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The Pursuit of Power & Age of Reason CP Study Guide

Total questions: 80

Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The justification of increasing royal power on religious grounds is called what?

(a)  

2.

The king’s supporters in the civil war were called what?

(a)  

3.

What three bordering countries divided Poland among themselves?

(a)  

4.

The “bloodless revolution” resulted in the dethroning of which British monarch?

(a)  

5.

Which scientist determined that white light is composed of many different colors?

(a)  

6.

What was the name of John and Charles Wesley’s mother?

(a)  

7.

What is the eighteenth-century American revival called?

(a)  

8.

What German religious movement was a reaction against the spiritual apathy of the Lutheran Church?

(a)  

9.

Reasoning from a simple premise to a more complex truth is called what?

(a)  

10.

Which French philosopher concluded that the liberty of the English resulted from the separation of powers in government?

(a)  

11.

The leading absolutist nation in Europe during the seventeenth century was which of the following?

a)

Austria

b)

England

c)

France

d)

Prussia

12.

Which of the following was a Swedish king?

a)

Peter I

b)

Gustavus Adolphus

c)

Ivan IV

d)

Frederick II

13.

Which nation came out of the Thirty Years’ War the strongest?

a)

Sweden

b)

England

c)

France

d)

Prussia

14.

What group of countries organized against France during the War of the Spanish Succession?

a)

Grand Alliance

b)

Great Northern Coalition

c)

Westphalia Alliance

d)

Protectorate

15.

Which of the following did Parliament use to decide who could occupy the throne of England?

a)

Grand Alliance

b)

divine right

c)

Habeas Corpus Act

d)

Act of Settlement

16.

What officials did Louis XIV appoint to strengthen his control of the military?

a)

brigadier generals

b)

sergeants

c)

corporals

d)

lieutenant colonels

17.

What group in France did Richelieu view as a danger to the state?

a)

Roundheads

b)

Huguenots

c)

merchants

d)

Catholics

18.

Louis XIII’s powerful chief minister was . . .

a)

Adolphus.

b)

Colbert.

c)

Mazarin.

d)

Richelieu.

19.

In his quest for absolute power, which of the following did Louis XIV not accomplish?

a)

He appointed Jean-Baptiste Colbert as minister of finance.

b)

He placed lieutenant colonels over French regiments.

c)

He issued the Edict of Nantes.

d)

He built the palace of Versailles.

20.

Robert Walpole is considered the first what in British history?

a)

King

b)

Duke of York

c)

Prime Minister

d)

Knight

21.

The revocation of the Edict of Nantes resulted in the . . .

a)

strengthening of France’s enemies.

b)

freedom of galley slaves.

c)

appointment of Colbert as minister.

d)

placement of lieutenants in the army.

22.

The strongest German state was . . .

a)

Bavaria.

b)

Brandenburg-Prussia.

c)

Saxony.

d)

Westphalia.

23.

Which nation came out of the Seven Years’ War the strongest?

a)

Austria

b)

England

c)

France

d)

Prussia

24.

Which treaty ended the Thirty Years’ War?

a)

Aix-la-Chapelle

b)

Paris

c)

Utrecht

d)

Westphalia

25.

Which of the following was not a goal of Peter the Great?

a)

westernization and modernization

b)

acquiring a warm-water port

c)

greater control of the Russian Orthodox Church

d)

introduction of censorship

26.

In which country was absolutism defeated?

a)

Austria

b)

England

c)

Prussia

d)

Russia

27.

What land’s rebellion against Charles I caused him to call Parliament to get money?

a)

Wales

b)

Northern Ireland

c)

France

d)

Scotland

28.

Who won the Thirty Years’ War?

a)

France and the Protestants

b)

France and the Catholics

c)

the Holy Roman Empire and the Catholics

d)

the Holy Roman Empire and the Protestants

29.

Which country’s rulers held the title of Holy Roman emperor?

a)

Austira

b)

England

c)

France

d)

Prussia

30.

Which war was the last great religious war in Europe?

a)

War of the Austrian Succession

b)

Seven Years’ War

c)

War of the Spanish Succession

d)

Thirty Years’ War

31.

Which treaty ended the War of the Spanish Succession?

a)

Aix-la-Chapelle

b)

Paris

c)

Utrecht

d)

Westphalia

32.

What document did Charles I sign in order to obtain more funds from Parliament?

a)

Habeas Corpus Act

b)

Petition of Right

c)

Treaty of Paris

d)

Bill of Rights

33.

Which of the following was not a provision of the Treaty of Paris?

a)

Britain gained Canada from France.

b)

Spain lost Florida to Britain.

c)

France lost most of its commericial holdings in India.

d)

Spain gained French territory east of the Mississippi.

34.

European nations signed the Pragmatic Sanction to allow . . .

a)

Maria Theresa to rule in peace.

b)

Philip of France to take Spain.

c)

Frederick II to invade Austria.

d)

William and Mary to take the throne.

35.

What was the main outcome of the War of the Austrian Succession and the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle?

a)

England was dominant in Europe.

b)

European rulers agreed to the Pragmatic Sanction.

c)

The treaty restored the status quo ante bellum.

d)

France took all British territory.

36.

Which document made it illegal for the government to arbitrarily hold someone in jail?

a)

Habeas Corpus Act

b)

Act of Settlement

c)

Petition of Right

d)

Peace of Westphalia

37.

The eighteenth-century intellectual movement is known as the . . .

a)

Age of Faith.

b)

Age of Reason.

c)

Enlightenment.

d)

Scientific Revolution.

38.

Who originally proposed the heliocentric theory?

a)

Copernicus

b)

Kepler

c)

Galileo

d)

Newton

39.

Which of the following men did not do work in the field of chemistry?

a)

Montesquieu

b)

Priestley

c)

Boyle

d)

Lavoisier

40.

Who discovered the chemical substances of ammonia, oxygen, and carbon dioxide?

a)

Boyle

b)

Lavoisier

c)

Leeuwenhoek

d)

Priestley

41.

Which of the following is not true concerning the eighteenth-century philosophes?

a)

They challenged values of society.

b)

They hoped to conform society to their ideas.

c)

They encouraged religious toleration

d)

They respected church tradition

42.

Who devised a way to map the earth on a flat surface?

a)

Copernicus

b)

Leeuwenhoek

c)

Mercator

d)

Paracelsus

43.

El Greco is known for figures that are . . .

a)

elongated.

b)

grand.

c)

geometrical.

d)

colorful.

44.

Isaac Watts and Charles Wesley both were not . . .

a)

Englishmen.

b)

hymn writers.

c)

preachers.

d)

scientists.

45.

The seventeenth- and eighteenth-century exaltation of reason is known as the . . .

a)

Age of Faith.

b)

Age of Reason.

c)

Spiritual Awakening.

d)

Scientific Revolution.

46.

The belief that sees reason as the only sure source of knowledge and truth is known as . . .

a)

dualism.

b)

empiricism.

c)

pantheism.

d)

rationalism.

47.

Which of the following was not an effect of the Scientific Revolution?

a)

improved medicines

b)

an attitude of humble discovery

c)

decline in respect for the past

d)

belief that human problems are solvable through science and technology alone

48.

What philosopher promoted deductive reasoning?

a)

Bacon

b)

Rousseau

c)

Descartes

d)

Voltaire

49.

Which German astronomer said that the orbits of planets are elliptical?

a)

Copernicus

b)

Galileo

c)

Kepler

d)

Newton

50.

Which scientist greatly improved the microscope?

a)

Copernicus

b)

Harvey

c)

Mercator

d)

Leeuwenhoek

51.

Which Enlightenment philosopher stated that the basis of government is the consent of the governed?

a)

Voltaire

b)

Rousseau

c)

Locke

d)

Montesquieu

52.

The Social Contract maintained that the “general will” meant . . .

a)

equal representation.

b)

general support for the monarch.

c)

majority rule.

d)

the nature of man.

53.

Which of the following is not associated with John Locke?

a)

empiricism

b)

separation of powers

c)

blank tablet

d)

Humans are basically good

54.

Who advanced the use of chemicals to treat disease?

a)

Harvey

b)

Paracelsus

c)

Jenner

d)

Lavoisier

55.

Which school of thought supported the existence of God as Creator but denied His involvement in human affairs?

a)

deism

b)

rationalism

c)

pantheism

d)

Pietism

56.

Which of the following men was not involved in the field of medicine?

a)

Vesalius

b)

Harvey

c)

Jenner

d)

Kepler

57.

Which of the following preachers never preached in America?

a)

Jonathan Edwards

b)

August Francke

c)

John Wesley

d)

George Whitefield

58.

Which of the following terms does not describe the baroque style?

a)

dramatic

b)

active

c)

balanced

d)

emotional

59.

Boyle’s law says that . . .

a)

the heart pumps blood through arteries and veins.

b)

white light is composed of many colors.

c)

increasing pressure on a gas reduces its volume.

d)

matter cannot be created or destroyed.

60.

Which of the following men was not an astronomer?

a)

Vesalius

b)

Kepler

c)

Copernicus

d)

Galileo

61.

Match the description to the person


model of absolutism

a)

Louis XIV

b)

Frederick II

c)

Joseph II

d)

Ivan IV

e)

Peter I

62.

Match the description to the person


tripled the size of Prussia

a)

Louis XIV

b)

Frederick II

c)

Joseph II

d)

Ivan IV

e)

Peter I

63.

Match the description to the person


ruled with Maria Theresa

a)

Louis XIV

b)

Frederick II

c)

Joseph II

d)

Ivan IV

e)

Peter I

64.

Match the description to the person


called “the Terrible” for his violent rule

a)

Louis XIV

b)

Frederick II

c)

Joseph II

d)

Ivan IV

e)

Peter I

65.

Match the description to the person


began westernizing Russia

a)

Louis XIV

b)

Frederick II

c)

Joseph II

d)

Ivan IV

e)

Peter I

66.

Match the description to the person


Scottish king of England

a)

James I

b)

Charles I

c)

James II

d)

Charles II

e)

George I

67.

Match the description to the person


lost a civil war and his head

a)

James I

b)

Charles I

c)

James II

d)

Charles II

e)

George I

68.

Match the description to the person


lost his throne in a bloodless revolution in 1688

a)

James I

b)

Charles I

c)

James II

d)

Charles II

e)

George I

69.

Match the description to the person


accepted the Bill of Rights

a)

James I

b)

Charles I

c)

James II

d)

Charles II

e)

George I

70.

Match the description to the person


Hanoverian king of England

a)

James I

b)

Charles I

c)

James II

d)

Charles II

e)

George I

71.

Match the following with the correct person.


heliocentric theory

a)

Copernicus

b)

Galileo

c)

Paracelsus

d)

Harvey

e)

Jenner

72.

Match the following with the correct person.


telescope improvements

a)

Copernicus

b)

Galileo

c)

Paracelsus

d)

Harvey

e)

Jenner

73.

Match the following with the correct person.


chemicals used to treat disease

a)

Copernicus

b)

Galileo

c)

Paracelsus

d)

Harvey

e)

Jenner

74.

Match the following with the correct person.


circulation of blood

a)

Copernicus

b)

Galileo

c)

Paracelsus

d)

Harvey

e)

Jenner

75.

Match the following with the correct person.


vaccination

a)

Copernicus

b)

Galileo

c)

Paracelsus

d)

Harvey

e)

Jenner

76.

Match the following with the correct person.


Father of Modern Chemistry

a)

Lavoisier

b)

Mercator

c)

Leeuwenhoek

d)

Descartes

e)

Bacon

77.

Match the following with the correct person.


mapmaker

a)

Lavoisier

b)

Mercator

c)

Leeuwenhoek

d)

Descartes

e)

Bacon

78.

Match the following with the correct person.


microscope improvements

a)

Lavoisier

b)

Mercator

c)

Leeuwenhoek

d)

Descartes

e)

Bacon

79.

Match the following with the correct person.


deductive reasoning

a)

Lavoisier

b)

Mercator

c)

Leeuwenhoek

d)

Descartes

e)

Bacon

80.

Match the following with the correct person.


inductive reasoning

a)

Lavoisier

b)

Mercator

c)

Leeuwenhoek

d)

Descartes

e)

Bacon

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