AP European History Read Check 17
The scientist-philosopher who provides a link between a scientists of the 17th century and the philosophies of the next was
Bernard de Fontelle
in reaction to significant elements of realism and deism, in what two countries did some ordinary protestant churchgoers chose new religious movements
England and Germany
A cheap and popular alcoholic drink in eighteenth century England was
Gin
the 18th century musical composition that has been called one of those rare works that appeal immediately to everyone, and yet is indisputably a masterpiece of the highest order is
Handel's Messiah
The philosopher who proclaimed the motto of the enlightenment as "dare to know!" was
Immanuel Kant
the english writer who argued in a serious proposal to the ladies that women should become better educated was
Mary Astell
high culture in 18th century europe was characterized by the
The enormous impact of the book publishing industry
Rousseau, whose novel Émile emphasized the heart and sentiment, served as a precursor of the romantic movement of the early 19th century
True
the religious movement that came to be known as methodism
became a separate and independent sect from the Anglican Church.
The Baroque-Rococo artistic style of the 18th century was
evident in the masterpieces of balthasar neumann
Denis Diderot was an ardent christian
false
the 18th century english historian, Edward Givbbon, blamed the downfall of ancient rome on the pagan religion practices and sexual excesses of the roman empire
false
the great scientists of the 17th century, such as Galileo, Kepler and Newton pursues their exploration of science in an explicit attempt to question and undermine religion
false
Pogroms were
instances of massacring and looting of Jewish communities.
18th century writers, especially in England, used this new form of literary expression to attack the hypocrisies of the era and provide sentimental entertainment to growing numbers of readers:
novels
the recognized capital of the enlightenment was
paris
in the spirit of the laws, montesquieu argued that the best political system in a modern society is one where
power is divided between the three branches of government
according to rousseau, the source of inequality and the chief cause of crimes was
private property
Johann Sebastian Bach
produced religious music as a way to worship God.
rousseau's influential novel Èmile, deals with these key enlightenment themes
proper child rearing and human education
the punishment of crime in the 18th century was often
public and very gruesome.
adam smith believed that government
should not interfere in people's economic decisions.
An early female philosophe who published a translation of Newton's Principia and who was the mistress of Voltaire was
the Marquise du Chatelet.
the french philosophies mostly included people from
the nobility and the middle class
the rococo artist Antoine Watteau emphasized
the pleasure and joy of aristocratic life
Although many european rulers desired to eliminate the size and grandiosity of versailles, they usually adopted the baroque-rococo architectural style rather than the french classical style of louis XIV's palace
true
the encyclopedia
was a 28 volume compilation of articles by many influential philosophes
The French philosophes
were literate intellectuals who meant to change the world through reason and rationality.
the jews of the 18th century Europe
won the right to publicly practice their religion in Austria with Joseph II's toleration patent of 1781
