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What is the “State of
Nature?”
a. | Modern, urban
societies | c. | Governments that
protect the environment | b. | Life as it existed before societies existed | d. | Older, rural societies |
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Plato and Aristotle believed in
absolute truths. Where did Aristotle search for absolute truths?
a. | in the external world through study
and experience | c. | in the
church | b. | through democracy | d. | in the mind |
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3.
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Which philosopher had the
greatest influence on Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence?
a. | John
Locke | c. | Thomas
Hobbes | b. | Jean Rousseau | d. | Emmanuel Kant |
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To Plato the philosopher king
was
a. | the richest person in
society | c. | the person who
worked the hardest to achieve power | b. | the smartest person in society | d. | the strongest person in society |
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5.
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According to the “divine
right of kings,” who gave the king his authority?
a. | Plato | c. | the people | b. | God | d. | the philosophers |
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6.
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Which world leader did
Aristotle tutor?
a. | Julies
Caesar | c. | Socrates | b. | Ganges Khan | d. | Alexander the Great |
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Which statement below is true
about Plato’s Republic?
a. | The state is more important than the
individual | c. | The state and
individuals are equally important | b. | Neither the state or the individual is
important | d. | The individual is more important
than the state |
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What is the Heliocentric
Theory?
a. | the sun is the center of the solar
system | c. | heaven is outside the solar
system | b. | the earth is the center of the solar system | d. | hell is at the center of the solar
system |
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Which philosopher believed that
people were intrinsically bad and they needed a strong king to protect them
a. | Kant | c. | Rousseau | b. | Hobbes | d. | Locke |
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10.
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Why did Henry the 8th of
England break with the Catholic Church and establish the Church of England?
a. | the Pope would not give him a
divorce | c. | he did not like
Italians and the Pope was Italian | b. | he wanted to make the Catholic Church
stronger | d. | he wanted to bring the British
people closer to God. |
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Which philosopher believed in a
“representational democracy?”
a. | Rousseau | c. | Kant | b. | Kant | d. | Locke |
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Which philosopher said that
people have a “natural right,” to life, liberty and property
a. | Baron
Moresque | c. | Isaac
Newton | b. | Rene Descartes | d. | John Locke |
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13.
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In what country did the
Renaissance begin?
a. | England | c. | Germany | b. | Italy | d. | France |
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What are “natural
rights?”
a. | rights bestowed on the people living
in society | c. | rights that you
are born with that come from God | b. | the right to die | d. | the right to a clean environment |
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What is a “social
contract?”
a. | an agreement between the people and
the government | c. | the right of
lawyers to sue | b. | the power of the government to control the
citizens | d. | a marriage
license |
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According to Plato, to be truly
happy you
a. | the richest person in
society | c. | have to be free to
choose any job in life that you want. | b. | need to do the job that you were born to do | d. | the smartest person in society |
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In Medieval times people
supported the geocentric view in science. What is the geocentric view?
a. | the sun is the center of the solar
system | c. | the earth is the center of the solar
system | b. | geography is the most important science | d. | every citizen should learn
geometry |
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Which philosopher believed in
“direct democracy?”
a. | Rousseau | c. | Hobbes | b. | Kant | d. | Locke |
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Why was Socrates executed by
forcing him to drink hemlock?
a. | He stole money from the city
treasury | c. | He murdered his
wife | b. | He corrupted the minds of the youth of
Athens | d. | He forced a slave boy to solve a geometric
problem |
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Which philosopher believed that
all knowledge in inborn?
a. | Aristotle | c. | Locke | b. | Kant | d. | Plato |
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Which philosopher said that
power should be separated in the government so one part of the government does not become too
strong?
a. | John
Locke | c. | Voltaire | b. | Baron Moresque | d. | Isaac Newton |
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22.
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Which groups believe that the
welfare of the state supercedes the rights of any individual inside the state? (pick all that
apply)
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23.
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Which Greek philosophers had
the greatest impact on Western Civilization? (pick all that apply)
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24.
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What did the Catholic church do
regarding Plato’s Republic?
a. | they hid it from the
public | c. | they rejected it as the work of the
devil | b. | they adopted it as a model for society | d. | they accepted it but did not include the king in the
model |
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25.
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Which philosophers believed
that your destiny is fixed at birth?
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26.
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Which philosophers believed
that you become the person you are through life experience and learning?
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27.
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Who believed that your
individual conscience is more important than your social conscience?
a. | Aristotle | c. | Plato | b. | Karl Marx | d. | Socrates |
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28.
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The new ideas of _____
led to the American revolution.
a. | socialism | c. | Socrates and Plato | b. | Martin Luther | d. | the Enlightenment |
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29.
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Nicola Machievelli wrote a book
called, “The Prince.” What was the subject of the book?
a. | explained to kings how they could
break away from the power of the church | c. | explained current advances on science | b. | told artists how they could include perspective in their
paintings | d. | told rulers how they could acquire
and hold political power |
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30.
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Which statement below is NOT
true regarding the Renaissance?
a. | the Catholic Church became stronger
and it consolidated its power in all European countries | c. | people began to interpret science objectively rather than through the eyes of
the church | b. | artists began to include real humans in their
paintings | d. | artists began to use perspective in
their paintings |
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31.
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Plato and Aristotle both
believed in absolute truths. Where did Plato search for absolute truths?
a. | in the
church | c. | in the external world through study
and experience | b. | through democracy | d. | in the mind |
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