Ap euro chapter 18

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Catherine the great of Russia came to power in 1762 through

A military coup

Habsburg emperor Joseph II abolished serfdom in the Austrian empire in 1781 what was the outcome of this reform

After Joseph II death in 1790 serfdom was more or less reinstated

Before the scientific revolution Europeans view of the universe was based on the ideas of

Aristotle

Rousseau's concept of the general will asserts that

Authentic long term needs of the people can be correctly interpreted by a far seeing minority

Madame du châtelet

Believed women's limited contribution. To science was the result of unequal education

According to its editor the fundamental goal of the encyclopedia was to

Change the general way of thinking

____ progress of the human mind tracked the nine stages of human development

Condorcet

The accomplishments of Fredrick II included all the following except

Restructuring the Prussian social system

D'holbach system of nature presented

A mechanistic atheistic philosophey

After the death of Louis XIV the French parliament

Effectively challenged royal absolutism

Galileos greatest achievement was his

Elaboration and consolidation of the experimental method

Immanuel Kant argued for

Freedom of the press

The enlightenment reached its highest development in France for all the following reasons except

French scientists and universities Were the most preeminent in the scientific revolution

According to ___ theory of inertia rest is not the natural state of objects

Galileo

One of the few attempts to link theoretical science with applied science took place at

Gresham college

In general what was voltaires attitude toward govt

He believed that a good monarch was the best one could hope for

In his essay concerning human understanding John Locke claimed that

Human development is determined by education and society

In 1748 following the war of Austrian succession. Louis XIV finance minister created an outcry among French nobles clergy and wealthy town dwellers by

Imposing a 5% income tax on all Frenchman

A striking feature of salons was that

Philopshes nobles and members of the upper middle class intermingled

He primary purpose of fontenelle conservations on the plurality of worlds was to

Popularize the findings of the scientific revolution

Copernicus' theory of the universe

Postulated a sun centered view of the universe

Which powers participated in the partitioning of Poland in the late eighteenth century

Prussia Russia Austria

Mendelssohn argued that

Reason could complement and strengthen religion

To improve the rural economy and lives of peasants empress Maria Theresa

Reduced nobles powers over their serfs

All of the following were important trend of enlightenment thought except

Religion too could be analyzed using enlightenment theories and eventually religious truth could be known

The two men generally given credit for creating the modern scientific method were Francis bacon

Rene Descartes

The illegal book trade in france featurd all the following types of literature except

Technical journals on agriculture and industry

All of the following were causes of the scientific revolution except

The active support of the papacy

Empiricism emphasized

The actual observation of phenomena

In his spirit of laws Montesquieu argued for

The separation of govt powers

The concept of the reading revolution refers to

The shift from reading out loud texts perceived as authoritative to reading many different texts rapidly silently bs individually

Before 1500 science was primarily a branch of

Theology

All of the following played a role in the erosion of French absolutism except the

Theories of Charles Montesquieu

The key feature of newtons system was the law of

Universal gravitation


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