Question 1

What did Cardinal Richelieu understand to be the biggest roadblock to building a strong monarchy in Louis XIV's France?

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A) The rising cost of warfare 
B) The weakness of the Bourbons 
C) Resistance by the great nobles 
D) Armed uprisings by workers in Paris 
E) Peasant revolts in the countryside

Question 2

Compare the reigns of Frederick William of Brandenburg-Prussia and Peter the Great of Russia. How are their policies similar? How are they different?

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Question 3

James I was the first ____ king of England.

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A) Tudor 
B) Stuart 
C) Bourbon 
D) Habsburg 
E) Valois

Question 4

Please define the following key terms.
-Oliver Cromwell

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-Oliver Cromwell...

Question 5

Please define the following key terms.
-Louis XIV's wars

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-Louis XIV's...

Question 6

Please define the following key terms.
-Glorious Revolution

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-Glorious Revolution...

Question 7

Please define the following key terms.
-the Restoration

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-the Restoration...

Question 8

Which group benefited from Peter the Great's cultural reforms?

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A) The urban poor 
B) Estate owners 
C) Priests 
D) Peasants 
E) Women

Question 9

Please define the following key terms.
-procurator

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-procurator...

Question 10

Please define the following key terms.
-"divine right"

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-"divine right"...

Question 11

Please define the following key terms.
-Mannerism

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-Mannerism...

Question 12

Please define the following key terms.
-Test Act

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-Test Act...

Question 13

The object of Peter the Great's domestic reforms was to make Russia

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A) a military power. 
B) democratic. 
C) egalitarian. 
D) an Asian monarchy. 
E) a wholly agrarian nation.

Question 14

By the turn of the eighteenth century, more and more people were finding it hard to believe in witchcraft.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Please define the following key terms.
-Frederick William the Great Elector

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-Frederick William...

Question 16

Which uprising in France nearly overthrew Louis XIV early in his reign?

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A) Vendee 
B) Marseillaise 
C) Fronde 
D) Jacquerie 
E) Revolution

Question 17

Louis XIV pursued a(n) ____ policy.

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A) progressive religious 
B) anti-religious 
C) pro-Protestant 
D) anti-Catholic 
E) anti-Protestant

Question 18

Oliver Cromwell's military government lasted for more than a decade following his death in 1658.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Please define the following key terms.
-boyars

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-boyars...

Question 20

Please define the following key terms.
-Cardinal Richelieu

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-Cardinal Richelieu...

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

What did Cardinal Richelieu understand to be the biggest roadblock to building a strong monarchy in Louis XIV's France?

Compare the reigns of Frederick William of Brandenburg-Prussia and Peter the Great of Russia. How are their policies similar? How are they different?

James I was the first ____ king of England.

Please define the following key terms. -Oliver Cromwell

Please define the following key terms. -Louis XIV's wars

Please define the following key terms. -Glorious Revolution

Please define the following key terms. -the Restoration

Which group benefited from Peter the Great's cultural reforms?

Please define the following key terms. -procurator

Please define the following key terms. -"divine right"

Please define the following key terms. -Mannerism

Please define the following key terms. -Test Act

The object of Peter the Great's domestic reforms was to make Russia

By the turn of the eighteenth century, more and more people were finding it hard to believe in witchcraft.

Please define the following key terms. -Frederick William the Great Elector

Which uprising in France nearly overthrew Louis XIV early in his reign?

Louis XIV pursued a(n) ____ policy.

Oliver Cromwell's military government lasted for more than a decade following his death in 1658.

Please define the following key terms. -boyars

Please define the following key terms. -Cardinal Richelieu