AP Euro Semester One Final Review (Absolutism/Enlightenment Test)

Passage from Jacques-Benigne Bossuet (1678)- What development in the eighteenth century did the most to undermine this form of government?

The Enlightenment

Map of England- The above map represents what important development in history?

English Civil War

"Dissertation on Alliances" (Jean Baptiste Colbert)- Which of the following is the most likely outcome of European countries engaging in this activity?

European conflicts and wars

Cromwell Abolishes the English Monarchy (1651)- Opponents of the values that characterized the beliefs of Cromwell might well have supported what type of government?

absolutism

Passage from Jacques-Benigne Bossuet (1678)- Which of the following would have been the most vigorous opponent of a philosophy like Bossuet's?

John Locke

Science and the Enlightenment Map- Of the following, where would discussion of scientific or Enlightenment-era ideas mot likely be found?

London coffeehouses

A Foreign Traveler in Russia (early 17th century)- Based on the document and your knowledge, which of the following was the most likely to be found in 17th century Russia?

a simple subsistence agriculture

"Dissertation on Alliances" (Jean Baptiste Colbert)- Which of the following was not a reason that European countries were able to expand?

advances in alchemy

"A Treatise on Toleration" (Voltaire, 1763)- In addition to being informed by general principles, Voltaire's concern with promoting religious toleration was primarily relevant to supporters of the Enlightenment in eighteenth-century France because

the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by King Louis XIV in 1685 had led to the persecution of members of the Protestant minority

Novum Organum (Francis Bacon) and Discourse on Method (Rene Descartes)- Which of the following men was the least likely to agree with the findings of these men?

Galen

Cromwell Abolishes the English Monarchy (1651)- Which of the following religious leaders would have been the most likely to share the views that Cromwell held towards the monarchy?

John Calvin

Map of England- Which of the following people would be most likely to use the conflict seen in the map to support their political beliefs?

John Calvin

Map of England- Based on the above map and your knowledge, which side emerged victorious in this conflict?

Parliament

A Foreign Traveler in Russia (early 17th century)- The passage above represents a reflection of the differences in treatment of the lower classes in

Russia and Western Europe

Cromwell Abolishes the English Monarchy (1651)- The passage above represents the culmination of which of the following events?

The English Civil War

Science and the Enlightenment Map- What conclusion about science and the Enlightenment is best supported by the map and your knowledge of European history?

The Enlightenment flourished more in Western Europe than in Eastern or Southern Europe

A Foreign Traveler in Russia (early 17th century)- Which of the following led to revolts by serfs in Russia and peasants in Western Europe?

attempts by landlords to increase revenues

A Foreign Traveler in Russia (early 17th century)- Based on the passage above and your knowledge, which of the following developments in Western Europe might have benefitted these serfs?

commercial agriculture

"A Treatise on Toleration" (Voltaire, 1763)- Voltaire's mockery of the notion of one true religion in the second paragraph of the passage is most directly influenced by which of the following?

ideas of legal equality and individual rights espoused by political theorists such as Locke and Rousseau

Science and the Enlightenment Map- What irony accompanied the dissemination of Enlightenment thought during the eighteenth century?

much of the wealth that supported and sustained the Enlightenment was derived from trade based at least in part on slavery

Novum Organum (Francis Bacon) and Discourse on Method (Rene Descartes)- The pictures are both tied to what important development?

new ideas in science

Novum Organum (Francis Bacon) and Discourse on Method (Rene Descartes)- These two men were best known for their contributions to the

scientific method

"A Treatise on Toleration" (Voltaire, 1763)- The ideas expressed in the passage best illustrate which of the following about Enlightenment intellectuals?

some of them believed that the discoveries of new science warranted new approaches to social and cultural issues

Passage from Jacques-Benigne Bossuet (1678)- This form of government would have been likely to exist in the seventeenth century in a state where

a large majority of the population was Catholic

Novum Organum (Francis Bacon) and Discourse on Method (Rene Descartes)- Which of the following might have resulted from their work?

experimentation and the use of mathematics

"Dissertation on Alliances" (Jean Baptiste Colbert)- The above document best represents the new economic theory of

mercantilism

"Dissertation on Alliances" (Jean Baptiste Colbert)- Which of the following came about as a result of the theory presented in this document?

the establishment of overseas empires

"A Treatise on Toleration" (Voltaire, 1763)- Compared with Luther's sixteenth-century critique of the Roman Catholic Church, Voltaire's critique in the first paragraph of the passage is

less reliant on using Scripture to challenge Catholic tradition

Map of England- Which of the following most likely resulted from this conflict?

the development of constitutional government in England

Cromwell Abolishes the English Monarchy (1651)- Which of the following might have occurred as a result of the thoughts and practices followed by Cromwell?

the development of parliamentary government in England

Passage from Jacques-Benigne Bossuet (1678)- What philosophy of government is advocated in the passage?

Divine Right Monarchy

Science and the Enlightenment Map- In which area would women be most likely to participate in discussion of Enlightened ideas or science?

a Parisian salon