Question 1

In the seventeenth century, serfdom returned to what region of Europe?

Accepted Answer

A)  Western 
B)  Central 
C)  The Low Countries 
D)  Eastern 
A)  Western 
B)  Central 
C)  The Low Countries 
D)  Eastern

Question 2

Use the following to answer questions:
-sovereignty

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 3

What was an important consequence of the Thirty Years' War for the Austrian Habsburgs?

Accepted Answer

A)  They began a quest for imperial dominance of central Europe. 
B)  They accepted a Protestant representative assembly. 
C)  They turned inward and eastward in an attempt to unify their power. 
D)  They allowed self-rule in Bohemia in return for the breakup of the Bohemian Estates. 
A)  They began a quest for imperial dominance of central Europe. 
B)  They accepted a Protestant representative assembly. 
C)  They turned inward and eastward in an attempt to unify their power. 
D)  They allowed self-rule in Bohemia in return for the breakup of the Bohemian Estates.

Question 4

Why did Western Christendom break into many divisions in the sixteenth century?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
The breaku

Question 5

Why did Spain's overseas empire begin to lose its economic viability?

Accepted Answer

A)  Disease killed off its sugar crops. 
B)  Slave rebellions threatened sugar production. 
C)  Its American silver mines ran out of silver. 
D)  Portugal challenged Spain's colonial holdings. 
A)  Disease killed off its sugar crops. 
B)  Slave rebellions threatened sugar production. 
C)  Its American silver mines ran out of silver. 
D)  Portugal challenged Spain's colonial holdings.

Question 6

Between 1673 and 1682, the French explored and occupied what New World territory?

Accepted Answer

A)  Louisiana 
B)  Quebec 
C)  Hispaniola 
D)  Nova Scotia 
A)  Louisiana 
B)  Quebec 
C)  Hispaniola 
D)  Nova Scotia

Question 7

How does this illustration reflect the impact of the fur trade on the lives of Native Americans?

Accepted Answer

A)  It created tensions between rival groups as evidenced by the armed confrontation in the background. 
B)  The lack of agricultural land suggests a reduction in the emphasis on agriculture. 
C)  It exacerbated tensions between European colonists and Native Americans. 
D)  The fur trade had little impact on Native Americans. 
A)  It created tensions between rival groups as evidenced by the armed confrontation in the background. 
B)  The lack of agricultural land suggests a reduction in the emphasis on agriculture. 
C)  It exacerbated tensions between European colonists and Native Americans. 
D)  The fur trade had little impact on Native Americans.

Question 8

Who did the Spanish crown expel in 1609?

Accepted Answer

A)  Moriscos, or former Muslims 
B)  Jews 
C)  Landed nobles 
D)  Calvinists 
A)  Moriscos, or former Muslims 
B)  Jews 
C)  Landed nobles 
D)  Calvinists

Question 9

Which order of nuns (founded in the sixteenth century) attained prestige in education for women?

Accepted Answer

A)  Trentines 
B)  Ursulines 
C)  Mericis 
D)  Jesuits 
A)  Trentines 
B)  Ursulines 
C)  Mericis 
D)  Jesuits

Question 10

Which group led the commoners to rebel against the French government in the Fronde?

Accepted Answer

A)  The landed aristocracy 
B)  Magistrates in Paris 
C)  Intendants 
D)  Women 
A)  The landed aristocracy 
B)  Magistrates in Paris 
C)  Intendants 
D)  Women

Question 11

As England moved toward constitutionalism, how close did the reforms come to instituting the ideas of John Locke?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
John Locke

Question 12

Which of the following was an important limitation on Louis XIV's power?

Accepted Answer

A)  The terms of the Edict of Nantes 
B)  The pope's control of the French church 
C)  The French constitution 
D)  His need to collaborate with nobles 
A)  The terms of the Edict of Nantes 
B)  The pope's control of the French church 
C)  The French constitution 
D)  His need to collaborate with nobles

Question 13

What did Louis XIV revoke in 1685?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Peace of Augsburg 
B)  The Edict of Nantes 
C)  The Estates General 
D)  The Fronde Settlement 
A)  The Peace of Augsburg 
B)  The Edict of Nantes 
C)  The Estates General 
D)  The Fronde Settlement

Question 14

What did the Triennial Act, passed in 1641 by the House of Commons, establish?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Long Parliament 
B)  That Parliament was opposed to the extra-legal taxes of Charles I 
C)  That the king summon Parliament every three years 
D)  That only Parliament could intervene in Scotland 
A)  The Long Parliament 
B)  That Parliament was opposed to the extra-legal taxes of Charles I 
C)  That the king summon Parliament every three years 
D)  That only Parliament could intervene in Scotland

Question 15

Use the following to answer questions:
-Navigation Acts

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

What was the main reason the princes of Moscow were able to expand their power and rule Russia?

Accepted Answer

A)  They had great wealth and landholdings. 
B)  They possessed superb military prowess and weapons. 
C)  They cooperated with the Mongols. 
D)  They converted to Orthodox Christianity. 
A)  They had great wealth and landholdings. 
B)  They possessed superb military prowess and weapons. 
C)  They cooperated with the Mongols. 
D)  They converted to Orthodox Christianity.

Question 17

What region did the Romanov tsars add to their territorial holdings?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hungary 
B)  Lithuania 
C)  Siberia 
D)  Sweden 
A)  Hungary 
B)  Lithuania 
C)  Siberia 
D)  Sweden

Question 18

In the early seventeenth century, King James I of England advocated what political idea?

Accepted Answer

A)  That kings had absolute power by divine right 
B)  That parliamentary government was the best form of government 
C)  That the primary function of the state was warfare 
D)  That kings gained sovereignty through an implicit contract with those they ruled 
A)  That kings had absolute power by divine right 
B)  That parliamentary government was the best form of government 
C)  That the primary function of the state was warfare 
D)  That kings gained sovereignty through an implicit contract with those they ruled

Exam 18: European Power and Expansion, 1500-1750

In the seventeenth century, serfdom returned to what region of Europe?

Use the following to answer questions: -sovereignty

What was an important consequence of the Thirty Years' War for the Austrian Habsburgs?

Why did Western Christendom break into many divisions in the sixteenth century?

Why did Spain's overseas empire begin to lose its economic viability?

Between 1673 and 1682, the French explored and occupied what New World territory?

How does this illustration reflect the impact of the fur trade on the lives of Native Americans?

Who did the Spanish crown expel in 1609?

Which order of nuns (founded in the sixteenth century) attained prestige in education for women?

Which group led the commoners to rebel against the French government in the Fronde?

As England moved toward constitutionalism, how close did the reforms come to instituting the ideas of John Locke?

Which of the following was an important limitation on Louis XIV's power?

What did Louis XIV revoke in 1685?

What did the Triennial Act, passed in 1641 by the House of Commons, establish?

Use the following to answer questions: -Navigation Acts

What was the main reason the princes of Moscow were able to expand their power and rule Russia?

What region did the Romanov tsars add to their territorial holdings?

In the early seventeenth century, King James I of England advocated what political idea?

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