Question 1

Describe how Sweden became an absolute monarchy. How did its path differ to other European states? How was it similar?

Accepted Answer

Sweden became an absolute monarchy throu

Question 2

How is the witchcraft craze of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries best described?

Accepted Answer

A) It came out of the social unrest deriving from the shift from individualism to communalism. 
B) It often targeted old, single women 
C) It was minimal in comparison to the late Middle Ages. 
A) It came out of the social unrest deriving from the shift from individualism to communalism. 
B) It often targeted old, single women 
C) It was minimal in comparison to the late Middle Ages.

Question 3

Under the liberum veto, who among the following could veto an act of the Polish Sejm?

Accepted Answer

A) Any member of the Sejm 
B) The Holy Roman Emperor 
C) The King of Poland 
A) Any member of the Sejm 
B) The Holy Roman Emperor 
C) The King of Poland

Question 4

How did the Dutch configure their new limited monarchy?

Accepted Answer

The Dutch configured their new limited m

Question 5

How similar or different was Russia's experience of political centralization and economic transformation to other states in Western Europe? Why?

Accepted Answer

Russia's experience of political central

Question 6

After the conclusion of the Thirty Years' War in 1648, the Holy Roman Empire experienced which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) It became one of the most powerful and centralized monarchies in Europe under the domination of Spanish grandees. 
B) It was not really an empire at all but rather a loose association of 300 German states. 
C) It became divided into three great warring states: Prussia, Poland, and Silesia. 
A) It became one of the most powerful and centralized monarchies in Europe under the domination of Spanish grandees. 
B) It was not really an empire at all but rather a loose association of 300 German states. 
C) It became divided into three great warring states: Prussia, Poland, and Silesia.

Question 7

Why did Spanish power decline in the 1600s?

Accepted Answer

The decline of Spanish power in the 1600

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

A) He wished to go to war with France. 
B) He was unable to defend England against a Scottish rebellion. 
C) He wanted to ratify a peace treaty with the Irish. 
A) He wished to go to war with France. 
B) He was unable to defend England against a Scottish rebellion. 
C) He wanted to ratify a peace treaty with the Irish.

Question 9

Under Charles II, Parliament passed the Test Act to achieve which of the following results?

Accepted Answer

A) To control the quality of food and drink coming from English colonies 
B) To stipulate that only Anglicans could hold military and civil offices 
C) To help Catholics gain government jobs 
A) To control the quality of food and drink coming from English colonies 
B) To stipulate that only Anglicans could hold military and civil offices 
C) To help Catholics gain government jobs

Question 10

What was the result of the English Bill of Rights?

Accepted Answer

A) It laid the foundation for a constitutional monarchy. 
B) It resolved all of England's seventeenth-century religious questions. 
C) It reaffirmed the divine-right theory of kingship while limiting the king's power. 
A) It laid the foundation for a constitutional monarchy. 
B) It resolved all of England's seventeenth-century religious questions. 
C) It reaffirmed the divine-right theory of kingship while limiting the king's power.

Question 11

In the seventeenth century, how is the prominence of the Dutch Republic as a great power best described?

Accepted Answer

A) It stemmed from its domination of Mediterranean trade. 
B) It was supported by economic prosperity. 
C) It was a result of the ejection of the house of Orange from political power in 1581. 
A) It stemmed from its domination of Mediterranean trade. 
B) It was supported by economic prosperity. 
C) It was a result of the ejection of the house of Orange from political power in 1581.

Question 12

Baroque art attempted to accomplish which of the following goals?

Accepted Answer

A) To revolt against the ideals of the Italian Renaissance 
B) To blend the feelings of the religious reformations with classical Renaissance art 
C) To achieve a representation of the feeling of a particular scene or object 
A) To revolt against the ideals of the Italian Renaissance 
B) To blend the feelings of the religious reformations with classical Renaissance art 
C) To achieve a representation of the feeling of a particular scene or object

Question 13

How did James I of England alienate most of the members of Parliament?

Accepted Answer

A) He encouraged an alliance with Spain. 
B) He insisted on his right to govern through divine right. 
C) He began using the army to persecute Puritans. 
A) He encouraged an alliance with Spain. 
B) He insisted on his right to govern through divine right. 
C) He began using the army to persecute Puritans.

Question 14

What was the relationship between "divine right" monarchs and their parliaments?

Accepted Answer

The relationship between "divine right"

Question 15

What is Locke's main argument?

Accepted Answer

John Locke, a 17th-century English philo

Question 16

How did Scandinavia change in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?

Accepted Answer

A) Denmark expanded so as to dominate the Baltic. 
B) Sweden became a second-rate power after the Great Northern War. 
C) Sweden and Denmark joined forces to defeat and occupy Poland in 1660. 
A) Denmark expanded so as to dominate the Baltic. 
B) Sweden became a second-rate power after the Great Northern War. 
C) Sweden and Denmark joined forces to defeat and occupy Poland in 1660.

Question 17

Louis XIV used his palace at Versailles to accomplish what goal?

Accepted Answer

A) Dominate the nobility and display his grandeur 
B) Pursue his interest in scientific experimentation 
C) Cultivate luxury crops and enhance royal revenue 
A) Dominate the nobility and display his grandeur 
B) Pursue his interest in scientific experimentation 
C) Cultivate luxury crops and enhance royal revenue

Question 18

Among other things, the Petition of Right had which of the following significant results?

Accepted Answer

A) It stated that the King of England was elected. 
B) It maintained that the King could pass no new tax without the consent of Parliament. 
C) It restored order in the English military. 
A) It stated that the King of England was elected. 
B) It maintained that the King could pass no new tax without the consent of Parliament. 
C) It restored order in the English military.

Question 19

Why did the schism between Eastern and Russian Orthodox Church occur?

Accepted Answer

The schism between the Eastern Orthodox

Question 20

Frederick William the Great Elector built Brandenburg-Prussia into a significant European power by adopting which of the following policies?

Accepted Answer

A) Making the General War Commissariat the bureaucratic machine of his state 
B) Freeing the peasants from the dominion of the nobles 
C) Using his army whenever possible to gain his ends 
A) Making the General War Commissariat the bureaucratic machine of his state 
B) Freeing the peasants from the dominion of the nobles 
C) Using his army whenever possible to gain his ends

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

Describe how Sweden became an absolute monarchy. How did its path differ to other European states? How was it similar?

How is the witchcraft craze of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries best described?

Under the liberum veto, who among the following could veto an act of the Polish Sejm?

How did the Dutch configure their new limited monarchy?

How similar or different was Russia's experience of political centralization and economic transformation to other states in Western Europe? Why?

After the conclusion of the Thirty Years' War in 1648, the Holy Roman Empire experienced which of the following?

Why did Spanish power decline in the 1600s?

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

Under Charles II, Parliament passed the Test Act to achieve which of the following results?

What was the result of the English Bill of Rights?

In the seventeenth century, how is the prominence of the Dutch Republic as a great power best described?

Baroque art attempted to accomplish which of the following goals?

How did James I of England alienate most of the members of Parliament?

What was the relationship between "divine right" monarchs and their parliaments?

What is Locke's main argument?

How did Scandinavia change in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?

Louis XIV used his palace at Versailles to accomplish what goal?

Among other things, the Petition of Right had which of the following significant results?

Why did the schism between Eastern and Russian Orthodox Church occur?

Frederick William the Great Elector built Brandenburg-Prussia into a significant European power by adopting which of the following policies?

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