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Intro to European History 4.4 to 4.7
Intro to European History 4.4 to 4.7
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1
Isaac Newton’s goal was to discover _______________.
Systems of thinking
God’s truths
Natural laws of the universe
Structures of knowledge
2
Newton published a book on physics called _____________.
The Principia
The Starry Messenger
Cosmos: A Space Time Odyssey
Starry Night
3
The result of enclosures in farming was ___________.
Making agricultural areas wealthy
Driving farmers to work in cities
Turning agriculturalists into capital lenders
Increasing demand for agricultural labor
4
What could you find if you went to the boudoir?
A woman resting
Artists and thinkers discussing ideas
A toilet
A room full of fine art
5
During the Enlightenments people started marrying for a new reason: ________________.
Love
Money
Property
Labor
6
Weber believed that Capitalism was _________________.
Universal
Tied to culture
Christian
Exportable
7
Rococo art was inspired by _______________
Indian carpets
Roman frescos
Michelangelo
Chinese art
8
Which was NOT a factor Durkheim identified as leading to suicides?
Too much freedom
Excessive hopes
Individuality
Disenchantment
9
The name of the Palace of Sanssouci translates into ____________________
Without Concerns
By God’s Will
Never Enough
The Best of Life
10
People started to spend their money on entertainment, like __________________.
Movies
Game arcades
Coffee and tea houses
Ballet and symphony theaters
11
Art showing people enjoying leisure activities was called _________________.
Mannerism
Romanticism
Rococo
Impressionism
12
Who introduced crop rotation to Europe?
Roger Daltry
Jethero Tull
Pete Townsend
Charles Townsend
13
Larger and healthier livestock technology was invented by ________________.
Richard Blackwell
Upton Sinclair
Robert Bakewell
Kenny Baker
14
An early physician who wrote about the human body was called ____________.
William Harvey
Galen
Robert Flood
Rene Descartes
15
To better feed soldiers, Napoleon used ______________.
High calorie foods from America
Canned food
Road networks
Local production
16
The idea that the monarch is the supreme authority is called ________________.
Constitutionalism
Absolutism
Empiricism
Rationalism
17
Most big cities were in ________________.
Western Europe
Southern Europe
Northern Europe
Eastern Europe
18
What was making people in Enlightenment Paris ill?
The sewage in the Seine
Poor air flow
The plague
People living close together
19
Scientific Developments did NOT lead to __________________.
Improved hygiene
Gender equality
Sanitation
Vaccinations
20
The use of enclosures allowed ____________________.
Large farms to grow more food and lower prices
Peasants to become landowners
poor farmers a way to buy land
Farmers to grow market crops
21
What was NOT a way people adopted more hygienic lifestyles?
Blood-letting
Drinking tea and coffee
Boiling water
Silk bedding
22
The middle class were using their wealth to ______________.
Buy art and other luxury goods
Buy stocks and investments
Buy indulgences from the church
Property and houses
23
Information could be found in the new invention: ________________
The dictionary
The internet
The library
The encyclopedia
24
Durkheim believed Capitalism over promised ___________________.
Success
Hope
Work
Failure
25
Baroque era music was popularized by George Frideric Handel’s _________________.
Messiah
Tosca
Symphony No. 5
The Magic Flute
26
The social theorist, Thomas Malthus feared the rising population would ___________.
Use up all the free space
Exhaust all the food
Not have jobs
Destroy the forests
27
Which vital crop did Ireland import and then rely on for food?
Guinness
Corn
Potatoes
Carrots
28
A Baroque era sculptor who did Apollo and Daphne was ________________.
Donatello
Bernini
Michelangelo
Botticelli
29
The study of knowledge is called ________________.
Historiography
Epistemology
Theology
Physics
30
Which was considered an Enlightened Monarch?
Frederick II
Philip II
Henry VIII
Charles I
31
Turnips were a good crop because _______________.
They could grow in any climate with less water
They had more nutrition than other foods
They were tastier than other foods
They could stay in the ground all winter and feed animals.
32
The study of population growth is known as _______________.
Humanism
Demography
Human Geography
Epistemology
33
Which social philosopher inspired Thomas Jefferson?
Thomas Hobbes
Denis Diderot
David Ricardo
John Locke
34
The first modern novel was _____________.
Robinson Crusoe
The Bible
Sherlock Holmes
Frankenstein
35
During the Renaissance Europe was greatly influenced by the ideas of ________________.
Greece and Rome
The Spanish Empire
England and France
The Holy Roman Empire
36
Too cope with their hard lives, many people _____________.
Turned to drinking
Moved to other countries
Ran away
Went back home
37
The first smallpox vaccine was created using _________________.
Gene Therapy
Cowpox
Polio
Bacteria
38
How many people lived in Europe in 1900?
260 million
340 million
420 million
190 million
39
The crops used in crop rotation were ________________.
Barley, Hops, Oats, Carrots
Rice, wheat, hops, barley
Wheat, barley, turnips and clover
Flax, Hops, Oats, Wheat
40
Durkheim discovered that people in industrialized countries were _____________.
Happier
More competitive
Less happy
More positive
41
Dealing with the problems of drainage and other projects meant _______________.
More people from outside
Fewer spots of entertainment
Constant construction
Higher taxes
42
John Locke inspired the ____________________.
Magma Carta
Emancipation Proclamation
Gettysburg Address
Declaration of Independence
43
People who lost their farms _______________________.
Worked in mini Mining and forestry
Move to the cities to work in factories
Moved to France
Became fishermen
44
Monarchs who listened to their people and served them were called ___________.
Holy Kings
Absolute monarchs
Enlightened monarchs
Benevolent monarchs
45
Enlightenment thinkers used the methods of _________________ to know the world.
Classical Greek Thought
Philosophy
Constitutional Monarchy
Empiricism and Reason
46
Who did Voltaire tutor?
Frederick II
Peter the Great
Maria Theresa
Ferdinand
47
The “first servant of the state” was ____________________.
Frederick II
Philip II
Charles II
Catherine the Great
48
How many babies were brought to the first foundling hospital when it opened?
3000
10,000
6000
15000
49
To make more land for farms, the Dutch ___________________.
Planted on hillsides
Built dikes to drain water
Flattened the hilly areas
Used new crops from America to grow all year
50
A place for people to relax and drink: ________________..
Tavern
Dance hall
Inn
Bowling alley
51
The leader of the Habsburg empire from 1740 to 1780 was _____________.
Leopoldo II
Catherine the Great
Maria Theresa
Franz Joseph
52
To move food around faster and more evenly, Britain _______________.
They moved production to every region
Built railroads and ports
They invested in canals
Built roads called turnpikes
53
The population during the Middle Ages ________________.
Was stable
Decreased
Increased
Increased rapidly
54
Max Webber believed Capitalism was the result of _________________.
Constitutionalism
Monarchism
Protestantism
Marxism
55
Durkheim felt people had too much _____________ in their lives.
Choice
Religion
Labor
Fear
56
Weber believed Protestants worked hard and saved money to show __________________.
The show they were more faithful
To show they were higher class and disciplined
They were chosen to go to heaven
The show they were responsible leaders
57
England had a revolution in ________________.
1633
1688
1590
1704
58
Weber believed faith was being replaced by _______________.
Science
Work
Greed
Capitalism
59
The largest empire in Europe was the _________________ Empire
English
Habsburg
Spanish
French
60
A new trend in personal entertainment was the __________.
Pamphlet
Dictionary
Magazine
Novel
61
The Girl With the Pearl Earring was painted by _____________
Velazquez
Durer
Vermeer
Bruegel
62
Do deal with high bread prices, Frederick II ______________.
Let them eat cake
Encouraged growing potatoes
Paid for bread from outside
Invaded Poland
63
The dams for keeping the lowlands dry for farming were called _______________.
Dikes
Drats
Dykes
Darns
64
Max Weber believed the thing that made Protestants work hard was ______________.
Greed
Faith
Guilt
Hope
65
Weber said Protestants believed in expunging the sins of Adam through _____________.
Deeds
Service
Work
Prayer
66
The introduction of crops to and from America was called ______________.
The Continental Drift
The American Exchange
The American Express
The Colombian Exchange
67
In a social contract, people invest _________________ in their government.
The constitution
Natural laws
Their faith in God
Natural rights
68
Which was NOT a factor in food production during the enlightenment?
Water management
Crop Rotation
The Colombian Exchange
Population Growth and Cheap labor
69
A problem with an increase of city-dwellers was _______________.
Smoking
Vice
Moral corruption
Unclaimed babies
70
What new crops were introduced to Europe from America?
Tomatoes, corn and potatoes
Beets, plums and apples
Carrots, onions and asparagus
Pumpkins, Squash and Spinach
71
Who famously proved his existence saying, “I think, therefore I am!”
Denis Diderot
Rene Descartes
Thomas Hobbes
Rene Goulet
72
A name for items used to show off wealth are ______________.
Status symbols
Tokens of wealth
Monetization
Consumer fetishism
73
Migrants from the countryside found work in ________________
Forestry and fishing
Continental Europe
Factories
Factory farms
74
European populations started to increase around _______________.
1550
1600s
1800s
1700s
75
The use of enclosures was bad because it _______________.
It allowed farmers to demand higher prices for food
Eliminated common land forcing small farmers out.
Made the cost of labor increase as farm workers were paid
Flipped the power of the countryside as rich became poor
76
A social contract is ___________________.
A system where a king is the sovereign of a constitutional monarchy
When the nobles take power from the king
When the people follow natural laws of government
An agreement for people to give up rights to government
77
The original purpose of the Boudoir was for _______________.
Reading
Prayer
Napping
Study
78
A new way of paying for things was ____________.
Checks
Paper money
Credit cards
Coins
79
Protestants believed the era of ______________ was over.
Faith
Rome
Christianity
Miracles
80
Styles inspired by Greece and Rome was called _______________.
Gothic
Baroque art
Neoclassical
Byzantine art
81
Napoleon created the first modern school system because ________________.
He wanted people to be loyal
He wanted to be technologically advanced
He believed mental strength was national strength
His enemies were thinking about education too
82
According to Weber, government bureaucracies gained power through ___________.
Consent
Leaders
Knowledge
Wealth
83
The attitudes about children during the Enlightenment was ____________.
Children should be seen and not heard
Children should be little adults
Children were useless until they could work
Children should be educated early
84
A name for the habit of buying things to show off is _________________.
Consumerism
Consumption
Greed
Tenebrism
85
In the 1600s and 1700s ___________________ killed 13% of Europeans.
Typhus
Bubonic Plague
Cholera
Smallpox
86
The heliocentric model was created by ______________.
Newton
Aristotle
Copernicus
Galileo
87
A growing middle class, better health and more money, people were having ___________.
More children
More houses for investment
Fewer children
Family factories using child labor
88
Emile Durkheim believed the Industrial Revolution was causing ____________.
Chaos
Competition
Suicide
An imbalance in wealth
89
Who was arrested for his discoveries?
Newton
Hubble
Copernicus
Galileo
90
The first plan for European education came from ______________.
Horace Mann
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Plato
John Comenius
91
Without consulting his advisors, Joseph II made reforms that later helped _______________
Consolidate the Holy Roman Empire
End feudalism in 1848
Prevent a war between the Ottomans and Hungary
Reduce the power of the Junkers in Prussia
92
Joseph II of Austria protected religious freedom by signing ____________.
The Peace of Westphalia
The Edict of Toleration
The Edict of Nantes
The Peace of Albrecht
93
A famous royal portrait artist was _________________.
Diego Garcia
Saint Diego
Diego Valesquez
Diego Rivera
94
The enlightenment promoted religious tolerance.
False
True
95
What did the Enclosure Act accomplish?
It allowed wealthy landowners to buy public land.
It allowed the king to control the lands
The division of fiefs for common property
The equal division of estates among serfs
96
Things like sugar became cheaper because of ___________.
Scientific farming
Slavery
Enclosures
Competition
97
To deal with the number of unwanted babies, church groups built _________________.
Adoption agencies
Work farms
Foundling homes
Crematoriums
98
The enlightenment ideas were popular with some monarchs because it __________________.
Made the populations educated
Helped avoid revolution
Took power from the church
Increased competition among nobles
99
The Starry Messenger was published by ____________________.
Newton
Copernicus
Galileo
Aristotle
100
Frederick II invaded the resource rich principality of _____________.
Silesia
Bavaria
Prussia
Hohenzollern