History Worksheet: Enlightenment and Russian History

Bacon formalized the methods of Brahe and Galileo into a theory of reasoning called

• dualism

• empiricism

• materialism

• naturalism

Peter the Great's main objective in fighting the Great Northern War was

• gain Russia territory that had been lost earlier to Poland

• establish dominance over Prussia

• gain access to a warm water port on the Baltic Sea

• ensure that his daughter, Maria Theresa, took the throne of Russia

Catherine the Great came to power in Russia via

• Frederick the II's invasion of Silesia

• inheriting the throne from her mother

• a military coup

• election by the general public

This mountain range in Russia is considered the boundary between Europe and Asia.

• Carpathian Mountains

• Pyrenees

• Ural Mountains

• Russian Alps

The acquisition of which of the following territories during the mid-eighteenth century helped to establish Prussia as a great power?

• Bavaria

• Silesia

• Bohemia

• Saxony

Though mostly remembered as a companion to Voltaire, the Madame du Chatelet is remembered for publishing

• The Persian Letters

• The Social Contract

• a French translation of Newton's Principia

• The Theory of Mortal Sentiments

How did Rene Descartes and Francis Bacon contribute to scientific development in the seventeenth century?

• conducting experiments about gravitational forces

• articulating theories of the scientific method

• perfecting the metric system

Joseph II of Austria's conversion of peasant labor to cash payments

• remained in effect after his death

• was supported by the nobles

• angered his mother

• angered the nobles

How did Voltaire view government?

• he believed that Enlightened Despotism would last, as long as he could be the despot

• he believed a good autocrat was the best one could hope for

• he believed that an absolutist was chosen by God

• I like most philosophes, he believed in participatory democracy

A leading skeptic, he asked if religious truth was truly "knowable." Published the Dictionary.

• Cesar Beccaria

• Baron de Montesquieu

• John Locke

• Pierre Bayle