Question 1

Discuss the consolidation of Habsburg territorial power under Leopold I.What obstacles did he face, and what was the result of his policies?

Accepted Answer

Domestically, Leopold's religious and ad

Question 2

One of the consequences to the Nine Years' War was the discontent of the French people due the burden of war taxes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Features of European social and economic life in the seventeenth century included

Accepted Answer

A) the decline of Atlantic trading centers and the flourishing of Mediterranean ports. 
B) the decline in urban population. 
C) frequent peasant rebellions against higher taxes. 
D) the abolition of the putting-out system. 
E) a better living style and level of life for the urban working classes. 
A) the decline of Atlantic trading centers and the flourishing of Mediterranean ports. 
B) the decline in urban population. 
C) frequent peasant rebellions against higher taxes. 
D) the abolition of the putting-out system. 
E) a better living style and level of life for the urban working classes.

Question 4

Which of the following statements, related to civility in the seventeenth century, is not correct?

Accepted Answer

A) Dining utensils had been introduced into eating. 
B) It opened up a gulf between the classes. 
C) Violence did not decrease, although social manners did. 
D) A napkin replaced the use of the sleeve and fingers. 
E) To show class, nobles traveled by coach instead on horseback. 
A) Dining utensils had been introduced into eating. 
B) It opened up a gulf between the classes. 
C) Violence did not decrease, although social manners did. 
D) A napkin replaced the use of the sleeve and fingers. 
E) To show class, nobles traveled by coach instead on horseback.

Question 5

The Ottoman threat to Europe finally ended with which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) the recapture of Hungary 
B) the defeat of the Ottomans at the second siege of Vienna 
C) the victory at Lepanto in 1570 
D) the Treaty of Carlowitz in 1699 
E) the recapture of Constantinople 
A) the recapture of Hungary 
B) the defeat of the Ottomans at the second siege of Vienna 
C) the victory at Lepanto in 1570 
D) the Treaty of Carlowitz in 1699 
E) the recapture of Constantinople

Question 6

How did the Thirty Years' War change military tactics?

Accepted Answer

A) It increased the usefulness of cavalry. 
B) It focused on hand to hand combat. 
C) It increased the use of guns, with an emphasis on drill and discipline. 
D) It led to smaller, more mobile armies. 
E) It led to a rise of mercenaries. 
A) It increased the usefulness of cavalry. 
B) It focused on hand to hand combat. 
C) It increased the use of guns, with an emphasis on drill and discipline. 
D) It led to smaller, more mobile armies. 
E) It led to a rise of mercenaries.

Question 7

How did Mazarin defuse the Fronde?

Accepted Answer

A) by following the policies of Richelieu 
B) by negotiating separate peaces with various individual nobles 
C) by playing off the parlement's fear of the Estates-General 
D) None of the above. 
E) Choices a and b. 
A) by following the policies of Richelieu 
B) by negotiating separate peaces with various individual nobles 
C) by playing off the parlement's fear of the Estates-General 
D) None of the above. 
E) Choices a and b.

Question 8

What was the name of the French representative assembly?

Accepted Answer

A) parlements 
B) parliament 
C) Cortes 
D) Estates-General 
E) The Diet 
A) parlements 
B) parliament 
C) Cortes 
D) Estates-General 
E) The Diet

Question 9

What did "Pride's Purge" accomplish?

Accepted Answer

A) the resumption of civil war 
B) the abolition of the monarchy 
C) the expulsion of moderate Presbyterians from parliament 
D) the creation of Cromwell as the new king of England 
E) the crushing of royalist resistance 
A) the resumption of civil war 
B) the abolition of the monarchy 
C) the expulsion of moderate Presbyterians from parliament 
D) the creation of Cromwell as the new king of England 
E) the crushing of royalist resistance

Question 10

How did Louis architecturally symbolize his theory of absolutism?

Accepted Answer

A) He built many Cathedrals. 
B) In massive public works. 
C) He constructed the great palace of Versailles. 
D) He redesigned the city of Paris. 
E) None of these. 
A) He built many Cathedrals. 
B) In massive public works. 
C) He constructed the great palace of Versailles. 
D) He redesigned the city of Paris. 
E) None of these.

Question 11

Profit from seventeenth-century European colonies in the Americas was increasingly based on

Accepted Answer

A) cash crops, especially sugar and tobacco. 
B) extraction of wealth, such as silver, rather than production. 
C) manufactured goods produced in the colonies. 
D) drugs and herbal medicines produced by the Indians. 
E) the fur trade. 
A) cash crops, especially sugar and tobacco. 
B) extraction of wealth, such as silver, rather than production. 
C) manufactured goods produced in the colonies. 
D) drugs and herbal medicines produced by the Indians. 
E) the fur trade.

Question 12

The early reign of Louis XIV was marked by the rise of a powerful representative assembly called the Parliament of Paris.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

What was the Fronde?

Accepted Answer

A) A peasant revolt in France 
B) The resistance of the nobility to the policies of absolutism in France 
C) Resistance by Huguenots to royal policy 
D) The on-again, off-again war with Spain 
E) None of these. 
A) A peasant revolt in France 
B) The resistance of the nobility to the policies of absolutism in France 
C) Resistance by Huguenots to royal policy 
D) The on-again, off-again war with Spain 
E) None of these.

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

Discuss the consolidation of Habsburg territorial power under Leopold I.What obstacles did he face, and what was the result of his policies?

One of the consequences to the Nine Years' War was the discontent of the French people due the burden of war taxes.

Features of European social and economic life in the seventeenth century included

Which of the following statements, related to civility in the seventeenth century, is not correct?

The Ottoman threat to Europe finally ended with which of the following?

How did the Thirty Years' War change military tactics?

How did Mazarin defuse the Fronde?

What was the name of the French representative assembly?

What did "Pride's Purge" accomplish?

How did Louis architecturally symbolize his theory of absolutism?

Profit from seventeenth-century European colonies in the Americas was increasingly based on

The early reign of Louis XIV was marked by the rise of a powerful representative assembly called the Parliament of Paris.

What was the Fronde?

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