Question 1

Louis XIV believed in what political doctrine?

Accepted Answer

A)  The one versus the many 
B)  Might makes right 
C)  The divine right of kings 
D)  Republicanism 
A)  The one versus the many 
B)  Might makes right 
C)  The divine right of kings 
D)  Republicanism

Question 2

Who ruled England under the Protectorate?

Accepted Answer

A)  William and Mary of Orange 
B)  Oliver Cromwell 
C)  The Rump Parliament 
D)  Charles II 
A)  William and Mary of Orange 
B)  Oliver Cromwell 
C)  The Rump Parliament 
D)  Charles II

Question 3

Use the following to answer questions:
-moral economy

Accepted Answer

A) A religious reform movement that began in the early sixteenth century and split the Western Christian Church. 
B) Members of the Society of Jesus, founded by Ignatius Loyola in 1540, whose goal was the spread of the Roman Catholic faith through schools and missionary activity. 
C) The early modern European view that community needs predominated over competition and profit and that necessary goods should thus be sold at a fair price. 
D) A large-scale conflict extending from 1618 to 1648 that pitted Protestants against Catholics in central Europe, but also involved dynastic interests, notably of Spain and France. 
E) Authority of states that possess a monopoly over the instruments of justice and the use of force within clearly defined boundaries and in which private armies present no threat to central control.
F)A political system common to early modern Europe in which monarchs claimed exclusive power to make and enforce laws, without checks by other institutions; this system was limited in practice by the need to maintain legitimacy and compromise with elites.
G)The belief propagated by absolutist monarchs in Europe that they derived their power from God and were only answerable to him.
H)A system of economic regulations aimed at increasing the power of the state derived from the belief that a nation's international power was based on its wealth, specifically its supply of gold and silver.
I)A form of government in which power is limited by law and balanced between the authority and power of the government, on the one hand, and the rights and liberties of the subject or citizen, on the other; it includes constitutional monarchies and republics.
J)Members of a sixteenth- and seventeenth-century reform movement within the Church of England that advocated purifying it of Roman Catholic elements, such as bishops, elaborate ceremonials, and wedding rings.
K)A bill passed by Parliament and accepted by William and Mary that limited the powers of British monarchs and affirmed those of Parliament.
L)A form of government in which there is no monarch and power rests in the hands of the people as exercised through elected representatives.
M)Mid-seventeenth-century English mercantilist laws that greatly restricted other countries' rights to trade with England and its colonies.
N)Free groups and outlaw armies living on the borders of Russian territory from the fourteenth century onward. In the mid-sixteenth century they formed an alliance with the Russian state. 
A) A religious reform movement that began in the early sixteenth century and split the Western Christian Church. 
B) Members of the Society of Jesus, founded by Ignatius Loyola in 1540, whose goal was the spread of the Roman Catholic faith through schools and missionary activity. 
C) The early modern European view that community needs predominated over competition and profit and that necessary goods should thus be sold at a fair price. 
D) A large-scale conflict extending from 1618 to 1648 that pitted Protestants against Catholics in central Europe, but also involved dynastic interests, notably of Spain and France. 
E) Authority of states that possess a monopoly over the instruments of justice and the use of force within clearly defined boundaries and in which private armies present no threat to central control.
F)A political system common to early modern Europe in which monarchs claimed exclusive power to make and enforce laws, without checks by other institutions; this system was limited in practice by the need to maintain legitimacy and compromise with elites.
G)The belief propagated by absolutist monarchs in Europe that they derived their power from God and were only answerable to him.
H)A system of economic regulations aimed at increasing the power of the state derived from the belief that a nation's international power was based on its wealth, specifically its supply of gold and silver.
I)A form of government in which power is limited by law and balanced between the authority and power of the government, on the one hand, and the rights and liberties of the subject or citizen, on the other; it includes constitutional monarchies and republics.
J)Members of a sixteenth- and seventeenth-century reform movement within the Church of England that advocated purifying it of Roman Catholic elements, such as bishops, elaborate ceremonials, and wedding rings.
K)A bill passed by Parliament and accepted by William and Mary that limited the powers of British monarchs and affirmed those of Parliament.
L)A form of government in which there is no monarch and power rests in the hands of the people as exercised through elected representatives.
M)Mid-seventeenth-century English mercantilist laws that greatly restricted other countries' rights to trade with England and its colonies.
N)Free groups and outlaw armies living on the borders of Russian territory from the fourteenth century onward. In the mid-sixteenth century they formed an alliance with the Russian state.

Question 4

How did Ivan the Terrible alter Russia's social class system?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Ivan was c

Question 5

What were the political, economic, and religious factors and events that ultimately led to the Glorious Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
In the ear

Question 6

Based on Map 18.3, "Europe After the Peace of Utrecht, 1715," which territory remained the most stable in terms of territory retained or expanded between the end of the Thirty Years' War and the War of the Spanish Succession?

Accepted Answer

A)  Prussia 
B)  France 
C)  Spain 
D)  Austria 
A)  Prussia 
B)  France 
C)  Spain 
D)  Austria

Question 7

According to the map "European Claims in North America, 1714," what advantage did the French have over the British and Spanish in colonizing much of North America?

Accepted Answer

A)  Much of their colonization took place in a warmer climate, easing the stress of moving quickly over large stretches of territory. 
B)  They were able to avoid contact with their European counterparts as they colonized. 
C)  They had unfettered access to the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River. 
D)  They experienced little contact, and thus little warfare, with Native Americans. 
A)  Much of their colonization took place in a warmer climate, easing the stress of moving quickly over large stretches of territory. 
B)  They were able to avoid contact with their European counterparts as they colonized. 
C)  They had unfettered access to the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River. 
D)  They experienced little contact, and thus little warfare, with Native Americans.

Question 8

What happened on Saint Bartholomew's Day, August 24, 1572?

Accepted Answer

A)  Catholic opponents of England's Henry VIII revolted. 
B)  Protestant supporters of Henry of Navarre attacked Catholics. 
C)  French peasants rose against unfair taxes and tithes. 
D)  French Catholics attacked Calvinists at the wedding of the king's sister. 
A)  Catholic opponents of England's Henry VIII revolted. 
B)  Protestant supporters of Henry of Navarre attacked Catholics. 
C)  French peasants rose against unfair taxes and tithes. 
D)  French Catholics attacked Calvinists at the wedding of the king's sister.

Question 9

The Glorious Revolution of 1688 brought an end to what in England?

Accepted Answer

A)  Monarchy 
B)  The hopes for democracy 
C)  Privileges for the aristocracy 
D)  The theory of divine right monarchy 
A)  Monarchy 
B)  The hopes for democracy 
C)  Privileges for the aristocracy 
D)  The theory of divine right monarchy

Question 10

Which of the following was a consequence of the Peace of Utrecht?

Accepted Answer

A)  It opened a new era of French expansion. 
B)  It was the first of a series of setbacks in the history of the British Empire. 
C)  It left the Spanish succession in turmoil. 
D)  It marked the end of Louis XIV's expansion in Europe. 
A)  It opened a new era of French expansion. 
B)  It was the first of a series of setbacks in the history of the British Empire. 
C)  It left the Spanish succession in turmoil. 
D)  It marked the end of Louis XIV's expansion in Europe.

Question 11

In what ways did Louis XIV collaborate with others to maintain his power?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Louis XIV

Question 12

What was Louis XIV's military goal in Europe?

Accepted Answer

A)  To take as much territory from Spain as he could 
B)  To capture England and its colonies in the Americas 
C)  To capture as many trade ports as possible 
D)  To expand France to what he considered its natural borders 
A)  To take as much territory from Spain as he could 
B)  To capture England and its colonies in the Americas 
C)  To capture as many trade ports as possible 
D)  To expand France to what he considered its natural borders

Question 13

What was an important aspect of Peter the Great's tour of western Europe?

Accepted Answer

A)  He employed spies to steal industrial technology. 
B)  He decided he would model his rule after the French example. 
C)  He began to focus mostly on introducing capitalism into Russia. 
D)  He was particularly impressed by the power of the Dutch and English. 
A)  He employed spies to steal industrial technology. 
B)  He decided he would model his rule after the French example. 
C)  He began to focus mostly on introducing capitalism into Russia. 
D)  He was particularly impressed by the power of the Dutch and English.

Question 14

Use the following to answer questions:
-Bill of Rights of 1689

Accepted Answer

A) A religious reform movement that began in the early sixteenth century and split the Western Christian Church. 
B) Members of the Society of Jesus, founded by Ignatius Loyola in 1540, whose goal was the spread of the Roman Catholic faith through schools and missionary activity. 
C) The early modern European view that community needs predominated over competition and profit and that necessary goods should thus be sold at a fair price. 
D) A large-scale conflict extending from 1618 to 1648 that pitted Protestants against Catholics in central Europe, but also involved dynastic interests, notably of Spain and France. 
E) Authority of states that possess a monopoly over the instruments of justice and the use of force within clearly defined boundaries and in which private armies present no threat to central control.
F)A political system common to early modern Europe in which monarchs claimed exclusive power to make and enforce laws, without checks by other institutions; this system was limited in practice by the need to maintain legitimacy and compromise with elites.
G)The belief propagated by absolutist monarchs in Europe that they derived their power from God and were only answerable to him.
H)A system of economic regulations aimed at increasing the power of the state derived from the belief that a nation's international power was based on its wealth, specifically its supply of gold and silver.
I)A form of government in which power is limited by law and balanced between the authority and power of the government, on the one hand, and the rights and liberties of the subject or citizen, on the other; it includes constitutional monarchies and republics.
J)Members of a sixteenth- and seventeenth-century reform movement within the Church of England that advocated purifying it of Roman Catholic elements, such as bishops, elaborate ceremonials, and wedding rings.
K)A bill passed by Parliament and accepted by William and Mary that limited the powers of British monarchs and affirmed those of Parliament.
L)A form of government in which there is no monarch and power rests in the hands of the people as exercised through elected representatives.
M)Mid-seventeenth-century English mercantilist laws that greatly restricted other countries' rights to trade with England and its colonies.
N)Free groups and outlaw armies living on the borders of Russian territory from the fourteenth century onward. In the mid-sixteenth century they formed an alliance with the Russian state. 
A) A religious reform movement that began in the early sixteenth century and split the Western Christian Church. 
B) Members of the Society of Jesus, founded by Ignatius Loyola in 1540, whose goal was the spread of the Roman Catholic faith through schools and missionary activity. 
C) The early modern European view that community needs predominated over competition and profit and that necessary goods should thus be sold at a fair price. 
D) A large-scale conflict extending from 1618 to 1648 that pitted Protestants against Catholics in central Europe, but also involved dynastic interests, notably of Spain and France. 
E) Authority of states that possess a monopoly over the instruments of justice and the use of force within clearly defined boundaries and in which private armies present no threat to central control.
F)A political system common to early modern Europe in which monarchs claimed exclusive power to make and enforce laws, without checks by other institutions; this system was limited in practice by the need to maintain legitimacy and compromise with elites.
G)The belief propagated by absolutist monarchs in Europe that they derived their power from God and were only answerable to him.
H)A system of economic regulations aimed at increasing the power of the state derived from the belief that a nation's international power was based on its wealth, specifically its supply of gold and silver.
I)A form of government in which power is limited by law and balanced between the authority and power of the government, on the one hand, and the rights and liberties of the subject or citizen, on the other; it includes constitutional monarchies and republics.
J)Members of a sixteenth- and seventeenth-century reform movement within the Church of England that advocated purifying it of Roman Catholic elements, such as bishops, elaborate ceremonials, and wedding rings.
K)A bill passed by Parliament and accepted by William and Mary that limited the powers of British monarchs and affirmed those of Parliament.
L)A form of government in which there is no monarch and power rests in the hands of the people as exercised through elected representatives.
M)Mid-seventeenth-century English mercantilist laws that greatly restricted other countries' rights to trade with England and its colonies.
N)Free groups and outlaw armies living on the borders of Russian territory from the fourteenth century onward. In the mid-sixteenth century they formed an alliance with the Russian state.

Question 15

Use the following to answer questions:
-Thirty Years' War

Accepted Answer

A) A religious reform movement that began in the early sixteenth century and split the Western Christian Church. 
B) Members of the Society of Jesus, founded by Ignatius Loyola in 1540, whose goal was the spread of the Roman Catholic faith through schools and missionary activity. 
C) The early modern European view that community needs predominated over competition and profit and that necessary goods should thus be sold at a fair price. 
D) A large-scale conflict extending from 1618 to 1648 that pitted Protestants against Catholics in central Europe, but also involved dynastic interests, notably of Spain and France. 
E) Authority of states that possess a monopoly over the instruments of justice and the use of force within clearly defined boundaries and in which private armies present no threat to central control.
F)A political system common to early modern Europe in which monarchs claimed exclusive power to make and enforce laws, without checks by other institutions; this system was limited in practice by the need to maintain legitimacy and compromise with elites.
G)The belief propagated by absolutist monarchs in Europe that they derived their power from God and were only answerable to him.
H)A system of economic regulations aimed at increasing the power of the state derived from the belief that a nation's international power was based on its wealth, specifically its supply of gold and silver.
I)A form of government in which power is limited by law and balanced between the authority and power of the government, on the one hand, and the rights and liberties of the subject or citizen, on the other; it includes constitutional monarchies and republics.
J)Members of a sixteenth- and seventeenth-century reform movement within the Church of England that advocated purifying it of Roman Catholic elements, such as bishops, elaborate ceremonials, and wedding rings.
K)A bill passed by Parliament and accepted by William and Mary that limited the powers of British monarchs and affirmed those of Parliament.
L)A form of government in which there is no monarch and power rests in the hands of the people as exercised through elected representatives.
M)Mid-seventeenth-century English mercantilist laws that greatly restricted other countries' rights to trade with England and its colonies.
N)Free groups and outlaw armies living on the borders of Russian territory from the fourteenth century onward. In the mid-sixteenth century they formed an alliance with the Russian state. 
A) A religious reform movement that began in the early sixteenth century and split the Western Christian Church. 
B) Members of the Society of Jesus, founded by Ignatius Loyola in 1540, whose goal was the spread of the Roman Catholic faith through schools and missionary activity. 
C) The early modern European view that community needs predominated over competition and profit and that necessary goods should thus be sold at a fair price. 
D) A large-scale conflict extending from 1618 to 1648 that pitted Protestants against Catholics in central Europe, but also involved dynastic interests, notably of Spain and France. 
E) Authority of states that possess a monopoly over the instruments of justice and the use of force within clearly defined boundaries and in which private armies present no threat to central control.
F)A political system common to early modern Europe in which monarchs claimed exclusive power to make and enforce laws, without checks by other institutions; this system was limited in practice by the need to maintain legitimacy and compromise with elites.
G)The belief propagated by absolutist monarchs in Europe that they derived their power from God and were only answerable to him.
H)A system of economic regulations aimed at increasing the power of the state derived from the belief that a nation's international power was based on its wealth, specifically its supply of gold and silver.
I)A form of government in which power is limited by law and balanced between the authority and power of the government, on the one hand, and the rights and liberties of the subject or citizen, on the other; it includes constitutional monarchies and republics.
J)Members of a sixteenth- and seventeenth-century reform movement within the Church of England that advocated purifying it of Roman Catholic elements, such as bishops, elaborate ceremonials, and wedding rings.
K)A bill passed by Parliament and accepted by William and Mary that limited the powers of British monarchs and affirmed those of Parliament.
L)A form of government in which there is no monarch and power rests in the hands of the people as exercised through elected representatives.
M)Mid-seventeenth-century English mercantilist laws that greatly restricted other countries' rights to trade with England and its colonies.
N)Free groups and outlaw armies living on the borders of Russian territory from the fourteenth century onward. In the mid-sixteenth century they formed an alliance with the Russian state.

Question 16

Why was the English monarchy restored after the civil war? What problems was it supposed to fix, and what problems did it cause?

Accepted Answer

Although the events were calle

Question 17

French foreign policy under Cardinal Richelieu focused primarily on what goal?

Accepted Answer

A)  Preventing the Catholic Habsburgs from controlling territories around France 
B)  Destroying English naval power 
C)  Protecting the region of Burgundy 
D)  Expanding the territorial control of France by conquering Bavaria 
A)  Preventing the Catholic Habsburgs from controlling territories around France 
B)  Destroying English naval power 
C)  Protecting the region of Burgundy 
D)  Expanding the territorial control of France by conquering Bavaria

Question 18

What nation was Colbert hoping to compete with when he created the Company of the East Indies?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Dutch Republic 
B)  England 
C)  Spain 
D)  Portugal 
A)  The Dutch Republic 
B)  England 
C)  Spain 
D)  Portugal

Question 19

What were some of the problems that hampered the attempts by seventeenth-century European governments to centralize?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Attempts t

Question 20

Who held the political power in the Dutch Republic in the seventeenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  The central government 
B)  An oligarchy of wealthy businessmen 
C)  The stadholder and his royal courtiers 
D)  A democratically elected States-General 
A)  The central government 
B)  An oligarchy of wealthy businessmen 
C)  The stadholder and his royal courtiers 
D)  A democratically elected States-General

Exam 18: European Power and Expansion, 1500-1750

Louis XIV believed in what political doctrine?

Who ruled England under the Protectorate?

Use the following to answer questions: -moral economy

How did Ivan the Terrible alter Russia's social class system?

What were the political, economic, and religious factors and events that ultimately led to the Glorious Revolution?

Based on Map 18.3, "Europe After the Peace of Utrecht, 1715," which territory remained the most stable in terms of territory retained or expanded between the end of the Thirty Years' War and the War of the Spanish Succession?

According to the map "European Claims in North America, 1714," what advantage did the French have over the British and Spanish in colonizing much of North America?

What happened on Saint Bartholomew's Day, August 24, 1572?

The Glorious Revolution of 1688 brought an end to what in England?

Which of the following was a consequence of the Peace of Utrecht?

In what ways did Louis XIV collaborate with others to maintain his power?

What was Louis XIV's military goal in Europe?

What was an important aspect of Peter the Great's tour of western Europe?

Use the following to answer questions: -Bill of Rights of 1689

Use the following to answer questions: -Thirty Years' War

Why was the English monarchy restored after the civil war? What problems was it supposed to fix, and what problems did it cause?

French foreign policy under Cardinal Richelieu focused primarily on what goal?

What nation was Colbert hoping to compete with when he created the Company of the East Indies?

What were some of the problems that hampered the attempts by seventeenth-century European governments to centralize?

Who held the political power in the Dutch Republic in the seventeenth century?

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The Foundation of Indian Society, to 300 Ce

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Continuity and Change in Europe and Western Asia, 250-850

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