WHII (H): Absolutism & Enlightenment (Ch.4 & Ch.5) MC Review

Question 1

This figure thought: cogito ergo sum ("I think therefore I am.")

Accepted Answer

Rene Descartes

Question 2

John Locke believed that _____ were tied to the establishment of human nature.

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natural laws

Question 3

What was a result of the Glorious Revolution?

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Protestants William and Mary replaced the Catholic James II.

Question 4

This ruler incorporated Enlightenment reform into their reign while keeping absolute power.

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enlightened despot

Question 5

Women's contributions to the Enlightenment included all of the following except

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running for office.

Question 6

What decision did Henry IV have to make to become king?

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to become a Catholic

Question 7

period where science and reason were applied to real-world issues

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Enlightenment

Question 8

Which statement best describes the English Civil War?

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It led to political change.

Question 9

This figure challenged Church authority in Lisbon after nat. disasters hurt commoners' lives.

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Marquis de Pombal

Question 10

qualification to rule given by (relation to) God

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divine right theory

Question 11

With which of the following would an Enlightenment thinker MOST agree?

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The right to rule comes from the consent of the governed.

Question 12

Peter's goals for Russia included

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centralizing royal power and strengthening the military.

Question 13

What art/architecture style is depicted?

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baroque

Question 14

This figure incorporated ideas of Enlightenment philosophers into a founding declaration.

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Thomas Jefferson

Question 15

Spain's greatest writer, the author of Don Quixote, was

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Miguel de Cervantes.

Question 16

What art style is depicted?

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rococo

Question 17

This philosopher (Leviathan) thought humans were born with an innate tendency for chaos.

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Thomas Hobbes

Question 18

Each of the following figures is an example of an enlightened despot except

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Henry VIII

Question 19

social gathering of European intellectuals

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salon

Question 20

This Enlightenment figure spent two years in Prussian court before they left due to censorship.

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Voltaire

Question 21

This figure thought gov't powers should be separated ("Power should be a check to power.").

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Baron de Montesquieu

Question 22

This figure was executed for advocating radical roles for women & women's education in France.

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Olympe de Gouges

Question 23

How did the U.S. Constitution reflect the ideas of the Enlightenment thinkers?

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It viewed government as a social contract.

Question 24

Adam Smith believed that government should

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do nothing to help people in their individual lives.

Question 25

basis for creation of government

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social contract

Question 26

The name of Denis Diderot's collected works was the

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Encyclopaedia.

Question 27

The primary tool for Enlightenment philosophers was

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reason.

Question 28

People at salons mainly

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had discussions.

Question 29

This figure challenged Church authority in England with ideas of natural evolution (sediment).

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Erasmus Darwin

Question 30

"blank slate"

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tabula rasa

Question 31

This figure wrote a pamphlet outlining why colonists rights were being suppressed.

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Thomas Paine

Question 32

At the end of the Seven Years' War,

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Great Britain had a huge empire.

Question 33

This figure held the Paris's most famous, best attended salons (was mistress to King Louis XV).

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Madame de Pompadour

Question 34

method of inquiry made popular by Isaac Newton

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scientific method

Question 35

This French mathematician strove for "perfectibility" and advocated universal education.

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Marquis de Condorcet

Question 36

This figure published 28 volumes of information suppressed by the Church and French government.

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Denis Diderot

Question 37

What did the colonists hope a new government would do?

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protect their natural rights

Question 38

The Russian empress who attempted to enact Enlightened reform & sponsored Diderot's library was

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Catherine the Great

Question 39

This philosopher thought governments should protect natural rights, and people were born good.

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John Locke

Question 40

Which of the following was a reason for the decline of Spain's power?

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the expulsion of Muslims and Jews from Spain

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