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Because of his religious toleration, whom did Frederick II attract to Prussia? |
Jewish Bankers |
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Which Neo-Classical painter did "Oath of the Horatii"? |
Jacques Louis David |
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What was the name of Frederick II's summer home in Potsdam? |
Sans Souci |
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What country did Frederick II invade and partition with the help of Russia and Austria? |
Poland |
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What was the name of Joseph II's mother, the co-ruler of Austria? |
Maria Theresa |
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The view of human personality as a 'tabula rasa' is usually associated with who? |
Locke |
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What is the term for the panic and insecurity that struck French peasants in the summer of 1789 and led to their widespread destruction of manor houses and archives? |
The Great Fear |
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Which Romanov Czar initiated the westernization of Russian society by travelling to the west and incorporating western techniques of manufacturing as well as manners and dress? |
Peter the Great |
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What region did Frederick II invade at the protestation of Maria Theresa? |
Silesia |
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Who wrote "The Social Contract"? |
Jean Jacques Rousseau |
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John Locke theorized that humans were born 'tabula rasa', which means: |
a blank slate |
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Which philosopher gave Catherine the Great ideas about crime and punishment? |
Cesare Beccaria |
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What is the name of the pact concluding the War of Spanish Succession, and forbidding the union of France with Spain, and conferring control of Gibraltar on England? |
The Peace of Utrecht |
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Describe how Frederick II helped Poland. |
he improved their school systems |
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"Crush the infamous thing!" was a phrase of Voltaire's that referred to |
the church |
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Which of these was NOT something the nobles hated about Joseph II? |
he expanded territory by invading Poland and the Ottoman Empire |
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What was the list of grievances that each estate drew up in preparation for the summoning of the Estates General in 1789? |
Cahiers de Doleances |
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Which political theorist advocated absolute monarchy based on his concept of an anarchic state of nature? |
Thomas Hobbes |
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What is the name for the dominant group in the National Convention in 1793 who replaced the Girondists? It was headed by Robespierre. |
The Jacobins |
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Who was known as the "Sun King", the ruler of France who established the supremacy of absolutism in seventeenth-century Europe? |
Louis XIV |
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What was the disciplined fighting force of Protestants, led by Oliver Cromwell during the English Civil War Called? |
The New Model Army |
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What is the name for Adam Smith's economic concept in opposition to mercantilism? |
Laissez Faire Economics |
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What was the declaration by the members of the Third Estate, not to disband until they had drafted a constitution for France called? |
the Tennis Court Oath |
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The final Stuart ruler, he was forced to abdicate in favor of William and Mary, who were invited to rule England by the Parliament. |
James II |
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Who wrote, "Wealth of Nations" and formulated many economic theories, including Laissez Faire economics?
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Adam Smith |
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What country did Catherine the Great rule?
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Russia |
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Which philosopher did Frederick II admire the most? |
Voltaire |
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Which Italian scientist formulated the modern law of inertia; he made the first telescope, viewed the sun and planets and provided evidence for the Copernican hypothesis?
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Galileo Galilei |
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Which Northern Renaissance artist painted, "Arnolfini Wedding"?
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Jan Van Eyck |
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Who wrote, "On crime and punishment"? |
Cesare Beccaria |
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What was the protestant sect in England, hoping to purify the Anglican Church of Roman Catholic practices and organization called?
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Puritans |
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Monarchs associated with enlightened absolutism include all of the following EXCEPT:
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Louis XVI |
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What is the name of the style in seventeenth-century art and literature resembling the arts in the ancient world and the Renaissance?
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French Classicism |
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The image of God as a divine watchmaker is associated with |
Deists |
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Which document embodied the liberal revolutionary ideals of the French Revolution?
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The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen |
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What country did Frederick II rule?
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Prussia |
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What is the term for the period of Cromwellian rule (1649-1659)? |
The Interregnum |
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Who was the principal leader of the Puritans in Parlament? He took control of England as "Lord Protector".
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Oliver Cromwell |
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What was the last aristocratic revolt against a French monarch? |
The Fronde |
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What term is a reference to Parisian workers who wore loose fitting trousers rather than the tight fitting breeches worn by aristocratic men?
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Sans-Culottes |
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Who wrote, "A vindication of the rights of woman"?
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Mary Wollstonecraft |
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Which of the following is NOT TRUE of this painting?
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It does not use perspective |
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Who wrote "Encyclopedia"? |
Denis Diderot |
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Which Renaissance artist sculpted this image entitled "David"? |
Michelangelo |
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What style of art is Jean Honore Fragonard's "Happy Accidents of the Swing"? |
Rococo |
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Women contributed too the cause of the philosophes in all of the follownig ways EXCEPT:
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authoring pieces in the Encyclopedia |
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What did Frederick II call himself?
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First Servant of the State |
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Which country did Joseph II rule?
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Austria |
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Which law prohibited Catholics and dissenters from holding political office in England? |
The Test Act |
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Which English scientist formulated the laws of gravitation and posited a universe operating in accord with natural law?
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Isaac Newton |
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What is the name of the palace constructed by Louis XIV outside of Paris to glorify his rule and subdue the nobility?
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Versailles |
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Between 1400 and 1700, between 70,000 and 100,000 people were sentenced to death for
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using magic or witchcraft |
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What term describes the intellectual revolution of the Eighteenth Century in which philosophers stressed reason, natural law, and criticism of prevailing social injustices?
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the Enlightenment |
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When Catherine's husband Peter was deposed, what was his only request?
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a chateau in the countryside and his mistress |
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Which of the following forced Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette to return to Paris from Versailles?
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an angry mob of Parisian women |
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Which Stuart king brought conflict with Parliament to a head and was subsequently executed?
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Charles I |
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Which peasant rebellion was brutally suppressed by Catherine?
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the Pugachev Rebellion |
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What was the date of the declaration by liberal noblemen of the National Assembly at a secret meeting to abolish the feudal regime in France?
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The night of August 4th 1789 |
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Which Polish astronomer posited a heliocentric universe in place of a geocentric universe?
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Nicolas Copernicus |
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Joseph II passed a law granting Protestants equal status. What was that law called? |
The Edict of Toleration |
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Who was the Stuart king during the Restoration, followng Cromwell's interregnum? |
Charles II |
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The economic policy of laissez-faire |
contends that individuals should be allowed to pursue their own economic growth |
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With whom did Catherine correspond for 15 years? |
Voltaire |
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Who was the Jacobin leader durinig the Reign of Terror? |
Robespierre |
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The founder of the civic religion, the Cult of the Supreme Being, was:
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Robespierre |
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Which Archduchess of Austria, queen of Hungary, lost the Hapsburg possession of Silesia to Frederick the Great, but was able to keep her other Austrian territories?
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Maria Theresa |
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Who was the financial minister under French King Louis XIV who promoted mercantilist policies?
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Jean Baptiste Colbert |
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The result of the Tennis Court Oath was the formation of the |
National Assembly |
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Why did Catherine the Great annex Crimea? |
Crimea would give Russia a warm water port in the winter |
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What is the term for France prior to the French Revolution?
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The Ancien Regime |
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Which inductive thinker stressed experimentation in arriving at the truth?
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Francis Bacon |
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How did Joseph II treat the peasants of his country? |
He abolished serfdom (correct answer) |
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Which deductive thinker had a famous saying, "Cogito ergo sum"? He challenged the notion of truth as being derived from tradition and scriptures.
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Rene Descartes |
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What is the term for the return of the Stuart monarchy after a period of ruler ship under Oliver Cromwell's military dictatorship?
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the Restoration |
