Chapter 6

Question 1

The heliocentric, or sun-centered, the theory was presented by…

Answer 1

Nicolaus Copernicus

Question 2

Francis Bacon helped to develop…

Answer 2

the scientific method

Question 3

Isaac Newton explained the…

Answer 3

law of universal gravitation

Question 4

In general, the philosophes believed in which of the following?

Answer 4

progress for society

Question 5

The idea of direct democracy is explained in…

Answer 5

The Social Contract

Question 6

The philosophes influenced Catherine the Greats…

Answer 6

proposal on reforms to Russia’s laws

Question 7

The Bill of Rights was influenced by…

Answer 7

(All of the above) Voltaire, John Locke, and Jean Jacques Rousseau

Question 8

Henry Fielding was a writer who…

Answer 8

developed many features of the modern novel

Question 9

Which of the following is true of the neoclassical style of art?

Answer 9

It emphasized elegance and simplicity

Question 10

Which of the following reflects the correct sequence of steps used in the scientific process?

Answer 10

observation, question, hypothesis, experimentation, colclusion

Question 11

Which of the following events occurred after the American Revolution?

Answer 11

Constitutiona Convention

Question 12

What was Montesquieu’s influence on the U.S. Constitution?

Answer 12

branches of government

Question 13

Frederick II supported which of the following?

Answer 13

freedom of worship

Question 14

How were Thomas Hobbes and Catherine the Great similar?

Answer 14

Both believed that a monarch should have absolute authority

Question 15

What was the law of universal gravitation?

Answer 15

All physical objects are affected equally by the same forces

Question 16

What did Andres Vesalius and Voltaire both do?

Answer 16

challenge preexisting ideas

Question 17

In which of the following ways does the main character in Richardson’s Pamela reflect Enlightenment ideas?

Answer 17

She resisted an abuse of authority

Question 18

In which of the following ways did the taxation problem in America differ before and after independence?

Answer 18

Before were too many British taxes; after were not enough federal taxes

Question 19

How did the Declaration of Independence embody Enlightenment ideals?

Answer 19

It said that people have rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

Question 20

Which of the following were caused by the scientific revolution?

Answer 20

improvements in medicine and scientific instruments

Question 21

European art of the 1600’s and early 1700’s was dominated by a grand, ornate style called…

Answer 21

baroque

Question 22

The Declaration of Independence was written by…

Answer 22

Thomas Jefferson

Question 23

How did the Baroque style and the neoclassical style differ?

Answer 23

Baroque was grand and ornate; neoclassical was simple and elegant

Question 24

Which of the following did the Enlightenment promote?

Answer 24

(All of the above) a belief in progress, a more secular outlook, and faith in science

Question 25

What did the American colonists protest as "taxation without representation?"

Answer 25

Stamp Act

Question 26

How did Zacharias Jansen make Anton van Leeuwenhoek's discoveries possible?

Answer 26

He invented the microscope

Question 27

Which of the following men contradicted the ideas in the U.S. Constitution?

Answer 27

Thomas Hobbes

Question 28

In the 1700's which of the following showed the influence of Enlightenment ideas?

Answer 28

(all of the above) a woman reading a novel, a woman allowing her child to have a smallpox vaccination, and a man attending a salon

Question 29

Which of the following did the censors of the Catholic Church ban?

Answer 29

the Encyclopedia

Question 30

Which of the following reflects the neoclassical style?

Answer 30

a church built in a simple, elegant style