Question 1

Which city replaced Antwerp as northern Europe's leasing commercial and banking city?

Accepted Answer

A)  Amsterdam 
B)  Hamburg 
C)  London 
D)  Paris 
E)  Danzig 
A)  Amsterdam 
B)  Hamburg 
C)  London 
D)  Paris 
E)  Danzig

Question 2

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

Question 3

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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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Question 4

The text refers to which of the following as the most brilliant of Louis XIV's policies?

Accepted Answer

A)  establishing good relations with the church 
B)  demonstrating the king's magnificence through ritual and architecture 
C)  dismissal of aristocrats as prominent advisors to the king 
D)  gaining the confidence and support of the French manufacturers 
E)  the intendant system 
A)  establishing good relations with the church 
B)  demonstrating the king's magnificence through ritual and architecture 
C)  dismissal of aristocrats as prominent advisors to the king 
D)  gaining the confidence and support of the French manufacturers 
E)  the intendant system

Question 5

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. 
 What factors explain the dramatic increase of Spanish power in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and the dramatic decline in Spanish power in the seventeenth century?

Accepted Answer

The dramatic increase of Spanish power i

Question 6

The first intercontinental empire in the West since Roman times was

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A)  England. 
B)  Portugal. 
C)  the Netherlands. 
D)  Spain. 
E)  France. 
A)  England. 
B)  Portugal. 
C)  the Netherlands. 
D)  Spain. 
E)  France.

Question 7

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 8

Over time, the constitutional system created by the Revolution of 1688-1689

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A)  reformed to reflect a more democratic social reality. 
B)  acquired a standing army. 
C)  yielded authority to parliamentary ministers and state officials. 
D)  became a viable alternative to absolutism. 
E)  all of the above 
A)  reformed to reflect a more democratic social reality. 
B)  acquired a standing army. 
C)  yielded authority to parliamentary ministers and state officials. 
D)  became a viable alternative to absolutism. 
E)  all of the above

Question 9

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.

Accepted Answer

The French monarchy of the seventeenth c

Question 10

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s)

Locate and label the lands belonging to the Austrian Hapsburgs, the Spanish Hapsburgs, and the Hohenzollerns.

Accepted Answer

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Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

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 12

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 13

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

Accepted Answer

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 14

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

Accepted Answer

Constitutional Monarchy

Who?
A constitu

Question 15

The phrase raison d'état was invented by

Accepted Answer

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 16

The Reformation had a major political impact on the Holy Roman Empire, among other reasons, because

Accepted Answer

A)  the Protestant emphasis on obedience to secular authorities centralized the Empire into a unified German state. 
B)  the separation of church and state weakened both. 
C)  feudal princes and Protestant communities allied to keep the Emperor weak. 
D)  the resulting wars of religion enabled the Emperor to increase his power, finally breaking the power of feudalism. 
E)  Protestants effectively turned the Empire into a theocracy. 
A)  the Protestant emphasis on obedience to secular authorities centralized the Empire into a unified German state. 
B)  the separation of church and state weakened both. 
C)  feudal princes and Protestant communities allied to keep the Emperor weak. 
D)  the resulting wars of religion enabled the Emperor to increase his power, finally breaking the power of feudalism. 
E)  Protestants effectively turned the Empire into a theocracy.

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

When Charles V ascended the Spanish throne, the manufacturing and banking center of the Spanish empire was

Accepted Answer

A)  Madrid. 
B)  Lisbon. 
C)  Flanders. 
D)  Vienna. 
E)  Venice. 
A)  Madrid. 
B)  Lisbon. 
C)  Flanders. 
D)  Vienna. 
E)  Venice.

Question 19

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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Question 20

The descendents of Ferdinand and Isabella married into which non-Spanish family to create an empire extending from Austria to the Pacific?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Hohenzollerns 
B)  The Jagiellonians 
C)  The Stuarts 
D)  The Hapsburgs 
E)  The Bourbons 
A)  The Hohenzollerns 
B)  The Jagiellonians 
C)  The Stuarts 
D)  The Hapsburgs 
E)  The Bourbons

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

Which city replaced Antwerp as northern Europe's leasing commercial and banking city?

Under the Tudors

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.

The text refers to which of the following as the most brilliant of Louis XIV's policies?

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. What factors explain the dramatic increase of Spanish power in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and the dramatic decline in Spanish power in the seventeenth century?

The first intercontinental empire in the West since Roman times was

By the 1660s, France had

Over time, the constitutional system created by the Revolution of 1688-1689

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.

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s) Locate and label the lands belonging to the Austrian Hapsburgs, the Spanish Hapsburgs, and the Hohenzollerns.

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

According to the text, the War of Spanish Succession

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

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

The phrase raison d'état was invented by

The Reformation had a major political impact on the Holy Roman Empire, among other reasons, because

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

When Charles V ascended the Spanish throne, the manufacturing and banking center of the Spanish empire was

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.

The descendents of Ferdinand and Isabella married into which non-Spanish family to create an empire extending from Austria to the Pacific?

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

The French Revolution the Affirmation of Liberty and Equality

The Industrial Revolution the Great Transformation

Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century

Revolution and Counterrevolution 1815-1848

Thought and Culture in the Mid-Nineteenth Century Realism and Social Criticism

The Surge of Nationalism From Liberal to Extreme Nationalism

The Industrial West Responses to Modernization

Imperialism Western Global Dominance

Modern Consciousness New Views of Nature Human Nature and the Arts

World War I the West in Despair

An Era of Totalitarianism

Thought and Culture in an Era of World Wars and Totalitarianism

World War Ii Western Civilization in the Balance

Europe After World War Ii Recovery and Realignment 1945-1989

The Troubled Present

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