Question 1

Catherine de' Medici

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A) ​encouraged religious toleration for the Huguenots in France. 
B) ​was one of France's most popular queens. 
C) ​was a member of a powerful Italian banking family. 
D) ​exercised great influence during the reign of her husband but lacked any power during the reigns of her sons. 
E) ​ordered the execution of five thousand Catholics in Paris. 
A) ​encouraged religious toleration for the Huguenots in France. 
B) ​was one of France's most popular queens. 
C) ​was a member of a powerful Italian banking family. 
D) ​exercised great influence during the reign of her husband but lacked any power during the reigns of her sons. 
E) ​ordered the execution of five thousand Catholics in Paris.

Question 2

As the English Parliament developed in the Middle Ages it offered all the following EXCEPT

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A) the king a means to exercise control and raise taxes. 
B) a chance to question decisions of the king. 
C) knights and burgesses a venue to voice their grievances. 
D) peasants a means to limit exploitation by the nobility. 
E) a complement to the king in the ruling of the country. 
A) the king a means to exercise control and raise taxes. 
B) a chance to question decisions of the king. 
C) knights and burgesses a venue to voice their grievances. 
D) peasants a means to limit exploitation by the nobility. 
E) a complement to the king in the ruling of the country.

Question 3

Which of the following are features of the national state that developed in the West from the thirteenth to the seventeenth century?

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A) The state had people who could imagine themselves as part of a community. 
B) The state encouraged commerce and industry. 
C) The state harnessed the power of its nobility. 
D) The state became an entity inherited from generation to generation. 
E) all of the above 
A) The state had people who could imagine themselves as part of a community. 
B) The state encouraged commerce and industry. 
C) The state harnessed the power of its nobility. 
D) The state became an entity inherited from generation to generation. 
E) all of the above

Question 4

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. The French monarchy of the seventeenth century became a model for absolutism. Explain this development.

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The French monarchy of the seventeenth c

Question 5

The development of Spain included all the following EXCEPT

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A) continued regionalism even after the unification of Aragon and Castile. 
B) the strategic use of marriage for state development. 
C) an extremely powerful church that came to dominate the state. 
D) the creation of a Spanish identity based on purity of blood and religion. 
E) a centuries-long campaign to expel the Muslims for the Iberian Peninsula. 
A) continued regionalism even after the unification of Aragon and Castile. 
B) the strategic use of marriage for state development. 
C) an extremely powerful church that came to dominate the state. 
D) the creation of a Spanish identity based on purity of blood and religion. 
E) a centuries-long campaign to expel the Muslims for the Iberian Peninsula.

Question 6

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Discuss the significance of dynasty in the period of monarchical sovereignty.

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The significance of dynasty in the perio

Question 7

In the "court and country" opposition that shaped seventeenth-century English politics country refers to

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A) the peasants. 
B) a loose group of merchants and rising entrepreneurs with roots in the gentry. 
C) the most powerful landed aristocrats and their allies among the small gentry. 
D) the most vocal patriots. 
E) the bishops of the Church of England. 
A) the peasants. 
B) a loose group of merchants and rising entrepreneurs with roots in the gentry. 
C) the most powerful landed aristocrats and their allies among the small gentry. 
D) the most vocal patriots. 
E) the bishops of the Church of England.

Question 8

In plotting against James II in 1688, England's elite attempted to

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A) secure their ancient feudal rights with respect to the king while avoiding Puritanism and social radicalism. 
B) restore the Puritan Commonwealth. 
C) increase political freedom not only in England but also in Ireland and Scotland. 
D) establish a modern government along French lines. 
E) place power in the hands of England common people. 
A) secure their ancient feudal rights with respect to the king while avoiding Puritanism and social radicalism. 
B) restore the Puritan Commonwealth. 
C) increase political freedom not only in England but also in Ireland and Scotland. 
D) establish a modern government along French lines. 
E) place power in the hands of England common people.

Question 9

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. The text states that "[f]rom the thirteenth to the seventeenth century, a new and unique form of political organization emerged in the West: the dynastic, or national, state." What is meant by the "dynastic state," how did it develop, and why was it so unique?

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The term "dynastic state" refers to a fo

Question 10

Vindiciae contra Tyrannos (1579)was

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A) a French treatise justifying the overthrow and execution of an unjust king. 
B) a Huguenot pamphlet protesting oppression by the Catholic church in France. 
C) a treatise written in England to justify the execution of the king. 
D) written by Bartolomé de Las Casas to protest brutality against the indigenous population in Spanish America. 
E) a Dutch pamphlet justifying the revolt against Spain. 
A) a French treatise justifying the overthrow and execution of an unjust king. 
B) a Huguenot pamphlet protesting oppression by the Catholic church in France. 
C) a treatise written in England to justify the execution of the king. 
D) written by Bartolomé de Las Casas to protest brutality against the indigenous population in Spanish America. 
E) a Dutch pamphlet justifying the revolt against Spain.

Question 11

The phrase raison d'état was invented by

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A) Henry VIII. 
B) Niccoló Machiavelli. 
C) Cardinal Richelieu. 
D) Charles V. 
E) Louis XIV. 
A) Henry VIII. 
B) Niccoló Machiavelli. 
C) Cardinal Richelieu. 
D) Charles V. 
E) Louis XIV.

Question 12

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

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Junker refers to a member of the German

Question 13

Which of the following weakened the powerful monarchy of Charles V?

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A) the conflict with Protestants. 
B) the complexity of administering such a large empire. 
C) constant warfare on the continent and in the Mediterranean. 
D) lack of domestic industry, the lack of entrepreneurship, and a weak commercial class. 
E) all of the above 
A) the conflict with Protestants. 
B) the complexity of administering such a large empire. 
C) constant warfare on the continent and in the Mediterranean. 
D) lack of domestic industry, the lack of entrepreneurship, and a weak commercial class. 
E) all of the above

Question 14

In his  ​Instructions for the Dauphin ​, Louis XIV claimed that successful kingship lies in

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A) Christian piety. 
B) being informed of everything. 
C) the pursuit of peace. 
D) ensuring a prosperous peasantry. 
E) religious toleration. 
A) Christian piety. 
B) being informed of everything. 
C) the pursuit of peace. 
D) ensuring a prosperous peasantry. 
E) religious toleration.

Question 15

The crucial difference between a parliament and an estates general was

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A) a parliament was English; an estates general was French. 
B) a parliament was a representative institution; an estates general was a king's council. 
C) a parliament could pass laws; an estates general could not. 
D) each member in a parliament had one vote; in an estates general, each estate had one vote. 
E) each member of a parliament was elected; only some members of an estates general were elected. 
A) a parliament was English; an estates general was French. 
B) a parliament was a representative institution; an estates general was a king's council. 
C) a parliament could pass laws; an estates general could not. 
D) each member in a parliament had one vote; in an estates general, each estate had one vote. 
E) each member of a parliament was elected; only some members of an estates general were elected.

Question 16

The Valois failure to produce a male heir led in 1589 to the coming to power in France of the

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A) Hapsburgs. 
B) Bourbons. 
C) Hohenzollerns. 
D) Tudors. 
E) Capetians. 
A) Hapsburgs. 
B) Bourbons. 
C) Hohenzollerns. 
D) Tudors. 
E) Capetians.

Question 17

When compared with their French counterparts, the main disadvantage the Stuarts had in their efforts to establish absolutism was

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A) a lack of money. 
B) a more powerful commercial class to contain. 
C) the need for a navy. 
D) a reformed church as opposed to the Catholic Church in France. 
E) a much smaller population. 
A) a lack of money. 
B) a more powerful commercial class to contain. 
C) the need for a navy. 
D) a reformed church as opposed to the Catholic Church in France. 
E) a much smaller population.

Question 18

Although the differences between Russia and the West were immense, the political arrangement in Russia resembled somewhat that in

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A) France. 
B) Austria. 
C) United Provinces. 
D) Prussia. 
E) England. 
A) France. 
B) Austria. 
C) United Provinces. 
D) Prussia. 
E) England.

Question 19

The formative group or force in most early modern European states was/were the

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A) dynastic king and his court. 
B) church. 
C) rising class of lawyers. 
D) mode of production of the time. 
E) people. 
A) dynastic king and his court. 
B) church. 
C) rising class of lawyers. 
D) mode of production of the time. 
E) people.

Question 20

Under the Tudors

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A) more commoners entered royal service. 
B) the Reformation strengthened the Parliament. 
C) the monarch showed absolutist tendencies similar to those on the continent. 
D) the government gained in efficiency and strength. 
E) all of the above 
A) more commoners entered royal service. 
B) the Reformation strengthened the Parliament. 
C) the monarch showed absolutist tendencies similar to those on the continent. 
D) the government gained in efficiency and strength. 
E) all of the above

Catherine de' Medici

As the English Parliament developed in the Middle Ages it offered all the following EXCEPT

Which of the following are features of the national state that developed in the West from the thirteenth to the seventeenth century?

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. The French monarchy of the seventeenth century became a model for absolutism. Explain this development.

The development of Spain included all the following EXCEPT

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Discuss the significance of dynasty in the period of monarchical sovereignty.

In the "court and country" opposition that shaped seventeenth-century English politics country refers to

In plotting against James II in 1688, England's elite attempted to

Vindiciae contra Tyrannos (1579)was

The phrase raison d'état was invented by

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

Which of the following weakened the powerful monarchy of Charles V?

In his Instructions for the Dauphin , Louis XIV claimed that successful kingship lies in

The crucial difference between a parliament and an estates general was

The Valois failure to produce a male heir led in 1589 to the coming to power in France of the

When compared with their French counterparts, the main disadvantage the Stuarts had in their efforts to establish absolutism was

Although the differences between Russia and the West were immense, the political arrangement in Russia resembled somewhat that in

The formative group or force in most early modern European states was/were the

Under the Tudors

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

Catherine de' Medici

As the English Parliament developed in the Middle Ages it offered all the following EXCEPT

Which of the following are features of the national state that developed in the West from the thirteenth to the seventeenth century?

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. The French monarchy of the seventeenth century became a model for absolutism. Explain this development.

The development of Spain included all the following EXCEPT

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Discuss the significance of dynasty in the period of monarchical sovereignty.

In the "court and country" opposition that shaped seventeenth-century English politics country refers to

In plotting against James II in 1688, England's elite attempted to

Vindiciae contra Tyrannos (1579)was

The phrase raison d'état was invented by

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

Which of the following weakened the powerful monarchy of Charles V?

In his ​Instructions for the Dauphin ​, Louis XIV claimed that successful kingship lies in

The crucial difference between a parliament and an estates general was

The Valois failure to produce a male heir led in 1589 to the coming to power in France of the

When compared with their French counterparts, the main disadvantage the Stuarts had in their efforts to establish absolutism was

Although the differences between Russia and the West were immense, the political arrangement in Russia resembled somewhat that in

The formative group or force in most early modern European states was/were the

Under the Tudors

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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In his Instructions for the Dauphin , Louis XIV claimed that successful kingship lies in