Question 1

What role did court life at Versailles during the reign of Louis XIV playing in enhancing royal power?

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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

What important political idea has been credited to John Locke?

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A) He synthesized previous doctrines on international law. 
B) He posited the idea of society as being in a constant state of war. 
C) He advocated political democracy for the entire populace. 
D) He emphasized the social contract between the people and government. 
E) He advocated the disestablishment of the Church of England.

Question 4

What was the most destructive war in European history up until the middle of the seventeenth century?

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A) The Thirty Years' War 
B) The Hundred Years' War 
C) The Wars of the Roses 
D) The English Civil War 
E) The Revolt of the Netherlands

Question 5

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
States General

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Question 6

Which artistic style reflected the anxiety and turmoil associated with the Reformation and European wars?

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A) Mannerism 
B) Baroque 
C) Classicism 
D) High Renaissance 
E) Dutch Realism

Question 7

The Thirty Years' War has often been called the "last of the religious wars."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What was Thomas Hobbes' response to the English revolutions?

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A) He felt that man was suited best to be in a pristine state of nature, without government interference. 
B) He stated that mankind was animalistic, and needed a strong government to maintain social order. 
C) He was a firm believer in democracy. 
D) He said that the best form of government was a theocracy. 
E) He argued in favor of revolution when the ruler broke the social contract.

Question 9

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 10

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

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

Question 11

The Spanish defeated the Ottomans at the Battle of Lepanto.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Define absolutism. Is it accurate to describe the French national government in the seventeenth century as an absolute monarchy?

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Question 13

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Louis XIV's wars

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Question 14

Leopold I's policy of eastward expansion was challenged by

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A) the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War. 
B) a coalition of western European powers. 
C) an energized Sweden. 
D) the collapse of the Romanov dynasty. 
E) the revival of Ottoman power.

Question 15

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 16

What was one of the provisions of the Petition of Right (1628)?

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A) It stated that the King of England should be elected. 
B) It maintained that the King could pass no new tax without the consent of Parliament. 
C) It restored order in the English military. 
D) It made the English monarchy purely ceremonial. 
E) It made the Anglican Church the "established" church.

Question 17

Which state threatened Vienna in 1529 and again in 1683?

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

Question 18

Lope de Vega was a leading Spanish playwright.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Louis XIV restructured the administration of the French government by all of the following EXCEPT

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A) personally dominating the actions of his ministers and secretaries. 
B) adding loyal followers from relatively new aristocratic families to the royal council. 
C) making the court a main arena where rival aristocratic factions jockeyed for power. 
D) using Versailles as a place where powerful subjects came to find favors and offices for themselves and their supporters. 
E) removing the central policy-making machinery of government from his own court and household.

Question 20

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Thirty Years' War

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

What role did court life at Versailles during the reign of Louis XIV playing in enhancing royal power?

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

What important political idea has been credited to John Locke?

What was the most destructive war in European history up until the middle of the seventeenth century?

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. States General

Which artistic style reflected the anxiety and turmoil associated with the Reformation and European wars?

The Thirty Years' War has often been called the "last of the religious wars."

What was Thomas Hobbes' response to the English revolutions?

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

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

The Spanish defeated the Ottomans at the Battle of Lepanto.

Define absolutism. Is it accurate to describe the French national government in the seventeenth century as an absolute monarchy?

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Louis XIV's wars

Leopold I's policy of eastward expansion was challenged by

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

What was one of the provisions of the Petition of Right (1628) ?

Which state threatened Vienna in 1529 and again in 1683?

Lope de Vega was a leading Spanish playwright.

Louis XIV restructured the administration of the French government by all of the following EXCEPT

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Thirty Years' War