AP Euro Chapter 16 correct answers
Jean-Jacques Rousseau believed that
Women were best suited to a passive role in social relations
Voltaire saw Confucianism as
a natural religion.
The discipline of natural philosophy focused on
fundamental questions about the nature, purpose, and function of the universe.
The enlightened policies of Frederick the Great included
simplifying Prussia's laws.
Galileo was placed on trial for heresy owing to publication of
Dialogue on the Two Chief Systems of the World.
How did Enlightenment thinkers differ from those of the Middle Ages and Renaissance?
Enlightenment thinkers believed that their era had surpassed antiquity, which demonstrated the possibility of human progress.
Which country spearheaded the trend in scientific expeditions?
Spain
What helped to justify the growth of slavery in the eighteenth century?
The emergence of scientific racism
What was the core concept of the Enlightenment?
The methods of natural science should be used to examine all aspects of life.
Soft pastels, ornate interiors, and sentimental portraits are all characteristics of the style known as
rococo.
Catherine the Great's goal of domestic reform never came to fruition, owing to
the rebellion led by Emelian Pugachev in 1773
The most influential aspect of René Descartes's theories of nature was that
the universe functioned in a mechanistic fashion