Question 1

After 1648, the Holy Roman Empire

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A)  became one of the most powerful and centralized monarchies in Europe under the domination of Spanish grandees. 
B)  was not really and empire at all but rather a loose association of 300 German states. 
C)  became divided into three great warring states: Prussia, Poland, and Silesia. 
D)  continued to acknowledge the temporal power of the pope. 
E)  was ruled by the Bourbons. 
A)  became one of the most powerful and centralized monarchies in Europe under the domination of Spanish grandees. 
B)  was not really and empire at all but rather a loose association of 300 German states. 
C)  became divided into three great warring states: Prussia, Poland, and Silesia. 
D)  continued to acknowledge the temporal power of the pope. 
E)  was ruled by the Bourbons. B

Question 2

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Thirty Years War

Accepted Answer

not answered

Question 3

Frederick William the Great Elector built Brandenburg-Prussia into a significant European power by

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A)  establishing religious uniformity in his kingdom, as evidenced in his eviction of the Huguenots. 
B)  freeing the peasants from the dominion of the nobles. 
C)  using his army whenever possible to gain his ends. 
D)  making the General War Commissariat the bureaucratic machine of his state. 
E)  allying Prussia with England and Russia against France and the Holy Roman Empire. 
A)  establishing religious uniformity in his kingdom, as evidenced in his eviction of the Huguenots. 
B)  freeing the peasants from the dominion of the nobles. 
C)  using his army whenever possible to gain his ends. 
D)  making the General War Commissariat the bureaucratic machine of his state. 
E)  allying Prussia with England and Russia against France and the Holy Roman Empire. D

Question 4

What was the "military revolution" and what effect did it have on warfare in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?

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The "military revolution" refers to a se

Question 5

IDENTIFICATIONS
-the Fronde

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The Fronde was a series of civil wars in

Question 6

IDENTIFICATIONS
-French Classicism

Accepted Answer

French Classicism was a cultural and art

Question 7

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Levellers

Accepted Answer

The Levellers were a political movement

Question 8

Influenced by his experiences in Western Europe, upon his return to Russia, Peter the Great ordered that the serfs be emancipated and freed from their boyar lords.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Louis XIV advertised himself as the Sun King.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

By the 1630s and 1640s, with the import of silver from the Americas in decline, Europe faced the challenge of widespread economic inflation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

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

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A)  Russia. 
B)  France. 
C)  Prussia. 
D)  Austria. 
E)  the Ottoman Empire. 
A)  Russia. 
B)  France. 
C)  Prussia. 
D)  Austria. 
E)  the Ottoman Empire.

Question 12

Absolutism means

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A)  the real power in any state must be religious and exercised by the church. 
B)  ultimate authority rests solely in the hands of a king who rules by divine right. 
C)  subordinate powers have an absolute right to advise the king on conducting the affairs of state. 
D)  no matter how humble, male citizens have an absolute right to participate in politics. 
E)  rule by a secular dictator, justifying his/her authority by supposedly serving the people. 
A)  the real power in any state must be religious and exercised by the church. 
B)  ultimate authority rests solely in the hands of a king who rules by divine right. 
C)  subordinate powers have an absolute right to advise the king on conducting the affairs of state. 
D)  no matter how humble, male citizens have an absolute right to participate in politics. 
E)  rule by a secular dictator, justifying his/her authority by supposedly serving the people.

Question 13

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Versailles

Accepted Answer

Versailles is a historic palace located

Question 14

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Glorious Revolution

Accepted Answer

The Glorious Revolution was a political

Question 15

Peter the Great's ambition was to make Russia more like

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A)  Austria. 
B)  Poland. 
C)  Prussia. 
D)  its self of old. 
E)  western Europe. 
A)  Austria. 
B)  Poland. 
C)  Prussia. 
D)  its self of old. 
E)  western Europe.

Question 16

IDENTIFICATIONS
-"divine right"

Accepted Answer

The term "divine right" refers to the do

Question 17

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Gustavus Adolphus

Accepted Answer

Gustavus Adolphus, also known as Gustav

Question 18

Jacques Boussuet's Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture

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A)  rejected as ungodly Louis XIV's system of absolute rule. 
B)  was the fundamental statement of seventeenth-century divine right monarchy. 
C)  stressed that a limited monarchy with representative bodies was the most divine form of human government. 
D)  claimed that a king's authority and power were revocable under the law of God. 
E)  justified a "holy republic". 
A)  rejected as ungodly Louis XIV's system of absolute rule. 
B)  was the fundamental statement of seventeenth-century divine right monarchy. 
C)  stressed that a limited monarchy with representative bodies was the most divine form of human government. 
D)  claimed that a king's authority and power were revocable under the law of God. 
E)  justified a "holy republic".

Question 19

The Austrian monarchy never became a highly centralized, absolutist state, because it included too many different national groups.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The great writer of satirical comedies as the court of Louis XIV was Jean-Baptiste Racine.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

After 1648, the Holy Roman Empire

IDENTIFICATIONS -Thirty Years War

Frederick William the Great Elector built Brandenburg-Prussia into a significant European power by

What was the "military revolution" and what effect did it have on warfare in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?

IDENTIFICATIONS -the Fronde

IDENTIFICATIONS -French Classicism

IDENTIFICATIONS -Levellers

Influenced by his experiences in Western Europe, upon his return to Russia, Peter the Great ordered that the serfs be emancipated and freed from their boyar lords.

Louis XIV advertised himself as the Sun King.

By the 1630s and 1640s, with the import of silver from the Americas in decline, Europe faced the challenge of widespread economic inflation.

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

Absolutism means

IDENTIFICATIONS -Versailles

IDENTIFICATIONS -Glorious Revolution

Peter the Great's ambition was to make Russia more like

IDENTIFICATIONS -"divine right"

IDENTIFICATIONS -Gustavus Adolphus

Jacques Boussuet's Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture

The Austrian monarchy never became a highly centralized, absolutist state, because it included too many different national groups.

The great writer of satirical comedies as the court of Louis XIV was Jean-Baptiste Racine.

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century

Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500-1800

Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: the Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science

The Eighteenth Century: an Age of Enlightenment

The Eighteenth Century: European States, International Wars, and Social Change

A Revolution in Politics: the Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon

The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society

Reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism, 1815-1850

An Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850-1871

Mass Society in an Age of Progress, 1871-1894

An Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism, 1894-1914

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution

The Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars, 1919-1939

The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War Ii

Cold War and a New Western World, 1945-1965

Protest and Stagnation: the Western World, 1965-1985

After the Fall: the Western World in a Global Age Since 1985

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Exam 3: State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century

After 1648, the Holy Roman Empire

IDENTIFICATIONS -Thirty Years War

Frederick William the Great Elector built Brandenburg-Prussia into a significant European power by

What was the "military revolution" and what effect did it have on warfare in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?

IDENTIFICATIONS -the Fronde

IDENTIFICATIONS -French Classicism

IDENTIFICATIONS -Levellers

Influenced by his experiences in Western Europe, upon his return to Russia, Peter the Great ordered that the serfs be emancipated and freed from their boyar lords.

Louis XIV advertised himself as the Sun King.

By the 1630s and 1640s, with the import of silver from the Americas in decline, Europe faced the challenge of widespread economic inflation.

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

Absolutism means

IDENTIFICATIONS -Versailles

IDENTIFICATIONS -Glorious Revolution

Peter the Great's ambition was to make Russia more like

IDENTIFICATIONS -"divine right"

IDENTIFICATIONS -Gustavus Adolphus

Jacques Boussuet's Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture

The Austrian monarchy never became a highly centralized, absolutist state, because it included too many different national groups.

The great writer of satirical comedies as the court of Louis XIV was Jean-Baptiste Racine.

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century

Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500-1800

Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: the Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science

The Eighteenth Century: an Age of Enlightenment

The Eighteenth Century: European States, International Wars, and Social Change

A Revolution in Politics: the Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon

The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society

Reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism, 1815-1850

An Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850-1871

Mass Society in an Age of Progress, 1871-1894

An Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism, 1894-1914

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution

The Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars, 1919-1939

The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War Ii

Cold War and a New Western World, 1945-1965

Protest and Stagnation: the Western World, 1965-1985

After the Fall: the Western World in a Global Age Since 1985

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