AP (Advanced Placement) · AP European History

Contextualizing the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment: Practice Questions

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Question 1
1 mark

In his Treatise on Toleration (1763), Voltaire argued that religious fanaticism was a threat to social order. Which of the following historical events did he use as a primary example of judicial injustice fueled by religious prejudice?

Question 2
1 mark

Johannes Kepler's laws of planetary motion modified the Copernican system primarily by demonstrating that:

Question 3
1 mark

Consider the political philosophy of Thomas Hobbes as presented in Leviathan (1651). Which of the following best explains his justification for absolute sovereignty?

Question 4
1 mark

Which of the following best characterizes the impact of the Enlightened Absolutists (such as Joseph II of Austria) on the traditional social structures of the 18th century?

Question 5
1 mark

In the context of the 18th-century Scientific Revolution, what was the primary significance of Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica?

Question 6
4 marks

Evaluate how the Heliocentric Model proposed by Nicolaus Copernicus challenged the Aristotelian-Ptolemaic worldview and the theological foundations of the Catholic Church.

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