Question 1

What did Cardinal Richelieu understand to be the biggest roadblock to building a strong monarchy in Louis XIV's France?

Accepted Answer

A) The rising cost of warfare 
B) The weakness of the Bourbons 
C) Resistance by the great nobles 
D) Armed uprisings by workers in Paris 
E) Peasant revolts in the countryside 
A) The rising cost of warfare 
B) The weakness of the Bourbons 
C) Resistance by the great nobles 
D) Armed uprisings by workers in Paris 
E) Peasant revolts in the countryside

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

Frederick William of Brandenburg-Prussia

Question 3

James I was the first ____ king of England.

Accepted Answer

A) Tudor 
B) Stuart 
C) Bourbon 
D) Habsburg 
E) Valois 
A) Tudor 
B) Stuart 
C) Bourbon 
D) Habsburg 
E) Valois

Question 4

Please define the following key terms.
-Oliver Cromwell

Accepted Answer

Oliver Cromwell was a key figure in Engl

Question 5

Please define the following key terms.
-Louis XIV's wars

Accepted Answer

Louis XIV, also known as the Sun King, w

Question 6

Please define the following key terms.
-Glorious Revolution

Accepted Answer

The Glorious Revolution was a political

Question 7

Please define the following key terms.
-the Restoration

Accepted Answer

The Restoration refers to a period in En

Question 8

Which group benefited from Peter the Great's cultural reforms?

Accepted Answer

A) The urban poor 
B) Estate owners 
C) Priests 
D) Peasants 
E) Women 
A) The urban poor 
B) Estate owners 
C) Priests 
D) Peasants 
E) Women

Question 9

Please define the following key terms.
-procurator

Accepted Answer

A procurator is an individual who has be

Question 10

Please define the following key terms.
-"divine right"

Accepted Answer

The term "divine right" refers to the do

Question 11

Please define the following key terms.
-Mannerism

Accepted Answer

Mannerism is an artistic style and movem

Question 12

Please define the following key terms.
-Test Act

Accepted Answer

The term "Test Act" could refer to diffe

Question 13

The object of Peter the Great's domestic reforms was to make Russia

Accepted Answer

A) a military power. 
B) democratic. 
C) egalitarian. 
D) an Asian monarchy. 
E) a wholly agrarian nation. 
A) a military power. 
B) democratic. 
C) egalitarian. 
D) an Asian monarchy. 
E) a wholly agrarian nation.

Question 14

By the turn of the eighteenth century, more and more people were finding it hard to believe in witchcraft.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Please define the following key terms.
-Frederick William the Great Elector

Accepted Answer

Frederick William, also known as the Gre

Question 16

Which uprising in France nearly overthrew Louis XIV early in his reign?

Accepted Answer

A) Vendee 
B) Marseillaise 
C) Fronde 
D) Jacquerie 
E) Revolution 
A) Vendee 
B) Marseillaise 
C) Fronde 
D) Jacquerie 
E) Revolution

Question 17

Louis XIV pursued a(n) ____ policy.

Accepted Answer

A) progressive religious 
B) anti-religious 
C) pro-Protestant 
D) anti-Catholic 
E) anti-Protestant 
A) progressive religious 
B) anti-religious 
C) pro-Protestant 
D) anti-Catholic 
E) anti-Protestant

Question 18

Oliver Cromwell's military government lasted for more than a decade following his death in 1658.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Please define the following key terms.
-boyars

Accepted Answer

Boyars were members of the highest rank

Question 20

Please define the following key terms.
-Cardinal Richelieu

Accepted Answer

Cardinal Richelieu was a powerful and in

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

What did Cardinal Richelieu understand to be the biggest roadblock to building a strong monarchy in Louis XIV's France?

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

James I was the first ____ king of England.

Please define the following key terms. -Oliver Cromwell

Please define the following key terms. -Louis XIV's wars

Please define the following key terms. -Glorious Revolution

Please define the following key terms. -the Restoration

Which group benefited from Peter the Great's cultural reforms?

Please define the following key terms. -procurator

Please define the following key terms. -"divine right"

Please define the following key terms. -Mannerism

Please define the following key terms. -Test Act

The object of Peter the Great's domestic reforms was to make Russia

By the turn of the eighteenth century, more and more people were finding it hard to believe in witchcraft.

Please define the following key terms. -Frederick William the Great Elector

Which uprising in France nearly overthrew Louis XIV early in his reign?

Louis XIV pursued a(n) ____ policy.

Oliver Cromwell's military government lasted for more than a decade following his death in 1658.

Please define the following key terms. -boyars

Please define the following key terms. -Cardinal Richelieu

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