Q1 Review

Question 1

Rousseau believed everyone was born good but corrupted by society.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

Which city, known for political and religious tolerance, was a center of the Enlightenment?

Accepted Answer

Amsterdam

Question 3

What did several Enlightened despots accomplish?

Accepted Answer

Built schools and improved the justice system

Question 4

The Enlightenment was a period that emphasized:

Accepted Answer

Reason and logic

Question 5

Catherine the Great could be described as:

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 6

What pivotal event led to the British Empire's takeover of colonial India?

Accepted Answer

The Sepoy Mutiny

Question 7

Isaac Newton played a key role in the Scientific Revolution.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

What group of people was severely persecuted by Peter the Great's sister Sophia?

Accepted Answer

"Old Believers"

Question 9

A despot invites ideas and accepts accountability.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

Locke's philosophy of limited and just government formed the basis for:

Accepted Answer

The Glorious Revolution

Question 11

What country was ruled by Frederick the Great?

Accepted Answer

Prussia

Question 12

Belief in the importance of a personal, active relationship with God was part of:

Accepted Answer

Pietism

Question 13

Why did Peter the Great go incognito?

Accepted Answer

To study how England had modernized

Question 14

Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven were all eminent ...

Accepted Answer

Classical composers

Question 15

Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom, but Ireland is not.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

What is a tsar?

Accepted Answer

A Russian emperor

Question 17

Peter the Great and Catherine the Great both ruled which country?

Accepted Answer

Russia

Question 18

Locke, Kant, and Rousseau were all:

Accepted Answer

Enlightenment philosophers

Question 19

What did William and Catherine Booth do?

Accepted Answer

Started the Salvation Army to preach the gospel

Question 20

Since Catherine despised her husband Peter, she probably didn't _____ his death.

Accepted Answer

lament

Question 21

Empiricists like Francis Bacon put their trust in:

Accepted Answer

Human senses and experiences

Questions 21