Question 1

The French nobility accounted for 2 percent of the population but controlled approximately what percent of the total national income?

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A) 75 to 85 percent 
B) 60 to 70 percent 
C) 50 percent 
D) 20 to 30 percent 
E) 15 percent 
A) 75 to 85 percent 
B) 60 to 70 percent 
C) 50 percent 
D) 20 to 30 percent 
E) 15 percent

Question 2

According to the text, the War of Spanish Succession

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A) kept the Spanish crown in the House of Hapsburg. 
B) was fought throughout the Spanish Empire. 
C) ended with a clear French victory. 
D) made Austria into a major force in Europe and started England's rise to world power status. 
E) caused the English and the Dutch to end the alliance formed in the Glorious Revolution. 
A) kept the Spanish crown in the House of Hapsburg. 
B) was fought throughout the Spanish Empire. 
C) ended with a clear French victory. 
D) made Austria into a major force in Europe and started England's rise to world power status. 
E) caused the English and the Dutch to end the alliance formed in the Glorious Revolution.

Question 3

In its early centuries, the Holy Roman Empire failed to develop a powerful centralized government because

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A) the Emperors were preoccupied with northern Italy and the Papacy. 
B) the Emperors were elected. 
C) the main princes were fiercely independent. 
D) the nobility was able to consolidate its control over local populations. 
E) all of the above 
A) the Emperors were preoccupied with northern Italy and the Papacy. 
B) the Emperors were elected. 
C) the main princes were fiercely independent. 
D) the nobility was able to consolidate its control over local populations. 
E) all of the above

Question 4

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Hapsburgs

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The Hapsburgs were a powerful European r

Question 5

The absolutist French monarchy did each of the following EXCEPT

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A) dispatch road engineers from Paris to the provinces. 
B) require local officials to look to the central government for direction. 
C) control coal manufacturing. 
D) show particular concern for cultural development within France. 
E) confiscate the wealth of the aristocracy. 
A) dispatch road engineers from Paris to the provinces. 
B) require local officials to look to the central government for direction. 
C) control coal manufacturing. 
D) show particular concern for cultural development within France. 
E) confiscate the wealth of the aristocracy.

Question 6

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s)
 
   Mark the border between Christian and Muslim lands on the Iberian peninsula in the ninth century and in 1200.

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The answer of Instructions: Please use this outline map of...

Question 7

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 constitutional monarchy

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Constitutional Monarchy

Who?
A constitu

Question 8

The only state that broke with the pattern of king-army-taxes as the key to the creation of a centralized state was

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A) Britain 
B) the Dutch Republic 
C) France 
D) Prussia 
E) Spain 
A) Britain 
B) the Dutch Republic 
C) France 
D) Prussia 
E) Spain

Question 9

The Thirty Years' War that devastated the Holy Roman Empire began when

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A) the Bohemians chose a Protestant as their king. 
B) the Swedish king Gustavus Augustus attacked the Empire. 
C) Charles V retired to a monastery. 
D) Jan Hus challenged the authority of the Catholic church. 
E) Savoy, the Palatine, and the United Provinces united against the House of Hapsburg. 
A) the Bohemians chose a Protestant as their king. 
B) the Swedish king Gustavus Augustus attacked the Empire. 
C) Charles V retired to a monastery. 
D) Jan Hus challenged the authority of the Catholic church. 
E) Savoy, the Palatine, and the United Provinces united against the House of Hapsburg.

Question 10

By the 1660s, France had

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A) enjoyed a significant victory in the Thirty Years' War. 
B) emerged as Europe's leading power. 
C) weathered the Fronde . 
D) achieved absolutism. 
E) all of the above 
A) enjoyed a significant victory in the Thirty Years' War. 
B) emerged as Europe's leading power. 
C) weathered the Fronde . 
D) achieved absolutism. 
E) all of the above

Question 11

In the Glorious Revolution, William of Orange and the Dutch accepted the invitation of the English Parliament because it would secure their

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A) hopes to regain the lead in European commerce. 
B) need for support against Louis XIV's France. 
C) need for support against the renewal of Spanish attempts to recover the Netherlands. 
D) hopes of acquiring large grants of land seized from Catholic nobles in Ireland. 
E) expectation that some of England's New World colonies would eventually devolve to the Dutch. 
A) hopes to regain the lead in European commerce. 
B) need for support against Louis XIV's France. 
C) need for support against the renewal of Spanish attempts to recover the Netherlands. 
D) hopes of acquiring large grants of land seized from Catholic nobles in Ireland. 
E) expectation that some of England's New World colonies would eventually devolve to the Dutch.

Question 12

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Treaty of Westphalia

Accepted Answer

The Treaty of Westphalia, also known as

Question 13

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Hohenzollerns

Accepted Answer

The Hohenzollerns were a German noble fa

Question 14

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Versailles

Accepted Answer

Versailles is a palace located in Versai

Question 15

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 intendants

Accepted Answer

Intendants were royal officials in Franc

Question 16

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s)
 
   Locate and label two states with absolute monarchies and two of the most important of the non-absolutist states as of 1700.

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The answer of Instructions: Please use this outline map of...

Question 17

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Spanish Armada

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The Spanish Armada refers to a large nav

Question 18

Elizabeth I of England married

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A) Philip II of Spain. 
B) Henry III of France. 
C) James VI of Scotland. 
D) William of Orange. 
E) none of the above 
A) Philip II of Spain. 
B) Henry III of France. 
C) James VI of Scotland. 
D) William of Orange. 
E) none of the above

Question 19

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Explain how religion both aided and impeded the consolidation of the modern state.

Accepted Answer

Religion has played a complex and multif

Question 20

In the Middle Ages, the power of the king was restricted by all the following EXCEPT

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A) the nobility. 
B) townspeople. 
C) the peasantry. 
D) the church. 
E) representative institutions. 
A) the nobility. 
B) townspeople. 
C) the peasantry. 
D) the church. 
E) representative institutions.

The French nobility accounted for 2 percent of the population but controlled approximately what percent of the total national income?

According to the text, the War of Spanish Succession

In its early centuries, the Holy Roman Empire failed to develop a powerful centralized government because

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Hapsburgs

The absolutist French monarchy did each of the following EXCEPT

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s) Mark the border between Christian and Muslim lands on the Iberian peninsula in the ninth century and in 1200.

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? constitutional monarchy

The only state that broke with the pattern of king-army-taxes as the key to the creation of a centralized state was

The Thirty Years' War that devastated the Holy Roman Empire began when

By the 1660s, France had

In the Glorious Revolution, William of Orange and the Dutch accepted the invitation of the English Parliament because it would secure their

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Treaty of Westphalia

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Hohenzollerns

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Versailles

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? intendants

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s) Locate and label two states with absolute monarchies and two of the most important of the non-absolutist states as of 1700.

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Spanish Armada

Elizabeth I of England married

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Explain how religion both aided and impeded the consolidation of the modern state.

In the Middle Ages, the power of the king was restricted by all the following EXCEPT

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greek City-State: Democratic Politics

Greek Thought: From Myth to Reason

The Hellenistic Age: Cultural Diffusion

The Roman Republic: City-State to World Empire

The Roman Empire: a World-State

Early Christianity: a World Religion

The Heirs of Rome: Byzantium, Islam, and Latin Christendom

The High Middle Ages: Vitality and Renewal

The Flowering of Medieval Culture: the Christian Synthesis

The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Dissolution

The Renaissance: Transition to the Modern Age

The Reformation: the Shattering of Christian Unity

European Expansion: Economic and Social Transformations

The Scientific Revolution: the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

The Age of Enlightenment: Reason and Reform

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Exam 16: The Rise of Sovereignty: Transition to the Modern State

The French nobility accounted for 2 percent of the population but controlled approximately what percent of the total national income?

According to the text, the War of Spanish Succession

In its early centuries, the Holy Roman Empire failed to develop a powerful centralized government because

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Hapsburgs

The absolutist French monarchy did each of the following EXCEPT

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s) Mark the border between Christian and Muslim lands on the Iberian peninsula in the ninth century and in 1200.

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? constitutional monarchy

The only state that broke with the pattern of king-army-taxes as the key to the creation of a centralized state was

The Thirty Years' War that devastated the Holy Roman Empire began when

By the 1660s, France had

In the Glorious Revolution, William of Orange and the Dutch accepted the invitation of the English Parliament because it would secure their

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Treaty of Westphalia

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Hohenzollerns

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Versailles

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? intendants

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s) Locate and label two states with absolute monarchies and two of the most important of the non-absolutist states as of 1700.

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Spanish Armada

Elizabeth I of England married

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Explain how religion both aided and impeded the consolidation of the modern state.

In the Middle Ages, the power of the king was restricted by all the following EXCEPT

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greek City-State: Democratic Politics

Greek Thought: From Myth to Reason

The Hellenistic Age: Cultural Diffusion

The Roman Republic: City-State to World Empire

The Roman Empire: a World-State

Early Christianity: a World Religion

The Heirs of Rome: Byzantium, Islam, and Latin Christendom

The High Middle Ages: Vitality and Renewal

The Flowering of Medieval Culture: the Christian Synthesis

The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Dissolution

The Renaissance: Transition to the Modern Age

The Reformation: the Shattering of Christian Unity

European Expansion: Economic and Social Transformations

The Scientific Revolution: the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

The Age of Enlightenment: Reason and Reform

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