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Unit Three Test
Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. The statement “No taxation without representation” was partly influenced by the thinking of
a. Adam Smith
c. Baron de Montesquieu
b. John Locke
d. Thomas Hobbes
2. Galileo's greatest achievement was his
a. synthesis of the new scientific discoveries d. postulation of a heliocentric universe
b. elaboration and consolidationof the
e. invention of the convection oven to cook
experimental method
turkey.
c. invention of the telescope.
3. Before the Scientific Revolution, Europeans view of the universe was based on the ideas of
a. Plato
d. Isaac Newton
b. medieval scholastics
e. Aristotle
c. Aristarchus
4. Before 1500, science was primarily a branch of
a. theology
d. medicine
b. rhetoric
e. astronomy
c. law
5. According to ____________________'s theory of inertia, rest is not the natural state of objects.
a. Bacon
d. Newton
b. Copernicus
e. Galileo
c. Brahe
6. The key feature of Newton's system was the law of
a. planetary motion
d. constant acceleration
b. universal gravitation
e. equivalence of mass and energy
c. reciprocity
7. Empiricism emphasized
a. the use of deductive reasoning
d. greater reliance on mathematical
equations.
b. reliance on the authority of other scientists e. the actual observation of phenomena.
c. the use of scientific instruments
8. The Enlightenment reached its highest development in France for all the following reasons except.
a. French was the international language of d. French philosophes asked fundamental
the educated class.
questions about the meaning of life, God,
human, nature, good and evil, and cause
and effect.
b. French scientists and universities were the e. French philosophes sought actively to
most preeeminent in the Scientific
influence the educated public.
Revolution.
c. the level of censorship and repression was
somewhat less than that in most of
Europe.
9. In the Spirit of Laws, Montesquieu argued for
a. direct democracy
d. the separation of governmental powers.
b. enlightened absolutism
e. cultural relativism
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c. popular sovereignity
In general, what was Voltaire's attitude toward government?
a. He believed in democracy, likem most
d. He believed in enlightened despotism as
philosphes.
long as he could be the despot.
b. He believed that a good monarch was the e. He believed in Enlightened Theocracy.
best one could hope for.
c. He saw the despot or autocrat as
designated by God.
Rousseau's concept of the "general will" asserts that
a. enlightened monarchs protect the interests d. sovereignity resides in the people.
of the entire society and should be relied
on for reform.
b. only by direct democracy can the people's e. public opinion polling can be a valuable
political wishes be conveyed.
support to democracy.
c. authentic, long-term needs of the people
can be correctly interpreted by a farseeing
minority.
A striking feature of the salons was that
a. clerics were banned
d. members of the working classes often
attended.
b. philosophes,nobles, and members of the
e. their main purpose was making marriage
upper middle class intermingled.
matches between poor nobles and wealthy
commoners.
c. they were often sponsored by the
government.
The "enlightened" policies of Frederick II of Prussia included all of the following except
a. freeing the Prussian serfs
d. promoting schools
b. abolition of the torture of prisoners.
e. religious toleration
c. permitting scholars wide latitude to
publish what they wished.
Catherine the Great of Russia came to power in 1762 through
a. inheritance of the throne from her mother d. a military coup
Elizabeth.
b. an invitation from the Russian Senate to
e. election by the boyars.
rule.
c. Frederick II of Prussia's invasion of
Russia.
To improve the rural economy and lives of the peasants, Empress Maria Theresa
a. regulated the church more closely
d. reduced nobles' power over their serfs
b. ordered the adoption of scientific farming e. established a bank to make loans to
techniques
peasants on easy terms.
c. abolished serfdom
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The agricultural revolution was first manifested in
a. England
d. North America
b. the Low Countries
e. France
c. Sweden
____ 17. The English Navigation Acts not only mandated that all English imports and exports be transported on
English ships, they also
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a. restricted English banks from making
d. created an alliance with the Dutch against
foreign loans
the French.
b. initiated Englih involvement in the
e. prevented the American colonists from
transatlantic slave trade.
building ships.
c. gave British merchants a virtual monopoly
on trade with British colonies.
At the end of the seventeenth century, at least ________ percent of western Europeans were involved in
agriculture.
a. 80
d. 50
b. 70
e. 90
c. 60
The leadership of the Dutch people in farming can be attributed primarily to
a. the exceptional fertility of their lands.
d. their strong nobility.
b. the necessity to provide for a large densely e. their Calvinism.
populated country.
c. the leadership of the Dutch scientific
community.
Jethro Tull's contributions to English agriculture were the product of
a. good luck
d. speculative reasoning
b. empirical research
e. university study.
c. deductive reasoning
The social group on which the success of the English agricultural revolution depended was the
a. landowning aristocracy
d. independent peasant farmers
b. landless peasants
e. Dutch agronomists.
c. tenant farmers
By 1800, _________ had the largest population in Europe.
a. Spain
d. England
b. Italy
e. Russia
c. France
In 1790 blacks made up about _____ percent of the US population
a. 20
d. 10
b. 35
e. 2
c. 5
All of the following were shortcomings of the putting-out system from the capitalists' point of view except
a. inability to enforce quotas
d. disputes with workers over weights of
materials delivered.
b. rigid production techniques
e. difficulty making workers produce
steadily.
c. poor quality control
Typically, the putting-out industry employed
a. only women
d. men and older boys
b. rural families
e. older women in countryside
c. urban workers
For cottage workers, "holy Monday" was
a. payday
d. the due date for the previous week's work
b. the delivery day for raw materials
e. a day of relaxation.
c. a day spent in church
The Navigation Acts were a form of economic warfare that initially targeted the
a. Dutch
d. American colonists
b. French
c. Spanish
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a. a freed slave from Nigeria who settled in
London
b. viceroy of New Spain during the War of
the Spanish Succession.
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e. Swedes
d. an African missionary who introduced
Christianity into the African inventor.
e. a Quaker of African descent who
produced Philadelphia's first daily
newspaper.
c. the king of Nigeria.
The decisive round in the colonial conflict between England and France was the
a. Seven Year's War
d. War of the Spanish Succession
b. Thrity Year's War
e. American War of Independence
c. War of the Austrian Succession
_________________'s Wealth of Nations argued for the value of free markets.
a. Jethro Tull
d. Olaudah Equiano
b. Lord Townsend
e. David Ricardo
c. Adam Smith
In 17th and 18th century Europe, most couples
a. married in their teens
d. married in their late twenties
b. lived together before marriage
e. had 3 or fewer children
c. included an older husband and young
wife.
Prior to 1750, premarital sex
a. was nonexistant
d. resulted in a high percentage of
illegitimate children
b. occurred only among the upper classes
e. was punishable by a prison term.
c. was commonplace
According to the text, one reason for the abusive treatment of young children working in early English
factories was probably
a. the lack of laws against corporal
d. the Anglican clergy's endorsement of such
punishment of children.
treatment.
b. the fact that this was normal treatment for e. the great stress that their foremen
children of the time.
experienced.
c. the absence of children's mothers from the
factory shop floor.
Underlying the "lligetimacy explosion" of 1750-1850 the authors see
a. the growth of cottage industry and peasant d. Protestantism's stress on women's
migration to the cities.
equality.
b. the decline of traditional moral standards e. the sexual exploitation of poor girls by
due to the Enlightenment.
wealthy men.
c. decreasing availability of birth control in
the countryside.
According to the text, the diet of wealthy Europeans in the 18th century
a. was much more healthy than that of
d. was high in vitamins A and C
common folk.
b. included large amounts of meat and
e. was mostly "pasta et fromage"
sweets
c. was far better than that of the rich today.
The diet of the poorer classes consisted largely of bread and
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a. meat and eggs
d. wild game
b. dairy products
e. mead
c. vegetables
A severe deficiency in vitamin C results in the disease known as
a. anemai
d. scurvy
b. over-turkey
e. APEurogivitis
c. dysentery
In addition to supervising labor and birth, midwives generally
a. practiced witchcraft
d. assisted physicians
b. treated mental patients
e. sold contraceptives.
c. treated female medical difficulties such as
irregular menstrual cycles, venereal
disease, and breast-feeding problems.
John Wesley founded the movement known as _________________
a. Pietism
d. Deism
b. Methodism
e. Anglicanism
c. Reformism
For Thanksgiving, Coach P will be singing /sung (white day classes) all of the following songs except
a. "Sitting on the dock of the Turkey"
d. "Turkey River Don't Run Dry"
b. "I Like Big Turkeys and I can not lie"
e. All of the above baby!
c. "Back in Turkey"
Unit Three Test
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