Deck 1: The Beginnings of History and the Ancient Near East

Question 1

The French institutions known as parlements were:

A) representative assemblies
B) local councils
C) law courts
D) financial bodies

Answer 1

law courts

Question 2

Catholic nobles resented Henri IV because:

A) he imposed restraints upon their political power
B) he relied too heavily upon the Duke of Sully, a Protestant
C) he refused to award them financial grants for their support
D) he dictated to them regarding their marriage partners

Answer 2

he imposed restraints upon their political power
he relied too heavily upon the Duke of Sully, a Protestant
he dictated to them regarding their marriage partners

Question 3

Cardinal Richelieu was the chief minister of France under:

A) Henry IV
B) Louis XIII
C) Louis XIV
D) Louis XV

Answer 3

Louis XIII

Question 4

In France the hated gabelle was a tax on:

A) wine
B) bread
C) salt

Question 5

Who was the last Spanish Habsburg ruler who had the nickname of "the Mad"?

A) Philip II
B) Charles
C) Philip III
D) Philip IV?

Question 6

The group collectively known as the Junkers consisted of:

A) the Austrian middle class
B) the Austrian nobility
C) the Prussian middle class
D) the Prussian nobility

Question 7

The peasant rebellion that threatened the position of Tsar Alexis I in 1670-1671 was led by:

A) Stepan Razin
B) Vasily Golitsyn
C) Boris Godunov
D) Peter the Great

Question 8

In China the right to govern was known as:

A) divine right
B) popular sovereignty
C) the mandate of heaven
D) theocratic monarchy

Question 9

Before he assumed the throne of England, King James I had been king of:

A) Scotland
B) Ireland
C) France
D) Spain

Question 10

The Civil War that began in England in 1642 followed the attempt of Charles I to:

A) impose English political authority on Scotland
B) impose the English form of religious worship upon Scotland
C) impose new taxes upon Scotland
D) force Scottish soldiers to fight in the English army

Question 11

Which religious group in seventeenth-century England was associated with the concept that each person has an "inner light" reflecting the divine spirit within?

A) the Puritans
B) the Ranters
C) the Presbyterians
D) the Quakers

Question 12

In the first half of the seventeenth century the Dutch continued to fight to maintain their independence from:

A) France
B) England
C) Spain
D) the Holy Roman Empire

Question 13

The military revolution led is associated with:

A) an increase in the size of armies but a decrease in the size of military administrations
B) a decrease in the size of armies but an increase in the size of military administrations
C) an increase in the size of armies and an increase in the size of military administrations
D) a decrease in the size of armies and a decrease in the size of military administrations

Question 14

What country entered the Thirty Years War against the Catholic Habsburgs in 1635?

A) France
B) Denmark
C) Sweden
D) England

Question 15

In the second half of the seventeenth century Austria was faced with a threat from:

A) the military expansion of France
B) the military expansion of the Ottoman Empire
C) the military expansion of Spain
D) the military expansion of both France and the Ottoman Empire

Question 16

The Great Northern War of the early eighteenth century was fought between:

A) Prussia and Sweden
B) Russia and Sweden
C) Russia and Prussia
D) Russia and Finland

Question 17

Who succeeded Henry IV as king of France upon his assassination in 1610 and reigned until his own death in 1643?

Question 18

What was the difference in the way in which the Habsburg monarchs of Spain and the leaders of the Holy Roman Empire were selected?

Question 19

What was the name of the Russian ruler whose death in 1602 precipitated the period of Russian history known as the "Time of Troubles"?

Question 20

Kangxi's Sacred Edicts were based on the teachings of what famous Chinese philosopher?

Question 21

Name two things that Charles I promised to do in England in exchange for the support of the Scots in his war with Parliament in 1647.

Question 22

What was the title given to the leading officials charged with the enforcement of justice in each of the provinces of the Netherlands?

Question 23

Evaluate the legacy of the Sun King. In your view, was France becoming a powerful nation because of Louis XIV or in spite of him?

Question 24

Compare and contrast political developments in France and England in the seventeenth century. What role did war play in the two different directions that these countries took, politically speaking?