Question 1

The War of Spanish Succession ended with

Accepted Answer

A) the Peace of the Pyrenees. 
B) the Peace of Westphalia. 
C) the Treaty of Ryswick. 
D) the Treaty of Nystadt. 
E) the Peace of Utrecht and of Rastatt. 
A) the Peace of the Pyrenees. 
B) the Peace of Westphalia. 
C) the Treaty of Ryswick. 
D) the Treaty of Nystadt. 
E) the Peace of Utrecht and of Rastatt.

Question 2

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
John Locke

Accepted Answer

John Locke was a 17th-century English ph

Question 3

Which group was most successful in placing limits on monarchial absolutism?

Accepted Answer

A) Landed nobility 
B) Merchants 
C) Peasants 
D) Soldiers 
E) Priests 
A) Landed nobility 
B) Merchants 
C) Peasants 
D) Soldiers 
E) Priests

Question 4

How did the Ottoman Empire fare in the seventeenth century? Why were Ottomans no longer a credible threat to Europe by the end of the century?

Accepted Answer

In the seventeenth century, the Ottoman

Question 5

The Austrian monarchy never became a highly centralized, absolutist state, in part because it included too many different national groups.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The Baroque artist who completed Saint Peter's Basilica and the Ecstasy of Saint Teresa was

Accepted Answer

A) Rembrandt van Rijn. 
B) Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 
C) El Greco. 
D) Artemisia Gentileschi. 
E) Peter Paul Rubens. 
A) Rembrandt van Rijn. 
B) Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 
C) El Greco. 
D) Artemisia Gentileschi. 
E) Peter Paul Rubens.

Question 7

Gustavus Adolphus, king of Sweden, developed the first standing army of conscripts, an army notable for its flexible tactics.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What ideas and practices caused conflict between king and Parliament in seventeenth-century England that culminated in civil war? What role did religion play in shaping politics and society during the 1640s and 1650s?

Accepted Answer

The conflict between the king and Parlia

Question 9

Mazarin tried to carry on the policies of

Accepted Answer

A) Locke. 
B) Calvin. 
C) Henry IV. 
D) Richelieu. 
E) Louis XVI. 
A) Locke. 
B) Calvin. 
C) Henry IV. 
D) Richelieu. 
E) Louis XVI.

Question 10

Why did England move toward a limited monarchy while places like Prussia, Austria, and Russia moved toward a more robust and absolutist monarchy?

Accepted Answer

England moved toward a limited monarchy

Question 11

What techniques and practices defined warfare in the seventeenth century, and do they constitute a "military revolution"? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

The seventeenth century saw significant

Question 12

What happened to the Holy Roman Empire after 1648?

Accepted Answer

A) It became one of the most powerful and centralized monarchies in Europe under the domination of Spanish grandees. 
B) It was not really an empire at all but rather a loose association of 300 German states. 
C) It became divided into three great warring states: Prussia, Poland, and Silesia. 
D) It continued to acknowledge the temporal power of the pope. 
E) It was ruled by the Bourbons. 
A) It became one of the most powerful and centralized monarchies in Europe under the domination of Spanish grandees. 
B) It was not really an empire at all but rather a loose association of 300 German states. 
C) It became divided into three great warring states: Prussia, Poland, and Silesia. 
D) It continued to acknowledge the temporal power of the pope. 
E) It was ruled by the Bourbons.

Question 13

The witchcraft hysteria began to subside by the mid-seventeenth century for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) a tempering of religious passions in the wake of religious wars. 
B) the growing unwillingness of magistrates to accept the conditions generated by trials of witches. 
C) the stabilization of governments after a period of crisis. 
D) the questioning of traditional attitudes toward religion. 
E) the passage of laws recognizing the equality of women in European society. 
A) a tempering of religious passions in the wake of religious wars. 
B) the growing unwillingness of magistrates to accept the conditions generated by trials of witches. 
C) the stabilization of governments after a period of crisis. 
D) the questioning of traditional attitudes toward religion. 
E) the passage of laws recognizing the equality of women in European society.

Question 14

What best describes Russian society in the seventeenth century?

Accepted Answer

A) It witnessed the reign of Ivan the Terrible. 
B) It witnessed profound religious reforms in the Russian Orthodox church. 
C) It was highly stratified, with the tsar and landed aristocrats at the top and peasants bound to the land at the bottom. 
D) It saw the rise of the merchant class to power. 
E) It saw the end of serfdom and the emergence of a prosperous free peasantry. 
A) It witnessed the reign of Ivan the Terrible. 
B) It witnessed profound religious reforms in the Russian Orthodox church. 
C) It was highly stratified, with the tsar and landed aristocrats at the top and peasants bound to the land at the bottom. 
D) It saw the rise of the merchant class to power. 
E) It saw the end of serfdom and the emergence of a prosperous free peasantry.

Question 15

Louis XIV pursued a(n)____ policy.

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A) progressive religious 
B) anti-religious 
C) pro-Protestant 
D) anti-Catholic 
E) anti-Protestant 
A) progressive religious 
B) anti-religious 
C) pro-Protestant 
D) anti-Catholic 
E) anti-Protestant

Question 16

As a result of the Peace of Westphalia of 1648

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A) the German population was to be converted to Catholicism. 
B) all German states could choose their own religions, except for Calvinism. 
C) German states were allowed to determine their religion. 
D) the institution of the Holy Roman Empire was to be the ruling force in Germany for the next 100 years. 
E) the Holy Roman Empire was dismembered. 
A) the German population was to be converted to Catholicism. 
B) all German states could choose their own religions, except for Calvinism. 
C) German states were allowed to determine their religion. 
D) the institution of the Holy Roman Empire was to be the ruling force in Germany for the next 100 years. 
E) the Holy Roman Empire was dismembered.

Question 17

Why were women the most prevalent victims of Europe's witch craze? What does this reveal about the social climate at the time, and especially, ideas about gender?

Accepted Answer

Women were the most prevalent victims of

Question 18

The object of Peter the Great's domestic reforms was to make Russia

Accepted Answer

A) a military power. 
B) democratic. 
C) egalitarian. 
D) an Asian monarchy. 
E) a wholly agrarian nation. 
A) a military power. 
B) democratic. 
C) egalitarian. 
D) an Asian monarchy. 
E) a wholly agrarian nation.

Question 19

What were the causes of the Thirty Years' War, and what were the short-term and long-term consequences of the conflict?

Accepted Answer

The causes of the Thirty Years' War were

Question 20

The Habsburg emperor was

Accepted Answer

A) archduke of Austria. 
B) king of Bohemia. 
C) king of Hungary. 
D) Holy Roman Emperor. 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) archduke of Austria. 
B) king of Bohemia. 
C) king of Hungary. 
D) Holy Roman Emperor. 
E) All of these are correct.

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

The War of Spanish Succession ended with

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. John Locke

Which group was most successful in placing limits on monarchial absolutism?

How did the Ottoman Empire fare in the seventeenth century? Why were Ottomans no longer a credible threat to Europe by the end of the century?

The Austrian monarchy never became a highly centralized, absolutist state, in part because it included too many different national groups.

The Baroque artist who completed Saint Peter's Basilica and the Ecstasy of Saint Teresa was

Gustavus Adolphus, king of Sweden, developed the first standing army of conscripts, an army notable for its flexible tactics.

What ideas and practices caused conflict between king and Parliament in seventeenth-century England that culminated in civil war? What role did religion play in shaping politics and society during the 1640s and 1650s?

Mazarin tried to carry on the policies of

Why did England move toward a limited monarchy while places like Prussia, Austria, and Russia moved toward a more robust and absolutist monarchy?

What techniques and practices defined warfare in the seventeenth century, and do they constitute a "military revolution"? Why or why not?

What happened to the Holy Roman Empire after 1648?

The witchcraft hysteria began to subside by the mid-seventeenth century for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

What best describes Russian society in the seventeenth century?

Louis XIV pursued a(n)____ policy.

As a result of the Peace of Westphalia of 1648

Why were women the most prevalent victims of Europe's witch craze? What does this reveal about the social climate at the time, and especially, ideas about gender?

The object of Peter the Great's domestic reforms was to make Russia

What were the causes of the Thirty Years' War, and what were the short-term and long-term consequences of the conflict?

The Habsburg emperor was

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