Deck 15: From Westphalia to Paris: Regimes Old and New

Question 1

During the _________, palaces, museums, libraries, etc., sprang up across Europe.

Answer 1

Baroque Age

Question 2

The Peace of Westphalia was signed in Austria, between France and Germany.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The idea that true freedom consists of freedom from chaos is an argument for _______________.

Answer 3

tyranny

Question 4

Louis XIII's chief minister was

A) Mazarin.
B) Richelieu.
C) Saint Simon.
D) Francois Fenelon.

Question 5

__________ wrote Leviathan.

Question 6

_______ was the dominant Continental state in the 17th century

Question 7

The Turks failed to take Vienna in _______, which strengthened Austria.

A) 1648.
B) 1598.
C) 1620.
D) 1683.

Question 8

The ________ came to power in Russia in the 17th century.

Question 9

All European countries used a military draft to fill the ranks of their armies in the early modern period.

Question 10

____________ were used to control their own citizens.

Question 11

Who built the palace of Versailles?

A) Louis XIV
B) Louis XIII
C) Catherine de Medici
D) Cardinal Richelieu

Question 12

___________ was a rebellion against the French crown in the mid-17th century.

Question 13

___________ was a set of economic policies that supported absolutism.

Question 14

Johnson's dictionary of the English language remained authoritative until

A) 1789.
B) 1829.
C) 1928.
D) 1889.

Question 15

____________ died in 1603, causing a constitutional crisis in England.

Question 16

James Stuart was king of England and also of _______.

A) France.
B) Holland.
C) Scotland.
D) Ireland.

Question 17

The English parliamentary forces during the civil war were led by ____________.

Question 18

The Ottomans lost control over the eastern Mediterranean at the Battle of _______.

A) Lepanto
B) Ayn Jalut
C) Vienna
D) Kosovo

Question 19

The Safavid Qizilbash were Sufi mystics.