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Western Civilization IIExam 1 Questions and
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Who painted the School of Athens? - Answer: Raphael
Which French King built the palace of Versailles to demonstrate his power and authority? - Answer:
Louis XIV
Martin Luther sparked the Protestant reformation by nailing which document to the church door in
Wittenberg in 1517? - Answer: 95 Theses
What term is used to describe the rebirth of interest in the classical world-ideas, values, etc.? - Answer:
Renaissance
What is the name of the dynasty that ruled Austria during the age of absolutism? - Answer: Hapsburg
Which Russian tsar pursued the westernization of Russia? - Answer: Peter the Great
Who prosed a heliocentric view of the universe in his book On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres?
- Answer: Nicholas Copernicus
Which Spanish explorer is given credit for being the first man to circumnavigate the world? - Answer:
Ferdinand Magellan
, Who was the English philosopher/scientist that first articulated the theory of gravity? - Answer: Isaac
Newton
What is the term used to describe England's relatively bloodless revolution which occurred in 1688? -
Answer: Glorious Revolution
Which Enlightenment thinker believed that the human mind was a tabula rasa or blank slate at birth? -
Answer: John Locke
Many enlightenment thinkers were , and as sought to fashion a natural religion that accorded with
reason and science, and denied miracles as violations of the natural order. - Answer: Deists
Who was the English philosopher who argued that it was the responsibility of government to protect the
life, liberty, and its subjects? - Answer: John Locke
Who said that the motto of the enlightenment was "Sapere Aude! (Dare to Know)"? - Answer: Immanuel
Kant
According to Rousseau, "Man is born a and everywhere he is in . - Answer: Free
Chains
Name the British economist who advocated a 'Laissez-faire' economic theory in his famous book, The
Wealth of Nations - Answer: Adam Smith
The supporters of the exiled King James II and his heirs rebelled againist George I and his son George II in
1715 and 1745. What was the name commonly given to this group of supporters? - Answer: Jacobites
What term was used by the philosophes to describe the rule of a strong monarch who would implement
rational reforms and remove obstacles to freedom? - Answer: Enlightened Despotism
Which leading Jacobite encouraged the use of terror as a means of creating a 'Republic of Virtue'? -
Answer: Robespierre
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