Question 1

Absolutism in Prussia was based on an alliance between the king and

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A) the nobility who were guaranteed that serfdom would be permanent. 
B) immigrant Calvinists expelled from France after the revocation of the Treaty of Nantes. 
C) the cities which benefitted from the Baltic trade. 
D) the Lutheran Church. 
E) his fellow absolute monarchs in the Holy Roman Empire. 
A) the nobility who were guaranteed that serfdom would be permanent. 
B) immigrant Calvinists expelled from France after the revocation of the Treaty of Nantes. 
C) the cities which benefitted from the Baltic trade. 
D) the Lutheran Church. 
E) his fellow absolute monarchs in the Holy Roman Empire.

Question 2

Which city replaced Antwerp as northern Europe's leasing commercial and banking city?

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A) Amsterdam 
B) Hamburg 
C) London 
D) Paris 
E) Danzig 
A) Amsterdam 
B) Hamburg 
C) London 
D) Paris 
E) Danzig

Question 3

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question.
-The French monarchy of the 17th century became a model for absolutism.Explain this development.

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The French monarchy of the 17th century

Question 4

The usual founder of a ruling dynasty was

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A) an appointee of the Roman Empire. 
B) chosen by an assembly of all able-bodied men. 
C) the most powerful noble who made his claim to kingship stick. 
D) elected by the people. 
E) selected by the Church. 
A) an appointee of the Roman Empire. 
B) chosen by an assembly of all able-bodied men. 
C) the most powerful noble who made his claim to kingship stick. 
D) elected by the people. 
E) selected by the Church.

Question 5

When Norman kings ruled in England they

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A) considered the clergy a threat. 
B) had to fight strong forces of decentralization. 
C) had to fight for half a century to subdue the country. 
D) benefitted from their policy of intermarriage. 
E) ignored the native elites. 
A) considered the clergy a threat. 
B) had to fight strong forces of decentralization. 
C) had to fight for half a century to subdue the country. 
D) benefitted from their policy of intermarriage. 
E) ignored the native elites.

Question 6

Louis XIV' s government included all the following except

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A) regular consultations with the parlements. 
B) Versailles as a palace of distractions for the aristocracy. 
C) intendants as royal agents administrating the districts of France. 
D) a very competent finance minister, Colbert. 
E) a huge military machine with an army of 300,000. 
A) regular consultations with the parlements. 
B) Versailles as a palace of distractions for the aristocracy. 
C) intendants as royal agents administrating the districts of France. 
D) a very competent finance minister, Colbert. 
E) a huge military machine with an army of 300,000.

Question 7

The state, in this historical situation

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A) encouraged a population to think of itself as a community. 
B) covered a relatively large geographic area. 
C) harnessed the local nobility and material resources through war and taxes. 
D) usually was inherited by the rules of hereditary property. 
E) All of these 
A) encouraged a population to think of itself as a community. 
B) covered a relatively large geographic area. 
C) harnessed the local nobility and material resources through war and taxes. 
D) usually was inherited by the rules of hereditary property. 
E) All of these

Question 8

Vindiciae contra Tyrannos (1579) was

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A) a French treatise justifying the overthrow and execution of an unjust king. 
B) a Huguenot pamphlet protesting oppression by the Catholic Church in France. 
C) a treatise written in England to justify the execution of the king. 
D) written by Bartolomé de Las Casas to protest brutality against the indigenous population in Spanish America. 
E) a Dutch pamphlet justifying the revolt against Spain. 
A) a French treatise justifying the overthrow and execution of an unjust king. 
B) a Huguenot pamphlet protesting oppression by the Catholic Church in France. 
C) a treatise written in England to justify the execution of the king. 
D) written by Bartolomé de Las Casas to protest brutality against the indigenous population in Spanish America. 
E) a Dutch pamphlet justifying the revolt against Spain.

Question 9

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-stadtholder

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Stadtholder was a title in the Low Count

Question 10

The Puritan republic ended for all the following reasons except

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A) a leadership vacuum after the death of Cromwell. 
B) pressure from radicals who wanted communal property and the vote for most men. 
C) satisfaction of the economic interests of the gentry, merchants and some small landowners. 
D) the willingness of the heir to the throne to disavow absolutism. 
E) the popularity of Mary and her husband William of Orange. 
A) a leadership vacuum after the death of Cromwell. 
B) pressure from radicals who wanted communal property and the vote for most men. 
C) satisfaction of the economic interests of the gentry, merchants and some small landowners. 
D) the willingness of the heir to the throne to disavow absolutism. 
E) the popularity of Mary and her husband William of Orange.

Question 11

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-hegemony

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Hegemony refers to the dominance or lead

Question 12

In the Middle Ages, the power of the king was restricted by all the following except

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A) the nobility. 
B) townspeople. 
C) the peasantry. 
D) the Church. 
E) representative institutions. 
A) the nobility. 
B) townspeople. 
C) the peasantry. 
D) the Church. 
E) representative institutions.

Question 13

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Thirty Years' War

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The Thirty Years' War was a conflict tha

Question 14

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-absolutism

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Absolutism is a political doctrine and f

Question 15

After Emperor Charles V retired to a monastery

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A) the Hapsburg dominions and dynasty were divided into a Spanish and an Austrian branch. 
B) his son Philip II conducted a foreign policy shaped by religious zeal. 
C) Philip attempted to crush the Protestant-led revolt in the Netherlands, supported the Catholics in the French wars of religion, and attempted to depose Elizabeth I of England. 
D) Spain would eventually face bankruptcy in the 1590s under his son Philip II. 
E) All of these 
A) the Hapsburg dominions and dynasty were divided into a Spanish and an Austrian branch. 
B) his son Philip II conducted a foreign policy shaped by religious zeal. 
C) Philip attempted to crush the Protestant-led revolt in the Netherlands, supported the Catholics in the French wars of religion, and attempted to depose Elizabeth I of England. 
D) Spain would eventually face bankruptcy in the 1590s under his son Philip II. 
E) All of these

Question 16

When compared with their French counterparts, the main disadvantage the Stuarts had in their efforts to establish absolutism was

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A) a lack of money. 
B) a more powerful commercial class to contain. 
C) the need for a navy. 
D) a reformed church as opposed to the Catholic Church in France. 
E) a much smaller population. 
A) a lack of money. 
B) a more powerful commercial class to contain. 
C) the need for a navy. 
D) a reformed church as opposed to the Catholic Church in France. 
E) a much smaller population.

Question 17

The Concordat of Bologna

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A) forced the French to withdraw their armies from Italy. 
B) ensured the French king's toleration of Protestantism. 
C) gave the French king the right to nominate bishops in France. 
D) established the sovereignty of the papal states. 
E) acknowledge French domination of northern Italy after 1494. 
A) forced the French to withdraw their armies from Italy. 
B) ensured the French king's toleration of Protestantism. 
C) gave the French king the right to nominate bishops in France. 
D) established the sovereignty of the papal states. 
E) acknowledge French domination of northern Italy after 1494.

Question 18

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Hohenzollerns

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The Hohenzollerns were a German noble fa

Question 19

Spain's intercontinental empire, at one time, included all the following except

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A) large parts of the New World. 
B) Portugal. 
C) the Netherlands. 
D) the Spice Islands. 
E) parts of Italy. 
A) large parts of the New World. 
B) Portugal. 
C) the Netherlands. 
D) the Spice Islands. 
E) parts of Italy.

Question 20

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question.
-Discuss the significance of dynasty in the period of monarchical sovereignty.

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Dynasties played a significant role in t

Absolutism in Prussia was based on an alliance between the king and

Which city replaced Antwerp as northern Europe's leasing commercial and banking city?

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. -The French monarchy of the 17th century became a model for absolutism.Explain this development.

The usual founder of a ruling dynasty was

When Norman kings ruled in England they

Louis XIV' s government included all the following except

The state, in this historical situation

Vindiciae contra Tyrannos (1579) was

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -stadtholder

The Puritan republic ended for all the following reasons except

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -hegemony

In the Middle Ages, the power of the king was restricted by all the following except

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Thirty Years' War

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -absolutism

After Emperor Charles V retired to a monastery

When compared with their French counterparts, the main disadvantage the Stuarts had in their efforts to establish absolutism was

The Concordat of Bologna

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Hohenzollerns

Spain's intercontinental empire, at one time, included all the following except

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. -Discuss the significance of dynasty in the period of monarchical sovereignty.

The Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greek City-State: Democratic Politics

Greek Thought: From Myth to Reason

The Hellenistic Age: Cultural Diffusion

The Roman Republic: City-State to World Empire

The Roman Empire: a World-State

Early Christianity: a World Religion

The Heirs of Rome: Byzantium, Islam, and Latin Christendom

The High Middle Ages: Vitality and Renewal

The Flowering of Medieval Culture: the Christian Synthesis

The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Dissolution

The Renaissance: Transition to the Modern Age

The Reformation: the Shattering of Christian Unity

European Expansion: Economic and Social Transformations

The Scientific Revolution: the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

The Age of Enlightenment: Reason and Reform

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Exam 16: The Rise of Sovereignty: Transition to the Modern State

Absolutism in Prussia was based on an alliance between the king and

Which city replaced Antwerp as northern Europe's leasing commercial and banking city?

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. -The French monarchy of the 17th century became a model for absolutism.Explain this development.

The usual founder of a ruling dynasty was

When Norman kings ruled in England they

Louis XIV' s government included all the following except

The state, in this historical situation

Vindiciae contra Tyrannos (1579) was

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -stadtholder

The Puritan republic ended for all the following reasons except

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -hegemony

In the Middle Ages, the power of the king was restricted by all the following except

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Thirty Years' War

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -absolutism

After Emperor Charles V retired to a monastery

When compared with their French counterparts, the main disadvantage the Stuarts had in their efforts to establish absolutism was

The Concordat of Bologna

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Hohenzollerns

Spain's intercontinental empire, at one time, included all the following except

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. -Discuss the significance of dynasty in the period of monarchical sovereignty.

The Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greek City-State: Democratic Politics

Greek Thought: From Myth to Reason

The Hellenistic Age: Cultural Diffusion

The Roman Republic: City-State to World Empire

The Roman Empire: a World-State

Early Christianity: a World Religion

The Heirs of Rome: Byzantium, Islam, and Latin Christendom

The High Middle Ages: Vitality and Renewal

The Flowering of Medieval Culture: the Christian Synthesis

The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Dissolution

The Renaissance: Transition to the Modern Age

The Reformation: the Shattering of Christian Unity

European Expansion: Economic and Social Transformations

The Scientific Revolution: the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

The Age of Enlightenment: Reason and Reform

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