Enlightenment and Revolution Quiz

What finally happened to Silesia as a result of the Seven Years’ War? (Page 51)

• France claimed it.

• Prussia permanently kept it.

• Peter III claimed it for Russia.

• It became a new, independent nation.

According to Rousseau, the general will represents what is best for the (Page 39)

• government.

• peasants and lower classes.

• entire community.

• aristocratic and middle classes.

Under the rule of ___________ Russia greatly expanded its territory? (Page 22)

• Victoria I

• Anastasia

• Elizabeth

• Catherine II

Diderot’s Encyclopedia was used to (Page 36)

• attack religious superstition.

• overturn capital punishment.

• support the Catholic Church.

• suppress Enlightenment ideas.

Why did Descartes decide to set aside everything he had learned and begin again? (Page 33)

• Previous scientists had not kept good records.

• Everything he learned was wrong.

• He doubted everything he had learned.

• Science was based on new information only.

What is another name for the historical period known as the Enlightenment? (Page 32)

• Edwardian Era

• Age of Reason

• Reformation

• Information Age

Francis Bacon believed that scientists should (Page 33)

• use reasoning.

• develop their own scientific methods.

• study philosophy.

• rely on ancient authorities.

Why did Descartes decide to set aside everything he had learned and begin again? (Page 33)

• He doubted everything he had learned.

• Everything he had learned was wrong.

• Science was based on new information only.

• There were no science books.

Eighteenth-century Europe boasted two musical geniuses of classical composition, including Haydn and ___________________. (Page 43)

• Beethoven

• Handel

• Mozart

• Tchaikovsky

What religious philosophy is based on natural law and reason? (Page 36)

• Buddhism

• Theism

• Deism

• Pantheism