Civil War, the Glorious Revolution
d. the English Civil War, the Restoration, the Glorious Revolution
the English Civil War, the Restoration, the Glorious Revolution