Midterm Review

Denis Diderot was an ardent Christian.

The witchcraft hysteria primarily targeted young, married women.

Which second-century Greek physician provided the major model for medicine in the late medieval period?

The Thirty Years' War has often been called the "last of the religious wars."

Most French salons were run by

Galileo played a key role in spreading awareness of the heliocentric model of the solar system.

Where was the first successful permanent English settlement in North America located?

According to Montesquieu, there were three basic types of governments: republican, monarchical, and

During the Middle Passage,

The Thirty Years’ War began when _____ in Bohemia rebelled against Habsburg authority.

How did the French Academy differ from the English Royal Society?

The Scientific Revolution rapidly overthrew traditional authority.

John Locke influenced the 18th century Enlightenment through his theory of knowledge and his concept of the tabula rasa.

What existed at the center of the heliocentric conception of the universe?

The Thirty Years' War hit Germany hardest.

Supporters of polygenesis believed that

Newton believed that God did was not present in the physical universe.

The author of Observations upon Experimental Philosophy and Grounds of Natural Philosophy was...

Louis XIV described himself as the _____ King.

By 1750, the population of British North America had reached about 1.5 million.

The primary motives for European expansion were “God, glory, and gold.”

What is an accurate characterization of the reign of Louis XIV?

What was the West Indies’ most important export?

Mozart wrote his first opera at age

By the turn of the eighteenth century, more and more people were finding it hard to believe in witchcraft.

Robert Boyle conducted important research into the nature of gases.

Rococo artists celebrated majesty, power, and movement.

The great scientists of the 17th century, such as Galileo, Kepler, and Newton, tried to undermine religion?

According to Bacon, science should begin with

What was Antoine Lavoisier's scientific accomplishment?

Margaret Cavendish was the first woman to join the Royal Society of Science

Most French philosophes came from the lower orders of society.

At what time was Carnival celebrated?

Which uprising in France nearly overthrew Louis XIV early in his reign?

Who were the first to be expelled from Japan by Tokugawa Ieyasu?

Mary Wollstonecraft is viewed by many as the founder of European feminism.

How did Louis XIV use his palace at Versailles?

Rococo art emphasized

In 1492, knowledgeable Europeans knew that the world was round.

Descartes asserted that he would accept only those things that the Bible said were true.

Maria Winkelmann was best known for her work on human anatomy.

Despite his place in the history of modern science, Isaac Newton remained interested in aspects of the occult world.

It was not until the 1770s that sentiment in Europe began to build against the slave trade.

What disease caused jaundice, nose and eye bleeding, hallucinations, and hemorrhagic fever?

Which statement best describes the French philosophes?

The Habsburg emperor was

When Moctezuma first encountered the Spanish, he believed they were

What was Diderot's most famous contribution to the Enlightenment's battle against religious fanaticism and intolerance?

Which sea captain made the first direct voyage from Europe to India?

Absolutism means that...

What was the encomienda?

Which Chinese dynasty replaced the Ming in the seventeenth century and came from Manchuria?

Who was the Italian merchant whose tales of the court of Kublai Khan were popular in medieval Europe?

William Harvey performed unethical dissections such as vivisections.

The very first European scientific society was founded in London.

Mazarin tried to carry on the policies of

High culture in eighteenth-century Europe was characterized by the

Which of these factors contributed to the decline of the Ming dynasty?

As a result of the Peace of Westphalia of 1648

Louis XIV advertised himself as the Sun King.

What is the main idea of deism?

Why did Hernan Cortés choose Malinche to be his guide throughout Mexico?

Bach and Handel perfected the ____ musical style.

____ religion and growing secularization were important factors in the emergence of the Enlightenment.

Which country became dominant in Europe following the Thirty Years' War?

The Sephardic Jews were expelled from ____ in the fifteenth century.

Except in _, judicial torture remained an important tool of European criminal-justice systems in the eighteenth century.