Question 1

The Seven Years' War was fought in North America.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Frederick II of Prussia supported the right of Maria Theresa to rule Austria in the War of Austrian Succession.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

What role did Cardinal Mazarin play in Louis XIV's early years?

Accepted Answer

A)  He was commander of the king's body guard. 
B)  He was the prime minister. 
C)  He was the tax collector. 
D)  He was the king's personal confessor. 
E)  He was the representative of the pope.

Question 4

What significant step did Louis XV take to control France?

Accepted Answer

A)  He wrote a Bill of Rights. 
B)  He created a centralized parlement. 
C)  He revised the tax collection system. 
D)  He revised the military recruitment policy. 
E)  He created a professional police force.

Question 5

How was the sense of collective identity in France established and retained?

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Question 6

A significant social change implemented by Peter the Great was to

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A)  end serfdom. 
B)  create compulsory military service. 
C)  order mandatory life service in either the military or civilian administration for nobles. 
D)  eliminate Russian Orthodoxy. 
E)  create collective farms for efficiency.

Question 7

The expansion of Russian boundaries under Catherine's reign was accomplished in the west by

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A)  capturing Baltic lands. 
B)  seizing Turkish territory in the Caucasus. 
C)  the partition of Poland with Austria and Prussia. 
D)  expansion to the Pacific ocean. 
E)  conscripting Cossacks into the Russian army.

Question 8

One reason for the success of the parlements in France was

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A)  they granted tax free status to the nobility. 
B)  service in these courts of law exempted a person from military service. 
C)  citizens of France believed they could get a fairer trial than with the church or local courts. 
D)  the parlements had intendants tracking local tax records. 
E)  the parlements were believed to be a stepping stone to a constitution.

Question 9

The Russian ruler given credit for making Russia into a European power was

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A)  Peter the Great. 
B)  Catherine the Great. 
C)  Ivan IV the Terrible. 
D)  Michael Romanov. 
E)  Peter III.

Question 10

In his attempt to control the nobility,Peter the Great

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A)  disbanded the Imperial Diet. 
B)  outlawed serfdom. 
C)  implemented a Table of Ranks. 
D)  required his nobility to obtain a university education. 
E)  created a new nobility of the sword.

Question 11

Louis XIV justified his claim to absolutism with the concept of

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A)  divine right. 
B)  legal tradition. 
C)  one king, one faith, one law. 
D)  princely authority. 
E)  royal entitlement.

Question 12

What administrative and economic changes did Louis XIV use to centralize and unify France?

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Question 13

Why was Louis XIV called the Sun King?

Accepted Answer

A)  Because he viewed his place in the universe as equivalent to the sun in importance 
B)  Because he utilized the metaphor of sun and moon to place, respectively, the state and the church in ranking 
C)  Because the nobility believed he was "God's grace shining on France like the sun." 
D)  Because he deliberately chose Apollo as the symbol of Versailles and himself 
E)  Because he considered the sun part of his realm

Question 14

Why was Catherine the Great an unlikely contender for the Russian throne?

Accepted Answer

A)  She was German. 
B)  She was Protestant. 
C)  She was married in to the Romanov family. 
D)  She was a woman. 
E)  All of these.

Question 15

Leopold was finally successful in defeating the Ottomans as defined in which Treaty?

Accepted Answer

A)  Carlowitz 
B)  Saztmár 
C)  Bucharest 
D)  Vienna 
E)  Rákóczi

Question 16

Peter the Great moved his capital to

Accepted Answer

A)  Moscow. 
B)  Cracow. 
C)  Novgorod. 
D)  Vladimir. 
E)  St. Petersburg.

Question 17

Frederick William (Hohenzollern)solidified power in Prussia by all of the following methods except

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A)  building a large army. 
B)  developing manufacturing centers. 
C)  raising state revenues. 
D)  using a twofold taxation system. 
E)  conquering other principalities in Germany.

Question 18

What was mercantilism,and what was its effect on European economies during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?

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Question 19

Analyze the reforms attempted by Empress Maria Theresa of Austria.

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Question 20

The Treaty of Carlowitz united Hungary with the Habsburg territory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 16: State-Building and the European State System,1648-1789

The Seven Years' War was fought in North America.

Frederick II of Prussia supported the right of Maria Theresa to rule Austria in the War of Austrian Succession.

What role did Cardinal Mazarin play in Louis XIV's early years?

What significant step did Louis XV take to control France?

How was the sense of collective identity in France established and retained?

A significant social change implemented by Peter the Great was to

The expansion of Russian boundaries under Catherine's reign was accomplished in the west by

One reason for the success of the parlements in France was

The Russian ruler given credit for making Russia into a European power was

In his attempt to control the nobility,Peter the Great

Louis XIV justified his claim to absolutism with the concept of

What administrative and economic changes did Louis XIV use to centralize and unify France?

Why was Louis XIV called the Sun King?

Why was Catherine the Great an unlikely contender for the Russian throne?

Leopold was finally successful in defeating the Ottomans as defined in which Treaty?

Peter the Great moved his capital to

Frederick William (Hohenzollern) solidified power in Prussia by all of the following methods except

What was mercantilism,and what was its effect on European economies during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?

Analyze the reforms attempted by Empress Maria Theresa of Austria.

The Treaty of Carlowitz united Hungary with the Habsburg territory.