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| 275637281 | The ideas of which two men did Newton see as the two sides of the same coin? | Galileo and Kepler | |
| 275637282 | In a "rotten borough" | the landowner being elected to the House of Commons doesn't really stand for election or re-election; the population of the district moved away years ago so that the only population in the district is the landowner himself | |
| 275637283 | Sir Isaac Newton's intellectual synthesis was advanced in | Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy | |
| 275637284 | On Diplomatics, a work that established the science of paleography dealing with deciphering, reading, dating, and authenticating manuscripts, was written by | Jean Mabillon | |
| 275637285 | "...there is no place for industry...no arts; no letters; no society; and which is the worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violence death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short." This quotation is from | Leviathan | |
| 275637286 | Scotland, Sweden, Venice, Prussia, Austria, and Hamburg all tried but failed to establish East India companies. Of the list below, which was NOT a reason for that failure? | companies lacked the support of the local nawab or majah leader | |
| 275637287 | John Locke's Two Treatises on Civil Government approved of revolution if | the government threatens the peoples' rights of life, liberty, or property | |
| 275637288 | Which of the following is accurate about the philosophy of Pantheism? | God does not exist apart from the world because he is in everything that can be seen or sensed in the world. | |
| 275637289 | The Royal Society of London, founded in 1662, was one of the first | scientific societies | |
| 275637290 | In the mid 18th century, the leading banking center of Europe was | Amsterdam | |
| 275637291 | Who is considered to be the architect of cabinet govt GB? | Robert Walpole | |
| 275637292 | "Nature and nature's law hid in night, God said, "Let _ be," and all was light." This passage, which is from a poem written by Alexander Pope, praised which of the following individuals? | Newton | |
| 275637293 | Which nation was causing the nations of Europe to have a gold shortage because the only European goods desired was gold? | China | |
| 275637294 | The phrase "Cogito ergo sum" is associated with | Rene Descartes | |
| 275637295 | For Rene Descartes, eisting things were related to either | mind or body | |
| 275637296 | The most important industry of pre-factory industry Europe in the 1700s was the | agricultural industry | |
| 275637297 | A plantation is an economic unit that consists of several different elements. Which of the following is not an element of a plantation? | limited in the number of raw materials the plantation can produce-foodstuffs or raw minerals only | |
| 275637298 | Which of the following was ultimately excommunicated from the CC because of his scientific discoveries and theories? | Galileri Galileo | |
| 275637299 | Which of the following was a result of the failure of "The 45" Rebellion in England? | The Scottish clans were broken up | |
| 275637300 | Kepler's contribution to the Scientific Revolution was his | proving mathematically that the orbits of the planets are elliptical | |
| 275637301 | Which of the following was NOT one of the results of the Miss. Bubble? | like Britain, France created a sinking fund to pay off the debt | |
| 275637302 | When the War of the Austrian Succession began, the opening movement was | by Prussian when it took Silesia | |
| 275637303 | As a result of scientific theories developed through the 16th and 17th centuries, Europeans developed a conception of the universe as | governed by natural laws | |
| 275637304 | After the "Diplomatic Revolution of 1756," who was now the main ally of France? | Austria | |
| 275637305 | In Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes became an advocate for which of the following types of govt? | absolute monarchy | |
| 275637306 | The Treaty of Hubertsburg | ended the Austria vs Prussia part of the Seven Years War | |
| 275637307 | The idea of a tabula rasa is associated with | John Locke | |
| 275637308 | Robert Clive is best associated with which British colony? | India | |
| 275637309 | Maria Theresa took her baby with her, and held him aloft so all could see him. This action convinced which Austrian-dominion land to stay in alliance with Austria when the War of Austrian Succession broke out? | Hungary | |
| 275637310 | This author wrote a pioneering work in Biblical criticism, stating the OT rested on medieval manuscripts of doubtful origin. This was | Richard Simon | |
| 275637311 | Sir Francis Bacon advocated | examination of empirical evidence | |
| 275637312 | During the period when people were looking for a new sense of evidence in truth, in law the rules of evidence began to show that seek for real truth. Which of the following was NOT one of the changes in the rules of evidence in English law and in English courts? | hearsay evidence was ruled acceptable only in cases were there were no eyewitnesses to the crime | |
| 275637313 | The Ptolemaic System, which was challenged by Copernicus, | was based upon a geocentric universe | |
| 275637314 | Which is NOT one of the characteristics of warfare in the 18th century? | war was an all out war against civilians, not just the military of the enemy | |
| 275637315 | The concept of pantheism is associated with which man? | Baruch Spinoza | |
| 275637316 | In his An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, John Locke held that human knowledge was derived from | perceptions and reasoned reflections | |
| 275637317 | Who, in his work Letter on Toleration, advocated an established church with toleration for all except Catholics and atheists, and in his work Reasonableness of Christianity, said that Christianity, when rightly considered, is after all a reasonable form of religion? | John Locke | |
| 275637318 | When you think of the concept of "black gold/white gold" you should be thinking of the trading patterns of what nation? | Britain | |
| 275637319 | German Dualism in the 18th century is the concept that | there are two "German" powers on the rise, challenging each other for supremacy, and those powers are Prussia and Austria | |
| 275637320 | The work Historical and Critical Dictionary served as a repository of miscellaneous lore and myth. What did the author say about the myths, lore, and legends of Europe? | 'Truth' is really just someone's opinion, and most people are simply being gullible about believing in lore and myths | |
| 275637321 | Who was the originator of the training and use of Sepoys? | Francois Dupleix | |
| 275637322 | The work Pensees, (Thoughts) was written by the French mathematician Blaise Paschal. What was the purpose of his writing this work? | the advances of sciences disturbed this very Christian believer, and he was trying to find a balance between the science of man and the laws of God | |
| 275637323 | Who said that he "might win an Empire on the Plains of Germany"? | William Pitt | |
| 275637324 | Which author's work is about the international aspects of natural law and the laws of nations? | Samuel Puffendorf | |
| 275637325 | What did the Jacobites want? | to put James on the throne of England as James III | |
| 275637326 | Who wrote the work Discourse on Methods? | Rene Descartes | |
| 275637327 | The treaties that ended the Seven Years War solidified or confirmed many things or conditions in Europe. Which of the following is NOT part of Europe's condition after the Seven Years War? | the British distanced themselves in the economics of North America and India, unwilling to risk another war with France over these territories | |
| 275637328 | Because he was only a regent for Louis XV and not the actual monarch, the Duke of Orleans had to concede power to the parlements, especially the Parlement of Paris. What power was this? | Parlement of Paris claimed the right to assent legislation and taxes | |
| 275637329 | What was Walpole's motto by which he led Britain? | "Let sleeping dogs lie" | |
| 275637330 | The driving factor that made France announce its willingness to negotiate a peace to end the War of the Austrian Succession was that | France was losing badly in North America and the Caribbean Islands and didn't want to lose the wealth and taxes it drew from the sugar and slave trade in these areas |
