Question 1

The "sleeping giant" of Eastern Europe in the first half of the seventeenth century was

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A)  Russia. 
B)  Austria. 
C)  Poland. 
D)  Greece. 
E)  the Ottoman Empire.

Question 2

What was the relationship in the France of Louis XIV between pomp and rule?

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Question 3

IDENTIFICATIONS
-the Fronde

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Question 4

The English Bill of Rights

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A)  laid the foundation for a constitutional monarchy. 
B)  resolved all of England's seventeenth-century religious questions. 
C)  reaffirmed the divine-right theory of kingship while limiting the king's power. 
D)  confirmed the king's right to raise standing armies without parliamentary consent. 
E)  stated that taxes could only be approved by the House of Lords, not the House of Commons.

Question 5

As a result of the Peace of Westphalia of 1648

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A)  the German population was to be converted to Catholicism. 
B)  all German states could choose their own religions, except for Calvinism. 
C)  German states were allowed to determine their religion. 
D)  the institution of the Holy Roman Empire was to be the ruling force in Germany for the next 100 years. 
E)  the Holy Roman Empire was dismembered.

Question 6

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

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Question 7

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.

Question 8

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Mannerism and El Greco

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Question 9

Why did England move toward a limited monarchy while places like Prussia, Austria, and Russia moved toward a more robust and absolutist monarchy?

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Question 10

The greatest figure of Baroque art was

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A)  Rembrandt van Rijn. 
B)  Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 
C)  El Greco. 
D)  Nicholas Poussin. 
E)  David Caspar Friedrich

Question 11

The capital of the Habsburg Empire was in

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A)  the Ukraine. 
B)  Poland. 
C)  Austria. 
D)  Bavaria. 
E)  Turkey.

Question 12

John Locke was responsible for

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A)  synthesizing previous doctrines on international law. 
B)  the idea of society as being in a constant state of war. 
C)  advocating political democracy for the entire populace. 
D)  emphasizing the social contract between the people and government. 
E)  disestablishing the Church of England.

Question 13

The French playwright Moliére is noted for all of the following except

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A)  Tartuffe. 
B)  benefiting from the patronage of Louis XIV. 
C)  satirizing French religious and social customs. 
D)  perfecting neoclassical tragedy. 
E)  producing and acting in a series of comedies.

Question 14

How did the art and literature of the second half of the seventeenth century reflect the political and social life of that period? Give examples.

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Question 15

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.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

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 17

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Oliver Cromwell

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Question 18

The witch hunts of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries

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A)  came out of the social unrest deriving from the shift from individualism to communalism. 
B)  were often directed against old single women 
C)  were generally directed only at people who denied that they were religious. 
D)  were primarily restricted to rural areas. 
E)  were minimal in comparison to the late Middle Ages.

Question 19

The witchcraft hysteria primarily targeted women.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

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

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A) True 
 B)False

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

The "sleeping giant" of Eastern Europe in the first half of the seventeenth century was

What was the relationship in the France of Louis XIV between pomp and rule?

IDENTIFICATIONS -the Fronde

The English Bill of Rights

As a result of the Peace of Westphalia of 1648

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

Absolutism means

IDENTIFICATIONS -Mannerism and El Greco

Why did England move toward a limited monarchy while places like Prussia, Austria, and Russia moved toward a more robust and absolutist monarchy?

The greatest figure of Baroque art was

The capital of the Habsburg Empire was in

John Locke was responsible for

The French playwright Moliére is noted for all of the following except

How did the art and literature of the second half of the seventeenth century reflect the political and social life of that period? Give examples.

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.

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

IDENTIFICATIONS -Oliver Cromwell

The witch hunts of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries

The witchcraft hysteria primarily targeted women.

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