Question 1

The English Bill of Rights

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A)  laid the foundation for a constitutional monarchy. 
B)  resolved all of England's seventeenth-century religious questions. 
C)  reaffirmed the divine-right theory of kingship while limiting the king's power. 
D)  confirmed the king's right to raise standing armies without parliamentary consent. 
E)  stated that taxes could only be approved by the House of Lords, not the House of Commons. 
A)  laid the foundation for a constitutional monarchy. 
B)  resolved all of England's seventeenth-century religious questions. 
C)  reaffirmed the divine-right theory of kingship while limiting the king's power. 
D)  confirmed the king's right to raise standing armies without parliamentary consent. 
E)  stated that taxes could only be approved by the House of Lords, not the House of Commons.

Question 2

The French royal court of Versailles was located just outside the city of Marseilles.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The War of Spanish Succession ended with

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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 4

Louis XIV used his palace at Versailles to

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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 5

Talk about:
-Treaty of Karlowitz

Accepted Answer

The Treaty of Karlowitz, also known as t

Question 6

The "sleeping giant" of Eastern Europe in the first half of the seventeenth century was

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A)  Russia. 
B)  Austria. 
C)  Poland. 
D)  Greece. 
E)  the Ottoman Empire. 
A)  Russia. 
B)  Austria. 
C)  Poland. 
D)  Greece. 
E)  the Ottoman Empire.

Question 7

The witchcraft hysteria primarily targeted young, married women.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

After the conclusion of the Thirty Years' War in 1648, the Holy Roman Empire

Accepted Answer

A)  became one of the most powerful and centralized monarchies in Europe under the domination of Spanish grandees. 
B)  was not really an empire at all but rather a loose association of 300 German states. 
C)  became divided into three great warring states: Prussia, Poland, and Silesia. 
D)  was dominated by Brandenburg-Prussia, which suppressed the autonomy of all other imperial territories. 
E)  was ruled by the Bourbons. 
A)  became one of the most powerful and centralized monarchies in Europe under the domination of Spanish grandees. 
B)  was not really an empire at all but rather a loose association of 300 German states. 
C)  became divided into three great warring states: Prussia, Poland, and Silesia. 
D)  was dominated by Brandenburg-Prussia, which suppressed the autonomy of all other imperial territories. 
E)  was ruled by the Bourbons.

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Talk about:
-Brandenburg-Prussia

Accepted Answer

Brandenburg-Prussia was a historical sta

Question 11

After eleven years of personal rule, Charles I was forced to call parliament into session in 1640

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A)  because he wished to go to war with France. 
B)  to legalize Presbyterianism in England. 
C)  to ratify a peace treaty with the Irish. 
D)  to recognize a new heir after the death of his oldest son. 
E)  because he was unable to defend England against a Scottish rebellion. 
A)  because he wished to go to war with France. 
B)  to legalize Presbyterianism in England. 
C)  to ratify a peace treaty with the Irish. 
D)  to recognize a new heir after the death of his oldest son. 
E)  because he was unable to defend England against a Scottish rebellion.

Question 12

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

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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 13

Talk about:
-the Fronde

Accepted Answer

The Fronde was a series of civil wars in

Question 14

Talk about:
-divine-right monarchy

Accepted Answer

Divine-right monarchy is a political and

Question 15

The "Glorious Revolution" in 1688 in England was significant for

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A)  restoring Charles II and the Stuart dynasty to power. 
B)  bloodlessly deposing James II in favor of William of Orange. 
C)  returning England to a Catholic commonwealth. 
D)  Parliament's establishment of a new monarch through a series of bloody wars. 
E)  the abolishment of the monarchy in favor of a republican "commonwealth." 
A)  restoring Charles II and the Stuart dynasty to power. 
B)  bloodlessly deposing James II in favor of William of Orange. 
C)  returning England to a Catholic commonwealth. 
D)  Parliament's establishment of a new monarch through a series of bloody wars. 
E)  the abolishment of the monarchy in favor of a republican "commonwealth."

Question 16

Scandinavia in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries witnessed

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A)  Denmark expand so as to dominate the Baltic. 
B)  Sweden become a second-rate power after the Great Northern War. 
C)  Sweden and Denmark join forces to defeat and occupy Poland in 1660. 
D)  the economic dominance of Sweden over the rest of northern Europe. 
E)  the conquest of Sweden by Norway. 
A)  Denmark expand so as to dominate the Baltic. 
B)  Sweden become a second-rate power after the Great Northern War. 
C)  Sweden and Denmark join forces to defeat and occupy Poland in 1660. 
D)  the economic dominance of Sweden over the rest of northern Europe. 
E)  the conquest of Sweden by Norway.

Question 17

Talk about:
-Louis XIV's wars

Accepted Answer

Louis XIV, also known as the Sun King, w

Question 18

Influenced by his experiences in Western Europe, upon his return to Russia, Peter the Great ordered that the serfs be emancipated and freed from their boyar lords.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Talk about:
-Peace of Westphalia

Accepted Answer

The Peace of Westphalia refers to a seri

Question 20

Talk about:
-Frederick William the Great Elector

Accepted Answer

Frederick William, also known as the Gre

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

The English Bill of Rights

The French royal court of Versailles was located just outside the city of Marseilles.

The War of Spanish Succession ended with

Louis XIV used his palace at Versailles to

Talk about: -Treaty of Karlowitz

The "sleeping giant" of Eastern Europe in the first half of the seventeenth century was

The witchcraft hysteria primarily targeted young, married women.

After the conclusion of the Thirty Years' War in 1648, the Holy Roman Empire

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

Talk about: -Brandenburg-Prussia

After eleven years of personal rule, Charles I was forced to call parliament into session in 1640

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

Talk about: -the Fronde

Talk about: -divine-right monarchy

The "Glorious Revolution" in 1688 in England was significant for

Scandinavia in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries witnessed

Talk about: -Louis XIV's wars

Influenced by his experiences in Western Europe, upon his return to Russia, Peter the Great ordered that the serfs be emancipated and freed from their boyar lords.

Talk about: -Peace of Westphalia

Talk about: -Frederick William the Great Elector

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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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