MOH Week 2

1

100

In the (Sneev) _________ Years' War, Frederick II went to war against Maria Theresa (the 23 year old duchess of Austria) for the possession of Silesia.

Seven

200

In a moment of sarcasm, Frederick compared his predicament in Europe to a man being swarmed by (slief)

flies

300

Frederick II went on to war against Maria Theresa to gain ____________ because it had a coming textile industry and loads of coal and iron. 

a. Saxony

b. Sweden

c. Silesia

d. Spain

c. Silesia

2

100

The Enlightenment was a movement of the eighteenth century when philosophers looked to "human (sarneo) ______________" to better understand mankind. 

reason

200

Though not "on the map" today (surPsai)________ was about where Germany and Poland meet today on the coast of the Baltic Sea.

Prussia

300

Written in 1762, ______________ was Jean-Jacques Rousseau's most famous work, it influenced both the American Revolution and the Frech Revolution

a. Candide

b. Julie

c. Emile

d. The Social Contract

d. The Social Contract

3

100

Though Voltaire was disgruntled with the Roman Catholic Church, he was neither a reformer nor an atheist--he was a (steid) _______

deist

200

Writing in secret, Benjamin Franklin submitted letters to his brother's newspaper signed by "Mrs. (cleeniS) __________ Dogood."

Silence

300

_________ contained a calendar, a handbook for farmers, and the famous quips and tips of Benjamin Franklin, such as "A penny saved is a penny earned."

a. Poor Richard's Almanack

b. Letters of "Mrs. Silence Dogood"

c. The Pennsylvania Gazette

d. the minutes of the Constitutional Convention

b. Poor Richard's Almanack

4

100

Whether Christians agreed with Voltaire's worldview or not, he promoted religious (dromefe) ____________ up to his dying day. 

freedom

200

Pleading before the Constitutional Convention to consider prayer, Benjamin Franklin famously said, "...And if a (rapswor) ______________ cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid?"

sparrow

300

Though not on the map today, Prussia was located about where Germany and Poland meet today on the coast of the ______________.

Baltic Sea

5

100

Besides the fact that Benjamin Franklin invented an iron strove, bifocals, swim fins, and a glass harmonica, he also studied and named the (fulG) __________ Stream, a natural waterway in the Atlantic Ocean

Gulf

200

Voltaire was one of the most influential ____________ of the Enlightenment.

a. atheists

b. reformers

c. agnostics

d. deists

d. deists

300

Fourteen years after the American Revolution, Benjamin Franklin died peacefully in his sleep in his _________.

a. 60s

b. 70s

c. 80s

d. 90s

c. 80s