Question 1

Each Dutch stadholder was responsible for leading the army and maintaining order.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

How and why did the English Parliament resist the Stuart's efforts to rule as absolute monarchs?

Accepted Answer

The English Parliament resisted the Stua

Question 3

Which statement best describes the economic policies of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Louis XIV's controller general of finances?

Accepted Answer

A) They were absolutely unique in Europe. 
B) They involved new accounting practices to take the tax burden off the peasants. 
C) They were based on the economic theory of mercantilism. 
D) They gave Louis a large surplus in the treasury that he needed to carry out his wars. 
E) They could best be described as laissez-faire. 
A) They were absolutely unique in Europe. 
B) They involved new accounting practices to take the tax burden off the peasants. 
C) They were based on the economic theory of mercantilism. 
D) They gave Louis a large surplus in the treasury that he needed to carry out his wars. 
E) They could best be described as laissez-faire.

Question 4

Please define the following key terms.
-States General

Accepted Answer

The States General, also known as the Es

Question 5

What was Cardinal Richelieu's greatest success as Louis XIII's chief minister?

Accepted Answer

A) Evicting the Huguenot presence from France after the La Rochelle rebellion 
B) Expanding the political and social rights of the Huguenots 
C) Creating a reservoir of funds for the treasury 
D) Emerging victorious from the Fronde revolts of the nobility 
E) Strengthening the central role of the monarchy in domestic and foreign policy 
A) Evicting the Huguenot presence from France after the La Rochelle rebellion 
B) Expanding the political and social rights of the Huguenots 
C) Creating a reservoir of funds for the treasury 
D) Emerging victorious from the Fronde revolts of the nobility 
E) Strengthening the central role of the monarchy in domestic and foreign policy

Question 6

Please define the following key terms.
-Baroque

Accepted Answer

The Baroque period in art and music last

Question 7

Please define the following key terms.
-Versailles

Accepted Answer

Versailles is a historic palace located

Question 8

Please define the following key terms.
-Thomas Hobbes

Accepted Answer

Thomas Hobbes was an English philosopher

Question 9

Leopold I's policy of eastward expansion was challenged by

Accepted Answer

A) the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War. 
B) a coalition of western European powers. 
C) an energized Sweden. 
D) the collapse of the Romanov dynasty. 
E) the revival of Ottoman power. 
A) the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War. 
B) a coalition of western European powers. 
C) an energized Sweden. 
D) the collapse of the Romanov dynasty. 
E) the revival of Ottoman power.

Question 10

What was a major factor in the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War?

Accepted Answer

A) Religious disputes 
B) Trade disputes 
C) Famine 
D) Rampant social unrest 
E) Witchcraft 
A) Religious disputes 
B) Trade disputes 
C) Famine 
D) Rampant social unrest 
E) Witchcraft

Question 11

Please define the following key terms.
-Bernini and Gentileschi

Accepted Answer

Bernini and Gentileschi are both signifi

Question 12

Which statement best describes the witch hunts of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?

Accepted Answer

A) They involved the prosecution of more than 100,000 people. 
B) They were often directed against old single men. 
C) They were generally directed only at people who denied that they were religious. 
D) They were primarily restricted to rural areas. 
E) They were minimal in comparison to the late Middle Ages. 
A) They involved the prosecution of more than 100,000 people. 
B) They were often directed against old single men. 
C) They were generally directed only at people who denied that they were religious. 
D) They were primarily restricted to rural areas. 
E) They were minimal in comparison to the late Middle Ages.

Question 13

Louis XIV became king in his own right upon the death of

Accepted Answer

A) Anne of Austria. 
B) Maria de Medici. 
C) Louis XIII. 
D) Richelieu. 
E) Mazarin. 
A) Anne of Austria. 
B) Maria de Medici. 
C) Louis XIII. 
D) Richelieu. 
E) Mazarin.

Question 14

What steps did Louis XIV take to limit the power and autonomy of the French aristocracy?

Accepted Answer

Louis XIV took several steps to limit th

Question 15

Please define the following key terms.
-Philip III

Accepted Answer

Philip III, also known as Philip III of

Question 16

Please define the following key terms.
-John Locke

Accepted Answer

John Locke was a 17th-century English ph

Question 17

Please define the following key terms.
-Olivares

Accepted Answer

The term "Olivares" can refer to differe

Question 18

The Thirty Years' War began when _____ in Bohemia rebelled against Habsburg authority.

Accepted Answer

A) Muslim refugees 
B) ethnic minorities 
C) Calvinist nobles 
D) Catholic peasants 
E) Lutheran priests 
A) Muslim refugees 
B) ethnic minorities 
C) Calvinist nobles 
D) Catholic peasants 
E) Lutheran priests

Question 19

Please define the following key terms.
-Puritans

Accepted Answer

The Puritans were a group of English Pro

Question 20

What was the most destructive war in European history up until the middle of the seventeenth century?

Accepted Answer

A) The Thirty Years' War 
B) The Hundred Years' War 
C) The Wars of the Roses 
D) The English Civil War 
E) The Revolt of the Netherlands 
A) The Thirty Years' War 
B) The Hundred Years' War 
C) The Wars of the Roses 
D) The English Civil War 
E) The Revolt of the Netherlands

Exam 15: State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century.

Each Dutch stadholder was responsible for leading the army and maintaining order.

How and why did the English Parliament resist the Stuart's efforts to rule as absolute monarchs?

Which statement best describes the economic policies of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Louis XIV's controller general of finances?

Please define the following key terms. -States General

What was Cardinal Richelieu's greatest success as Louis XIII's chief minister?

Please define the following key terms. -Baroque

Please define the following key terms. -Versailles

Please define the following key terms. -Thomas Hobbes

Leopold I's policy of eastward expansion was challenged by

What was a major factor in the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War?

Please define the following key terms. -Bernini and Gentileschi

Which statement best describes the witch hunts of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?

Louis XIV became king in his own right upon the death of

What steps did Louis XIV take to limit the power and autonomy of the French aristocracy?

Please define the following key terms. -Philip III

Please define the following key terms. -John Locke

Please define the following key terms. -Olivares

The Thirty Years' War began when _____ in Bohemia rebelled against Habsburg authority.

Please define the following key terms. -Puritans

What was the most destructive war in European history up until the middle of the seventeenth century?

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The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires.

The Civilization of the Greeks.

The Hellenistic World.

The Roman Republic.

The Roman Empire.

Late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World.

European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750–1000.

The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages.

The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power.

The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century.

Recovery and Rebirth: The Age of the Renaissance.

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century.

Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500–1800.

Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science.

The Eighteenth Century: An Age of Enlightenment.

The Eighteenth Century: European States, International Wars, and Social Change.

A Revolution in Politics: The Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon.

The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society.

Reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism, 1815–1850.

An Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850–1871.

Mass Society in an “Age of Progress,” 1871–1894.

An Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism, 1894–1914.

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution.

The Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars, 1919–1939.

The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War II.

Cold War and a New Western World, 1945–1965.

Protest and Stagnation: The Western World, 1965–1985.

After the Fall: The Western World in a Global Age (Since 1985)

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