Question 1

Talk about:
-William Shakespeare

Accepted Answer

William Shakespeare was an English playw

Question 2

Which of the following statements best applies to Peter the Great of Russia?

Accepted Answer

A)  His program of Europeanization was predominantly technical and aimed at modernizing the military. 
B)  His respect for Western governments led to increased powers for the representative assembly. 
C)  His traditional, conservative attitude stripped away all previous social gains for women. 
D)  His desire to teach Russians Western customs could not be enforced among the old-fashioned nobles. 
E)  He rejected Westernization in favor of Orthodoxy. 
A)  His program of Europeanization was predominantly technical and aimed at modernizing the military. 
B)  His respect for Western governments led to increased powers for the representative assembly. 
C)  His traditional, conservative attitude stripped away all previous social gains for women. 
D)  His desire to teach Russians Western customs could not be enforced among the old-fashioned nobles. 
E)  He rejected Westernization in favor of Orthodoxy.

Question 3

Talk about:
-John Locke

Accepted Answer

John Locke was a 17th-century English ph

Question 4

Talk about:
-Vienna and the Ottoman Empire

Accepted Answer

Vienna and the Ottoman Empire have a lon

Question 5

Talk about:
-the Hohenzollerns

Accepted Answer

The Hohenzollerns were a German noble fa

Question 6

Peter the Great's ambition was to make Russia more like

Accepted Answer

A)  Austria. 
B)  Poland. 
C)  Prussia. 
D)  its former self. 
E)  western Europe. 
A)  Austria. 
B)  Poland. 
C)  Prussia. 
D)  its former self. 
E)  western Europe.

Question 7

Cardinal Richelieu understood that, in Louis XIV's France, the most important roadblock to building a strong monarchy was

Accepted Answer

A)  the rising cost of warfare. 
B)  witchcraft. 
C)  resistance by the great nobles. 
D)  armed uprisings by workers in Paris. 
E)  peasant revolts in the countryside. 
A)  the rising cost of warfare. 
B)  witchcraft. 
C)  resistance by the great nobles. 
D)  armed uprisings by workers in Paris. 
E)  peasant revolts in the countryside.

Question 8

Talk about:
-​Albrecht von Wallenstein

Accepted Answer

Albrecht von Wallenstein was a military

Question 9

Oliver Cromwell remains a polarizing figure in British history. What were his achievements, and how did his contemporaries assess his strengths and weaknesses?

Accepted Answer

Oliver Cromwell, a key figure in British

Question 10

Talk about:
-the Romanovs

Accepted Answer

The Romanovs were the ruling dynasty of

Question 11

Talk about:
-Amsterdam

Accepted Answer

Amsterdam is the capital city of the Net

Question 12

Talk about:
-intendants

Accepted Answer

Intendants were administrative officials

Question 13

Talk about:
-James II

Accepted Answer

James II was the King of England and Ire

Question 14

Talk about:
-Poland's Sejm

Accepted Answer

The Sejm is the lower house of the bicam

Question 15

Baroque art

Accepted Answer

A)  was a revolt against the ideals of the Italian Renaissance. 
B)  attempted to blend the feelings of the religious reformations with classical Renaissance art. 
C)  was very similar to the French Impressionists of a later period. 
D)  was eclectic, featuring elements of Renaissance, medieval, and Mannerist art. 
E)  was a rejection of neo-classicism. 
A)  was a revolt against the ideals of the Italian Renaissance. 
B)  attempted to blend the feelings of the religious reformations with classical Renaissance art. 
C)  was very similar to the French Impressionists of a later period. 
D)  was eclectic, featuring elements of Renaissance, medieval, and Mannerist art. 
E)  was a rejection of neo-classicism.

Question 16

Absolutism means that

Accepted Answer

A)  the real power in any state must be religious and exercised by the church. 
B)  ultimate authority rests solely in the hands of a king who rules by divine right. 
C)  subordinate powers have an absolute right to overrule the king on conducting the affairs of state. 
D)  no matter how humble, male citizens have an absolute right to participate in politics. 
E)  rule by a secular dictator, justifying his/her authority by supposedly serving the people. 
A)  the real power in any state must be religious and exercised by the church. 
B)  ultimate authority rests solely in the hands of a king who rules by divine right. 
C)  subordinate powers have an absolute right to overrule the king on conducting the affairs of state. 
D)  no matter how humble, male citizens have an absolute right to participate in politics. 
E)  rule by a secular dictator, justifying his/her authority by supposedly serving the people.

Question 17

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 18

Louis XIV's Edict of Fontainebleau

Accepted Answer

A)  created new ranks of intendants to govern various regions of France. 
B)  revoked the earlier Edict of Nantes, curtailed the rights of French Protestants, and caused thousands of highly skilled Huguenot to flee the country. 
C)  established new standards of court etiquette and was intended to diminish the power of great nobles. 
D)  removed most French bishops from their sees and replaced them with nobles to strengthen Louis' control of the French Catholic Church. 
E)  moved the Estates General from Paris to Fontainebleau. 
A)  created new ranks of intendants to govern various regions of France. 
B)  revoked the earlier Edict of Nantes, curtailed the rights of French Protestants, and caused thousands of highly skilled Huguenot to flee the country. 
C)  established new standards of court etiquette and was intended to diminish the power of great nobles. 
D)  removed most French bishops from their sees and replaced them with nobles to strengthen Louis' control of the French Catholic Church. 
E)  moved the Estates General from Paris to Fontainebleau.

Question 19

Talk about:
-​Junkers

Accepted Answer

The term "Junkers" refers to a specific

Question 20

As a result of the Glorious Revolution, by the beginning of the eighteenth century, Parliament possessed supreme political authority in Britain and the monarch had become merely a figurehead.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Talk about: -William Shakespeare

Which of the following statements best applies to Peter the Great of Russia?

Talk about: -John Locke

Talk about: -Vienna and the Ottoman Empire

Talk about: -the Hohenzollerns

Peter the Great's ambition was to make Russia more like

Cardinal Richelieu understood that, in Louis XIV's France, the most important roadblock to building a strong monarchy was

Talk about: -Albrecht von Wallenstein

Oliver Cromwell remains a polarizing figure in British history. What were his achievements, and how did his contemporaries assess his strengths and weaknesses?

Talk about: -the Romanovs

Talk about: -Amsterdam

Talk about: -intendants

Talk about: -James II

Talk about: -Poland's Sejm

Baroque art

Absolutism means that

Louis XIV used his palace at Versailles to

Louis XIV's Edict of Fontainebleau

Talk about: -Junkers

As a result of the Glorious Revolution, by the beginning of the eighteenth century, Parliament possessed supreme political authority in Britain and the monarch had become merely a figurehead.

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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Exam 3: State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century

Talk about: -William Shakespeare

Which of the following statements best applies to Peter the Great of Russia?

Talk about: -John Locke

Talk about: -Vienna and the Ottoman Empire

Talk about: -the Hohenzollerns

Peter the Great's ambition was to make Russia more like

Cardinal Richelieu understood that, in Louis XIV's France, the most important roadblock to building a strong monarchy was

Talk about: -​Albrecht von Wallenstein

Oliver Cromwell remains a polarizing figure in British history. What were his achievements, and how did his contemporaries assess his strengths and weaknesses?

Talk about: -the Romanovs

Talk about: -Amsterdam

Talk about: -intendants

Talk about: -James II

Talk about: -Poland's Sejm

Baroque art

Absolutism means that

Louis XIV used his palace at Versailles to

Louis XIV's Edict of Fontainebleau

Talk about: -​Junkers

As a result of the Glorious Revolution, by the beginning of the eighteenth century, Parliament possessed supreme political authority in Britain and the monarch had become merely a figurehead.

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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Talk about: -Albrecht von Wallenstein

Talk about: -Junkers