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Quiz quiz for AP European History centered on the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment
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The Enlightenment was guided by all of the following except:
Science and reason
Centralization and absolute power
Religious toleration
Progress and individual liberty
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What is Skepticism?
the ideal that all knowledge in science comes from reason.
The ideal that all knowledge can be attained.
The ideal that some knowledge should not be known by people.
To call authority to question in order to test, reject, or verify knowledge
3
The Enlightenment
Late 1600s-late 1700s
Early 1600s-early 1700s
Early 1600s-late 1800s
Late 1500s-late 1800s
4
Absolutism includes all of the following except:
seeking to establish heavy influence in judicial matters
guaranteed rights based upon bill of rights or constitution
Desire for a centralized state
the establishment of a standing army
5
Where was the center of the Enlightenment in Europe?
Great Britain, particularly London
France, particularly Paris
Italy, particularly Rome
Austria, Particularly Vienna
6
All of the following are aspects of the enlightenment except:
constitutionalism
social contract
natural rights
support for democracy
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The Scientific Revolution changed our way of thinking by
none of the options provided
having theories be proven by dreams
Listening to what the church tells us
Having theories be proven by logic and experimentation
8
Absolutist monarchs supported all of the following except:
centralization of power and expansionism of territory
a strong nobility to share power with and democratic elections
had brilliant ministers and mercantilism
academies of science
9
What is Deism?
The belief that there is no God and only science.
due to reason suggesting it, there is a God; God as "clockmaker"
The belief that there is a God due to works like the Bible.
The belief that the only thing that exists is matter.
10
Empiricism includes all of the following except:
knowledge can be found through logic and reason
Includes David Hume, John Locke, and Francis Bacon
all knowledge derives from sensory experience
11
What was the Royal Society?
Centered in Florence and was a group of Italian artists
Centered in Great Britain and was a group of British scientists
Centered in Austria and was a group of military officers
Centered in Paris and was a group of Enlightened Despots
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What was the Enlightenment?
a new way of thinking where reason was the key to human progress
A period of time where people tried to make themselves lighter.
A period of time where people invented the light bulb. (EnLIGHTenment)
none of the options provided
13
Rationalism involves all of the following except:
Includes Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibnitz
Sought sensory experience as the path to truth
believes that thinking and reason are the paths to truth
14
What was one of the contributions made by women in the Enlightenment?
Women Suffrage
Supporting absolutism
Enlightenment Salons as part of the Public Sphere
Assistance to philosophers
15
The Scientific Revolution influenced exploration because
of the invention of the steamboat
the earliest successful planes were invented
it scared people from leaving their homes
people became curious of the unknown world around them
16
Enlightened absolutism included all of the following except:
Monarchs who embraced new ideas of the enlightenment
Constitutional agreements with the nobility and peasantry
Frederick the Great, Catherine the Great, and Joseph II
still sought to maintain centralized power
17
Who disregarded the "planets move in a circular motion" theory?
Blaise Pascal
Tycho Brahe
Rene Descartes
Johannes Kepler
18
All of the following are part of Rococo style except:
Mozart and Fragonard
the music of Bach and Louis XIV's Versailles
lightness and pastels
Starry-eyed lovers protected by hovering cupids
19
Voltaire was known for:
supporting religious toleration
Supporting Robespierre
supporting an enlightened nobility
supporting the French Revolution
20
Who was quoted saying "I think, therefore I am" -- an important characteristic of deductive reasoning
Rene Descartes
John Locke
Adam Smith
Jean-Jacques Roussea
21
Scientific Revolution
late 1500s-mid 1700s
1500s-1700s
early 1600s-mid 1700s
mid 1500s-late 1600s
22
Who rejected the Geocentric Theory and developed the Heliocentric Theory aided by math and observation?
Tycho Brahe
Johannes Kepler
Nicolaus Copernicus
Denis Diderot
23
All enlightened monarchs supported
constitutions
the nobility
increased education for their people
peasant revolts
24
What was the role of Diderot's
Encyclopedia
?
Organize, print, and spread Enlightenment Ideas and human knowledge
Increased the Authority of the Church
Attempt to Create a "Social Science"
Proposed Ideas of Religious Toleration
25
What did Galileo formulate through his work?
Laws of Motion and Inertia
Theory of Elliptical Orbits
Law of Gravity
Mechanistic View of the Universe
26
Which philosopher wrote the phrase, "Man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains"?
Voltaire in The Candide
Rousseau in The Social Contract
Montesquieu in The Spirit of the Law
Diderot in The Nun
27
Which scientist proved the Heliocentric Theory to be correct through observations with the telescope?
Francis Bacon
Adam Smith
Isaac Newton
Galileo Galilei
28
Which event was MOST important for laying the foundation of the Enlightenment?
The Scientific Revolution
The Revolutions of 1848
The Industrial Revolution
The Northern Renaissance
29
What are some aspects of Empiricism?
Deductive reasoning and an emphasis on mathematical logic.
Inductive reasoning and an emphasis on sensory experience.
30
What was the Scientific Revolution?
A shift in thinking where people trusted the Bible for why things happened.
A protest that people made against science because they hated it.
A shift in thinking where science emerged as a new way of gaining knowledge
People wanted to know more about science so they revolted against the gods.
31
What is Immanuel Kant's definition of Enlightenment?
A spreading of ideals influenced by the Greeks and Romans.
Dare to know! An individual's escape from nonage.
A period of time in which intelligence is prosperous.
An escape from religion and clerical influence.
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What is Enlightened Absolutism?
A philosophy that talked about the rights that all humans have
A monarch that is guided by a constitution and written law
rulers inspired by principles of Enlightenment while retaining max power
A monarchy were they ruled without laws,a constitution,or legal oppostition
33
Who is the father of deductive reasoning?
Voltaire
Francis Bacon
Rene Descartes
Jean Jacques Rousseau
34
All of the following can be applied to Frederick the Great of Prussia except:
Was an enlightened absolutist
Conquered Great Britain in the Seven Years' War
favored Cameralism
Doubled population of Prussia with victory in War of Austrian Succession
35
Which classical philosophers are associated with the development of Geocentric Theory?
Aristotle and Ptolemy
Aristotle and Socrates
Homer and Virgil
Socrates and Plato
36
The philosophes supported democracy.
True
False
37
The Enlightenment was also known as the age of reason.
True
False
38
Which of these Enlightened Despots (absolutists) was known as the MOST ambitious and the LEAST successful?
Frederick II (The Great)
None of the options provided
Catherine II (The Great)
Joseph II
39
Which was not one of Sir Isaac Newton's contributions to science?
Calculus
The Law of Universal Gravitation
The telescope
Law of Inertia
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Moses Mendelsson:
Was a key figure of the Scientific Revolution
Developed the periodic table
was the father of the Jewish Enlightenment founded in Prussia
Was a Rococo artist
