Question 1

Russian society in the seventeenth century

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A)  witnessed the reign of Ivan the Terrible. 
B)  witnessed profound religious reforms in the Russian Orthodox church. 
C)  was characterized by a highly oppressive system of serfdom. 
D)  saw the rise of the merchant class to power. 
E)  saw the end of serfdom and the emergence of a prosperous free peasantry. 
A)  witnessed the reign of Ivan the Terrible. 
B)  witnessed profound religious reforms in the Russian Orthodox church. 
C)  was characterized by a highly oppressive system of serfdom. 
D)  saw the rise of the merchant class to power. 
E)  saw the end of serfdom and the emergence of a prosperous free peasantry.

Question 2

Louis XIV restructured the administration of the French government by all of the following except

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A)  personally dominating the actions of his ministers and secretaries. 
B)  adding loyal followers from relatively new aristocratic families to the royal council. 
C)  making the court a main arena where rival aristocratic factions jockeyed for power. 
D)  using Versailles as a place where powerful subjects came to find favors and offices for themselves and their supporters. 
E)  removing the central policy-making machinery of government from his own court and household. 
A)  personally dominating the actions of his ministers and secretaries. 
B)  adding loyal followers from relatively new aristocratic families to the royal council. 
C)  making the court a main arena where rival aristocratic factions jockeyed for power. 
D)  using Versailles as a place where powerful subjects came to find favors and offices for themselves and their supporters. 
E)  removing the central policy-making machinery of government from his own court and household.

Question 3

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

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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 4

Compare and contrast the reigns of Frederick William of Brandenburg-Prussia and Peter the Great of Russia. How are their policies similar? How are they different?

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Frederick William of Brandenburg-Prussia

Question 5

Baroque art

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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 6

Talk about:
-the Romanovs

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The Romanovs were the ruling dynasty of

Question 7

Absolutism means that

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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 8

Following the Thirty Years' War, what country became dominant in Europe?

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A)  Sweden 
B)  England 
C)  Germany 
D)  Spain 
E)  France 
A)  Sweden 
B)  England 
C)  Germany 
D)  Spain 
E)  France

Question 9

Talk about:
-Test Act

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The term "Test Act" could refer to diffe

Question 10

Talk about:
-Great Northern War

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The Great Northern War was a conflict th

Question 11

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

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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 12

Population during the seventeenth century

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A)  increased dramatically due to greater food production. 
B)  increased dramatically due to the decrease of epidemic disease. 
C)  decreased sharply throughout Europe as peoples emigrated to colonies overseas. 
D)  continued to be affected by famines and plague. 
E)  grew steadily, marking the first major recovery since the Black Death. 
A)  increased dramatically due to greater food production. 
B)  increased dramatically due to the decrease of epidemic disease. 
C)  decreased sharply throughout Europe as peoples emigrated to colonies overseas. 
D)  continued to be affected by famines and plague. 
E)  grew steadily, marking the first major recovery since the Black Death.

Question 13

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 14

What were the economic and social problems that troubled Europe from 1560 to 1650? Do these problems constitute a "crisis"?

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During the period from 1560 to 1650, Eur

Question 15

Talk about:
-Bishop Jacques Bossuet

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Bishop Jacques Bossuet was a renowned Fr

Question 16

John Locke was responsible for

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A)  writing the Petition of Right 
B)  authoring Leviathan . 
C)  the Instrument of Government. 
D)  a political work called Two Treatises of Government . 
E)  all of the above. 
A)  writing the Petition of Right 
B)  authoring Leviathan . 
C)  the Instrument of Government. 
D)  a political work called Two Treatises of Government . 
E)  all of the above.

Question 17

The Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn was noted for

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A)  his formation of the French Academy of Painting and Sculptors. 
B)  reflecting the values of the Dutch aristocracy in his works. 
C)  being the one great Protestant painter of the seventeenth century. 
D)  rejecting the Dutch preoccupation with realism for the Baroque style of French classicism. 
E)  his moody paintings of elongated religious figures. 
A)  his formation of the French Academy of Painting and Sculptors. 
B)  reflecting the values of the Dutch aristocracy in his works. 
C)  being the one great Protestant painter of the seventeenth century. 
D)  rejecting the Dutch preoccupation with realism for the Baroque style of French classicism. 
E)  his moody paintings of elongated religious figures.

Question 18

Talk about:
-Poland's Sejm

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The Sejm is the lower house of the bicam

Question 19

Talk about:
-the Hohenzollerns

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The Hohenzollerns were a German noble fa

Question 20

Talk about:
-Janissaries

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The Janissaries were an elite infantry u

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

Russian society in the seventeenth century

Louis XIV restructured the administration of the French government by all of the following except

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

Compare and contrast the reigns of Frederick William of Brandenburg-Prussia and Peter the Great of Russia. How are their policies similar? How are they different?

Baroque art

Talk about: -the Romanovs

Absolutism means that

Following the Thirty Years' War, what country became dominant in Europe?

Talk about: -Test Act

Talk about: -Great Northern War

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

Population during the seventeenth century

The witchcraft craze of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries

What were the economic and social problems that troubled Europe from 1560 to 1650? Do these problems constitute a "crisis"?

Talk about: -Bishop Jacques Bossuet

John Locke was responsible for

The Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn was noted for

Talk about: -Poland's Sejm

Talk about: -the Hohenzollerns

Talk about: -Janissaries

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