Module 12 - The Enlightenment and Revolution

Question 1

All of the following were legacies from the Age of Enlightenment EXCEPT...

Accepted Answer

return to Bible teachings

Question 2

Which of the following documents created the first national government of the 13 states?

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Articles of Confederation

Question 3

A trade law stating that colonists could only sell their products to Britain?

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Navigation

Question 4

This person ruled Russia as an Enlightened despot.

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Catherine the Great

Question 5

Brahe recorded movements and then Kepler concluded what about planetary motion?

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Planets have elliptical orbits

Question 6

Which of the following was created by the Articles of Confederation?

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the Congress

Question 7

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

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Thomas Jefferson

Question 8

He summarized his views in his book, The Leviathan, and said people are wicked and selfish.

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Hobbes

Question 9

This individual ruled Prussia as an Enlightened despot.

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Frederick the Great

Question 10

This person gave the nobility absolute power over the serfs.

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Catherine the Great

Question 11

In the mid-1700's, the philosophes widely admired the constitutional monarch of...

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Britain

Question 12

This was known as a social gathering of intellectuals and artists.

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Salons

Question 13

Theory that the Earth is the center of the universe.

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Geocentric Theory

Question 14

He was a Polish cleric and astronomer that came up with the Heliocentric Theory.

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Copernicus

Question 15

This individual edited and published the Encyclopedia.

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Diderot

Question 16

Mary Astell and Mary Wollstonecraft spoke out on which of the following ideas?

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the need for education for women

Question 17

This man observed bacteria swimming and red blood cells using the microscope.

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Leeuwenhoek

Question 18

This person brutally crushed a massive uprising of serfs.

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Catherine the Great

Question 19

He was criticized because of his work that threatened the government and the Church.

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Diderot

Question 20

Who composed classical music?

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All of them

Question 21

John Locke maintained that people are born with natural rights, including all EXCEPT...

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Privacy

Question 22

He viewed people as reasonable people who could learn from their experiences. (Natural Rights)

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Locke

Question 23

Galileo developed what in order to view the stars and the planets?

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Telescope

Question 24

This man dissected human corpses and published his observations.

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Vesalius

Question 25

This relates to simple, elegant style based on ancient Greek and Roman themes.

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Neoclassical

Question 26

The Stamp Act was...

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made to help pay for the French & Indian War.

Question 27

This person developed the microscope.

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Janssen

Question 28

This group supported the new Constitution.

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Federalists

Question 29

This person abolished serfdom.

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Joseph II

Question 30

Isaac Newton developed a law revolving around...

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Gravity

Question 31

He wrote satires against the clergy, aristocracy, and the government.

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Voltaire

Question 32

This person developed the first mercury barometer, a tool for measuring atmospheric pressure.

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Torricelli

Question 33

This man was the founder of modern chemistry.

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Boyle

Question 34

The idea where power is divided between the national and state government is called...

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Federal System

Question 35

This theory states that the sun is the center of the universe.

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Heliocentric Theory

Question 36

Which of the following cities became the center of Enlightenment attracting Europe's top minds?

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Paris, France

Question 37

A new way of thinking about the natural world is called....

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The Scientific Revolution

Question 38

Who was the English writer who wrote the novel, Tom Jones?

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Henry Fielding

Question 39

Who influenced Thomas Jefferson when he drew up reasons for American independence?

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John Locke

Question 40

All of the following were core philosophies of the Enlightenment EXCEPT...

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Rule

Question 41

This was a grand, ornate style that characterized European paintings, music and architecture.

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Baroque

Question 42

Which of the following countries aided the United States during the Revolutionary War?

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France

Question 43

This person believed in a right to a speedy trial, and did not believe in capital punishment.

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Beccaria

Question 44

Which individual wrote about criminal justice, stating that laws existed for social order?

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Beccaria

Question 45

Before 1500, scholars referred to what to decide if something was true or false?

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All of the Above

Question 46

This movement was considered a rebirth of learning and the arts, and inspired curiosity.

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Renaissance

Question 47

Collectively developed the main features of the modern novel.

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Richardson & Fielding

Question 48

Logical procedure for gathering and testing ideas is known as...

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The Scientific Method

Question 49

This group feared the Constitution gave the central government too much power.

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Anti-Federalists

Question 50

This individual ruled Austria as an Enlightened despot.

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Joseph II

Question 51

He developed the separation of powers.

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Montesquieu

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