Question 1

define the following term:
-Treaty of Karlowitz

Accepted Answer

The Treaty of Karlowitz, also known as t

Question 2

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 3

define the following term:
-Lope de Vega

Accepted Answer

Lope de Vega, also known as Félix Lope d

Question 4

The Thirty Years' War has often been called the "last of the religious wars."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

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 6

The witchcraft craze of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries

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A) came out of the social unrest deriving from the shift from individualism to communalism. 
B) often targeted old, single women 
C) was minimal in comparison to the late Middle Ages. 
D) was primarily restricted to rural areas. 
E) all of the above. 
A) came out of the social unrest deriving from the shift from individualism to communalism. 
B) often targeted old, single women 
C) was minimal in comparison to the late Middle Ages. 
D) was primarily restricted to rural areas. 
E) all of the above.

Question 7

Which of the following exerted the most influence on Italy by the eighteenth century?

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A) France 
B) England 
C) Spain 
D) the Ottoman Empire 
E) Austria 
A) France 
B) England 
C) Spain 
D) the Ottoman Empire 
E) Austria

Question 8

define the following term:
-English Civil War

Accepted Answer

The English Civil War was a series of ar

Question 9

define the following term:
-Amsterdam

Accepted Answer

Amsterdam is the capital city of the Net

Question 10

define the following term:
-William Shakespeare

Accepted Answer

William Shakespeare was an English playw

Question 11

Among other things, the Petition of Right

Accepted Answer

A) stated that the King of England was elected. 
B) maintained that the King could pass no new tax without the consent of Parliament. 
C) restored order in the English military. 
D) made the English monarchy purely ceremonial. 
E) made the Anglican Church the official state church of England and Scotland. 
A) stated that the King of England was elected. 
B) maintained that the King could pass no new tax without the consent of Parliament. 
C) restored order in the English military. 
D) made the English monarchy purely ceremonial. 
E) made the Anglican Church the official state church of England and Scotland.

Question 12

define the following term:
-intendants

Accepted Answer

Intendants were administrative officials

Question 13

Louis XIV used his palace at Versailles to

Accepted Answer

A) dominate the nobility and display his grandeur. 
B) pursue his interest in scientific experimentation. 
C) cultivate luxury crops and enhance royal revenue. 
D) get away from politics and spend time with his family. 
E) provide a spiritual sanctuary from a troubled world. 
A) dominate the nobility and display his grandeur. 
B) pursue his interest in scientific experimentation. 
C) cultivate luxury crops and enhance royal revenue. 
D) get away from politics and spend time with his family. 
E) provide a spiritual sanctuary from a troubled world.

Question 14

The artistic movement Mannerism reached its peak with the work of

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

Question 15

define the following term:
-Peace of Utrecht

Accepted Answer

The Peace of Utrecht, also known as the

Question 16

Imperial general Albrect von Wallenstein

Accepted Answer

A) was assassinated on the orders of Emperor Ferdinand. 
B) was killed at the Battle of Nördlingen. 
C) betrayed the imperial cause by joining the French army. 
D) resigned his commission when it was revealed he was a secret convert to Lutheranism. 
E) became the ruler of the Baltic port of Hamburg with the Peace of Westphalia. 
A) was assassinated on the orders of Emperor Ferdinand. 
B) was killed at the Battle of Nördlingen. 
C) betrayed the imperial cause by joining the French army. 
D) resigned his commission when it was revealed he was a secret convert to Lutheranism. 
E) became the ruler of the Baltic port of Hamburg with the Peace of Westphalia.

Question 17

define the following term:
-witches

Accepted Answer

Witches have been a part of folklore and

Question 18

Why were women the prevalent victims of Europe's witch craze?

Accepted Answer

The witch craze that swept through Europ

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

define the following term:
-Vienna and the Ottoman Empire

Accepted Answer

Vienna and the Ottoman Empire have a lon

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

define the following term: -Treaty of Karlowitz

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

define the following term: -Lope de Vega

The Thirty Years' War has often been called the "last of the religious wars."

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

The witchcraft craze of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries

Which of the following exerted the most influence on Italy by the eighteenth century?

define the following term: -English Civil War

define the following term: -Amsterdam

define the following term: -William Shakespeare

Among other things, the Petition of Right

define the following term: -intendants

Louis XIV used his palace at Versailles to

The artistic movement Mannerism reached its peak with the work of

define the following term: -Peace of Utrecht

Imperial general Albrect von Wallenstein

define the following term: -witches

Why were women the prevalent victims of Europe's witch craze?

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

define the following term: -Vienna and the Ottoman Empire

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