Test 2 History Final
The Copernican model was suggested that:
Earth rotated around the sun
Which period followed the Scientific Revolution where individuals "dared to know?"
Enlightenment
Denis Detroit is known for his most famous contribution to the Enlightenment, which was a 14 volume compilation entitled what?
Encyclopedia
________ were elegant drawing rooms in the urban houses of the wealthy where invited philosophes and guest gathered to engage in conversation. Mostly ran by women.
Salon
TRUE or FALSE Issac Newtons ideas represented the world view all the way until Einstein and his Theory of Relativity surpassed him.
TRUE
Edward Jenner received financial prizes from the British government for
discovering that cowpox could be used to vaccinate against smallpox
Between 1700 and 1835, Europe's population
doubled
Catherine the Great goal of domestic reform never came to fruition, owing to
the rebellion led by Emelian Pugachev in 1733
The _______________ sat in the House of Commons and served as justices of the peace of the counties.
Landed Gentry
TRUE or FALSE Sir Issac Newton is the only scientist to be buried at Westminster Abbey along side English royalty
TRUE
Th religious revival movement known as Pietism
called for a warm, emotional religion that everyone could experience.
In the eighteenth century, European pubic health measures....
improved water supply and sewage systems
The Austrian War of Succession was a result of Prussia seizing what Austrian territory?
Silesia
The Enlightenment policies of Fredrick the Great included:
Simplifying Prussia's Laws
The most influential aspect of Rene Descartes's theories of nature was that:
mind and matter could be reduced to the same substance
How did the Enlightenment thinkers differ from those of the Middle Ages and Renaissance?
Enlightenment thinkers believed that their era had surpassed antiquity, which demonstrated the possibility os human progress.
TRUE or FALSE The American Revolution was one phase of the Seven Years War
FALSE
TRUE or FALSE Most European Staes in the 18th century were ruled by Republics
FALSE
TRUE or FAlSE The war of Austrian Succession directly led to the Hundred Years War between France and Great Britain
FALSE
During the French and Indian War, the Indians fought on the side of the _________ because they viewed them as less a threat.
French
Ptolemy and Aristotle's view of the universe was known as what?
Geocentric conception
Who authored Travels, which became the most influential travel book discussing the first-hand account of this discoveries of Tahiti, New Zealand, and Austrialia?
James Cook
Who authored The Social Contract?
Jean Jacque Rousseau
One of the century's most influential works on child-reading was Emile: or, "On Education" by...
Jean- Jacques Rousseau
The intellectual inspiration for the Enlightenment was drawn primarily from Sir Issac Newton and who?
John Locke
John Wesley created what religious movement that was a sect of the Anglican Church?
Methodism
The foundation for the French Enlightenment was contained in Persian Letters and Spirit of the Laws, which were both authored by whom?
Montesquieu
What agreement passes by Austrian Emperor Charles VI formally recognized his daughter Maria Theresa as empress after his death?
Pragmatic Sanction
Soft pastels, ornate interiors, and sentimental portraits are all characteristics of the style known as
Rococo
Why did surgeons in the eighteenth century face incredible difficulties?
Surgery was performed in in utterly unsanitary conditions, which meant the simplest wound could become infected and lead to death.
_________ is considered one of the greatest figures of the enlightenment and authored Candidate
Voltaire
Who led the British in their defeat of the French during the French and Indian war?
William Pitt
The discipline of natural philosophy focused on:
fundamental questions about the nature, purpose, and function of the universe.
______________________ is view as the founder/father of modern economics
Adam Smith
Early in his life, Issac Newton helped discover what?
Calculus
_________________ were independent tribes of warriors who fought alongside the peasants in Pugachev's Rebellion
Cossacks
Who is considered the father of Social Science?
David Hume
What theory suggest God was the great clockmaker who constructed the universe, then stood back and let it run on its own?
Deism
Adam Smith & Physiocrats believed in what type of economic system that preached that states should show in no way interfere with the natural economic forces
Laissez Faire
What was Sir Issac Newton's published work in which he laid out his three laws of motion?
Principia
As literacy expanded among the common people, what was a staple of popular literature other than the Bible?
The chapbook containing Bible stories, prayers, and stories about the lives of the saints
What was the core concept of the Enlightenment?
The methods of natural science should be used to examine all aspects of life.
The English Navigation Acts mandated that all English imports and exports be transported on English ships , and they also...
gave British merchants a virtual monopoly on trade with British colonies
An example of an enlightened absolutist/despot was ____________ who followed the Enlightenment principals?
ALL OF THE ABOVE Catherine the Great Joseph II Fredrick the Great
According to Ptolemy's map of cosmos, the tenth sphere contained what?
God and all the saved souls
