Before the Enlightenment the term that people in the West commonly
used for their civilization was
Christendom
According to the article about Western Civilization by Kurth, real
discussion of Western Civilization today is usually undertaken by political,
intellectual, and religious leaders of non-Western societies.
True
According to the lecture presentation on the modern state, what was it
about Prussia that made it seem like an unlikely candidate for a national state?
Geographically, it consisted of three, diverse, non-contiguous realms
In the lecture presentation on the modern state, which of the following
was NOT given as part of the impact of the rise of the national state?
Which of the following was NOT one of the tools used by monarchs to
subject all other political authorities to their will?
representative bodies
The success of Louis XIV's absolute authority was largely due to
his ability to diminish the power of the nobility without reducing their social
status.
The growth of royal power in England through the sixteenth century
The Holy Roman Empire failed to unify its diverse political units into a
cohesive state because:
the Reformation fostered division and bolstered the German nobility's
claims to local power.
Which of the following best describes the shift in worldview that resulted
from the Scientific Revolution?
Nature came to be understood as mechanical, composed of matter and
motion in ways that could be explained mathematically.
The Scientific Revolution resulted in all of the following except the
elimination of religion as a force in society.
The most important thinkers associated with the Scientific Revolution
Galileo
built a telescope and observed the moons of Jupiter.
The Copernican view of the universe was revolutionary in that it
removed the earth from its central position and made it just another planet.
Newton believed that God played no role in the operation of the universe.
False
Francis Bacon believed that science should be studied:
to improve the human condition
In the video lecture, a tennis ball was used to demonstrate Newton's ideas
about
law of gravitation
