Exam 16: Europe in the Age of Louis Xiv, Ca1640-1715

Summarize the character and political methods of Louis XIV.What specific measures in administrative, economic, and religious policy did he promote? How did he use the court at Versailles as an instrument of royal control?

What was not one of the causes of the peasant rebellions in the 17^th century?

The consolidation and coherence of Austria was accomplished by all of the following except

Why did Peter the great found St.Petersburg?

Molière and Racine were

Louis XIV increased the efficiency of his government by

What is not a characteristic of the Society of Friends (Quakers)?

An important new German power that emerged after the Thirty Years' War was

What was the great achievement of Jan Sobieski?

What sort of Constitutional arrangement was favored by the parliamentarian Presbyterians?

Leopold I was instrumental in driving the Ottoman Empire out of the kingdom of Hungary.

Political and religious opposition to Charles I of England resulted in

Two years after Cromwell's death, a newly elected Parliament

Which nation did Russia fight in the Great Northern War?

Summarize the Dutch "Golden Age." Why is it so called?

Factors in the success of the Dutch overseas trading empire included

All of the following were true of the Netherlands during this period except it had

Who were the Junkers?

In what ways did James II compromise his position prior to the "Glorious Revolution"?

Cromwell is known for all of the following except