Question 1

What was the significance of James I's refusal to sign the petition of right?

Accepted Answer

The Petition of Right was a significant

Question 2

Did Richelieu, Mazarin, and Colbert's policies ultimately help or hurt Louis XIV's project of asserting absolute authority? Why?

Accepted Answer

Richelieu, Mazarin, and Colbert's polici

Question 3

As Louis XIII's chief minister, Cardinal Richelieu was most successful in which of the following policies?

Accepted Answer

A) Evicting the Huguenot presence from France after the La Rochelle rebellion 
B) Expanding the political and social rights of the Huguenots 
C) Strengthening the central role of the monarchy in domestic and foreign policy 
A) Evicting the Huguenot presence from France after the La Rochelle rebellion 
B) Expanding the political and social rights of the Huguenots 
C) Strengthening the central role of the monarchy in domestic and foreign policy

Question 4

What is the central idea of "divine right" monarchy?

Accepted Answer

The central idea of "divine right" monar

Question 5

In 1529 and again in 1683, Vienna was seriously threatened by which state?

Accepted Answer

A) Russia 
B) France 
C) The Ottoman Empire 
A) Russia 
B) France 
C) The Ottoman Empire

Question 6

How did military losses negatively affect Spanish power in the early modern period? Discuss at least two major losses and their effects.

Accepted Answer

Military losses had a significant negati

Question 7

How did the Ottoman Turks become a regional power?

Accepted Answer

The Ottoman Turks became a regional powe

Question 8

What policies helped strengthen and maintain the Ottoman state? How did these policies differ from European policies of the same period?

Accepted Answer

The Ottoman state was strengthened and m

Question 9

All have been identified as part of the "military revolution" in the century after 1560 EXCEPT which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) The increased use of militias and volunteer soldiers 
B) Standing armies based upon conscription 
C) Increased use of the musket and bayonet 
A) The increased use of militias and volunteer soldiers 
B) Standing armies based upon conscription 
C) Increased use of the musket and bayonet

Question 10

Why did Austria come to dominate former Spanish lands?

Accepted Answer

Austria came to dominate former Spanish

Question 11

Describe Austrian motivations for and outcomes of policies of expansion.

Accepted Answer

Austrian motivations for policies of exp

Question 12

What role did the aristocracy play in Frederick William's attempts to centralize authority in Prussia? How was this similar or different to the role aristocrats played in other states?

Accepted Answer

The aristocracy played a significant rol

Question 13

What limits were there on King Louis XIV's power?

Accepted Answer

King Louis XIV of France, known as the "

Question 14

Describe Frederik William's reforms.

Accepted Answer

Frederik William, also known as the Grea

Question 15

What is Hobbes's main argument?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Hobbes, an English philosopher wh

Question 16

Peter the Great's ambition was to make Russia more like which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) Austria 
B) Western Europe 
C) Prussia 
A) Austria 
B) Western Europe 
C) Prussia

Question 17

How was enduring conflict and the project of political centralization related? What new policies represented the trend toward concentration of power in royal hands?

Accepted Answer

The enduring conflict and the project of

Question 18

Why did religious conflict continue to plague Europe in the 1600s? How were these conflicts resolved?

Accepted Answer

Religious conflict continued to plague E

Question 19

Which of the following incidents prompted the nobles to depose James II?

Accepted Answer

A) His marriage to the Duchess of Orange 
B) The death of his first, Protestant wife under suspicious circumstances 
C) The birth of a son to his second wife, a Catholic 
A) His marriage to the Duchess of Orange 
B) The death of his first, Protestant wife under suspicious circumstances 
C) The birth of a son to his second wife, a Catholic

Question 20

Which of the following statements best applies to Peter the Great of Russia?

Accepted Answer

A) His program of Europeanization was predominantly technical and aimed at modernizing the military. 
B) His respect for Western governments led to increased powers for the representative assembly. 
C) His traditional, conservative attitude stripped away all previous social gains for women. 
A) His program of Europeanization was predominantly technical and aimed at modernizing the military. 
B) His respect for Western governments led to increased powers for the representative assembly. 
C) His traditional, conservative attitude stripped away all previous social gains for women.

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

What was the significance of James I's refusal to sign the petition of right?

Did Richelieu, Mazarin, and Colbert's policies ultimately help or hurt Louis XIV's project of asserting absolute authority? Why?

As Louis XIII's chief minister, Cardinal Richelieu was most successful in which of the following policies?

What is the central idea of "divine right" monarchy?

In 1529 and again in 1683, Vienna was seriously threatened by which state?

How did military losses negatively affect Spanish power in the early modern period? Discuss at least two major losses and their effects.

How did the Ottoman Turks become a regional power?

What policies helped strengthen and maintain the Ottoman state? How did these policies differ from European policies of the same period?

All have been identified as part of the "military revolution" in the century after 1560 EXCEPT which of the following?

Why did Austria come to dominate former Spanish lands?

Describe Austrian motivations for and outcomes of policies of expansion.

What role did the aristocracy play in Frederick William's attempts to centralize authority in Prussia? How was this similar or different to the role aristocrats played in other states?

What limits were there on King Louis XIV's power?

Describe Frederik William's reforms.

What is Hobbes's main argument?

Peter the Great's ambition was to make Russia more like which of the following?

How was enduring conflict and the project of political centralization related? What new policies represented the trend toward concentration of power in royal hands?

Why did religious conflict continue to plague Europe in the 1600s? How were these conflicts resolved?

Which of the following incidents prompted the nobles to depose James II?

Which of the following statements best applies to Peter the Great of Russia?

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