Question 1

Talk about:
-Bill of Rights

Accepted Answer

The Bill of Rights refers to the first t

Question 2

The chief reason for the wars of Louis XIV was

Accepted Answer

A)  to reduce the power of the Habsburgs. 
B)  his desire to insure the dominance of France in all Europe. 
C)  to destroy the commercial superiority of the Dutch. 
D)  to gain ports on the Adriatic Sea. 
E)  spread Catholicism throughout all of Europe. 
A)  to reduce the power of the Habsburgs. 
B)  his desire to insure the dominance of France in all Europe. 
C)  to destroy the commercial superiority of the Dutch. 
D)  to gain ports on the Adriatic Sea. 
E)  spread Catholicism throughout all of Europe.

Question 3

Talk about:
-the Orthodox Church and the procurator

Accepted Answer

The Orthodox Church and the procurator h

Question 4

Talk about:
-Amsterdam

Accepted Answer

Amsterdam is the capital city of the Net

Question 5

Talk about:
-Versailles

Accepted Answer

Versailles is a historic palace located

Question 6

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 7

Talk about:
-Baroque

Accepted Answer

The Baroque period in art and music last

Question 8

Talk about:
-Saint Petersburg

Accepted Answer

Saint Petersburg, also known as Petrogra

Question 9

Talk about:
-Glorious Revolution

Accepted Answer

The Glorious Revolution was a political

Question 10

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 11

Talk about:
-the house of Orange

Accepted Answer

The House of Orange is a noble family wi

Question 12

In the seventeenth century the prominence of the Dutch Republic as a great power

Accepted Answer

A)  stemmed from its domination of Mediterranean trade. 
B)  was supported by economic prosperity. 
C)  was a result of the ejection of the House of Orange from political power in 1581. 
D)  came to an abrupt end when the Dutch Republic was soundly defeated by the Spanish Netherlands 
E)  all of the above. 
A)  stemmed from its domination of Mediterranean trade. 
B)  was supported by economic prosperity. 
C)  was a result of the ejection of the House of Orange from political power in 1581. 
D)  came to an abrupt end when the Dutch Republic was soundly defeated by the Spanish Netherlands 
E)  all of the above.

Question 13

Talk about:
-James II

Accepted Answer

James II was the King of England and Ire

Question 14

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

Question 15

Talk about:
-Jean-Baptiste Colbert

Accepted Answer

Jean-Baptiste Colbert was a French state

Question 16

Talk about:
-witches

Accepted Answer

Witches have been a part of folklore and

Question 17

Talk about:
-Thirty Years' War

Accepted Answer

The Thirty Years' War was a conflict tha

Question 18

Talk about:
-"military revolution"

Accepted Answer

The concept of a "military revolution" r

Question 19

The French playwright Moliére is noted for all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)  Tartuffe . 
B)  benefiting from the patronage of Louis XIV. 
C)  satirizing French religious and social customs. 
D)  perfecting neoclassical tragedy. 
E)  producing and acting in a series of comedies. 
A)  Tartuffe . 
B)  benefiting from the patronage of Louis XIV. 
C)  satirizing French religious and social customs. 
D)  perfecting neoclassical tragedy. 
E)  producing and acting in a series of comedies.

Question 20

Most of the fighting during the Thirty Years' War took place in

Accepted Answer

A)  the Mediterranean islands. 
B)  Sweden. 
C)  Germanic lands. 
D)  Spain. 
E)  France. 
A)  the Mediterranean islands. 
B)  Sweden. 
C)  Germanic lands. 
D)  Spain. 
E)  France.

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

Talk about: -Bill of Rights

The chief reason for the wars of Louis XIV was

Talk about: -the Orthodox Church and the procurator

Talk about: -Amsterdam

Talk about: -Versailles

As a result of the Peace of Westphalia of 1648

Talk about: -Baroque

Talk about: -Saint Petersburg

Talk about: -Glorious Revolution

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

Talk about: -the house of Orange

In the seventeenth century the prominence of the Dutch Republic as a great power

Talk about: -James II

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.

Talk about: -Jean-Baptiste Colbert

Talk about: -witches

Talk about: -Thirty Years' War

Talk about: -"military revolution"

The French playwright Moliére is noted for all of the following except

Most of the fighting during the Thirty Years' War took place in

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