AP Euro Semester 1 Review
Voltaire advocated for which view of religion as opposed to traditional Christian teaching at that time?
Belief in God and morality were products of reason.
Bacon's views on most aspects on life most clearly reflect which of the following?
Empiricism
Bacon's concept of nature is most clearly exhibited in which of the following?
Inductive reasoning
Which of the following later developments would best support Copernicus claim regarding the motion of spheres?
Kepler's laws of planetary motion
The political philosophies expressed in most of Locke's works reflect which of the following movements?
Liberalism.
Which 18th century idea regarding social progress would be supported by Voltaire?
Progress through the powers of the human mind.
Most of Frederick the Great's writings were most likely intended to?
Prussia's adoption of enlightened absolutism
In the 17th century, science became modern which meant all of the following except?
Scientific advances did not take place through the work of geniuses such as Galileo or Newton.
The 18th century Enlightenment embodied all of the following except?
Skepticism about the regularity and harmony of nature.
Which of the following best reflects the prodominant goal of Bacon's writings?
To create progress through useful knowledge
It can be inferred that Da Vinci was most influenced by which of the following?
Humanism
Voltaire supports what?
Religious toleration
Which idea of the philosophical movement of which Locke was a part of is most evident in his works?
Rights of the individual.
Locke's view regarding the government most clearly reflects which of the following ideas?
Self-government by reasonable people.
The Enlightenment of the 18th century referred to?
The belief that Europe had emerged from a time of barbarism and darkness.
The influence of Newton's methodology is best understood in the context of which of the following?
The spreading influence of thought associated with the Scientific Revolution
When Capernicus citates people like Cissoro and Plutarch was most likely intended to counter which of the following?
The use of classical authorities to support traditional views of the natural world
