Question 1

define the following term:
-the Restoration

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The Restoration refers to a period in En

Question 2

define the following term:
-Rembrandt van Rijn

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Rembrandt van Rijn was a Dutch painter a

Question 3

The Baroque artist who completed Saint Peter's Basilica and the Ecstasy of Saint Teresa was

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A) Rembrandt van Rijn. 
B) Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 
C) El Greco. 
D) Artemisia Gentileschi. 
E) Peter Paul Rubens. 
A) Rembrandt van Rijn. 
B) Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 
C) El Greco. 
D) Artemisia Gentileschi. 
E) Peter Paul Rubens.

Question 4

define the following term:
-Peace of Westphalia

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The Peace of Westphalia refers to a seri

Question 5

Which of the following statements best applies to Peter the Great of Russia?

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A) His program of Europeanization was predominantly technical and aimed at modernizing the military. 
B) His respect for Western governments led to increased powers for the representative assembly. 
C) His traditional, conservative attitude stripped away all previous social gains for women. 
D) His desire to teach Russians Western customs could not be enforced among the old-fashioned nobles. 
E) He rejected Westernization in favor of Orthodoxy. 
A) His program of Europeanization was predominantly technical and aimed at modernizing the military. 
B) His respect for Western governments led to increased powers for the representative assembly. 
C) His traditional, conservative attitude stripped away all previous social gains for women. 
D) His desire to teach Russians Western customs could not be enforced among the old-fashioned nobles. 
E) He rejected Westernization in favor of Orthodoxy.

Question 6

Jacques Bossuet's Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture

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A) rejected as ungodly Louis XIV's system of absolute rule. 
B) was the fundamental seventeenth-century statement of divine-right monarchy. 
C) stressed that a limited monarchy with representative bodies was the most divine form of human government. 
D) claimed that a king's authority and power were revocable under the law of God. 
E) justified a "holy republic." 
A) rejected as ungodly Louis XIV's system of absolute rule. 
B) was the fundamental seventeenth-century statement of divine-right monarchy. 
C) stressed that a limited monarchy with representative bodies was the most divine form of human government. 
D) claimed that a king's authority and power were revocable under the law of God. 
E) justified a "holy republic."

Question 7

How did the art and literature of the second half of the seventeenth century reflect the political and social life of that period? Give examples.

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The art and literature of the second hal

Question 8

define the following term:
-Saint Petersburg

Accepted Answer

Saint Petersburg, also known as Petrogra

Question 9

define the following term:
-John Locke

Accepted Answer

John Locke was a 17th-century English ph

Question 10

define the following term:
-Louis XIV

Accepted Answer

Louis XIV, also known as Louis the Great

Question 11

define the following term:
-boyars

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Boyars were members of the highest rank

Question 12

John Locke was responsible for

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A) writing the Petition of Right 
B) authoring Leviathan . 
C) the Instrument of Government. 
D) a political work called Two Treatises of Government . 
E) all of the above. 
A) writing the Petition of Right 
B) authoring Leviathan . 
C) the Instrument of Government. 
D) a political work called Two Treatises of Government . 
E) all of the above.

Question 13

define the following term:
-Louis XIV's wars

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Louis XIV, also known as the Sun King, w

Question 14

The War of Spanish Succession ended with

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A) the Peace of the Pyrenees. 
B) the Peace of Westphalia. 
C) the Treaty of Ryswick. 
D) the Treaty of Nystadt. 
E) the Peace of Utrecht and of Rastatt. 
A) the Peace of the Pyrenees. 
B) the Peace of Westphalia. 
C) the Treaty of Ryswick. 
D) the Treaty of Nystadt. 
E) the Peace of Utrecht and of Rastatt.

Question 15

Frederick William the Great Elector built Brandenburg-Prussia into a significant European power by

Accepted Answer

A) establishing religious uniformity in his kingdom, as evidenced in his eviction of the Huguenots. 
B) freeing the peasants from the dominion of the nobles. 
C) using his army whenever possible to gain his ends. 
D) making the General War Commissariat the bureaucratic machine of his state. 
E) allying Prussia with England and Russia against France and the Holy Roman Empire. 
A) establishing religious uniformity in his kingdom, as evidenced in his eviction of the Huguenots. 
B) freeing the peasants from the dominion of the nobles. 
C) using his army whenever possible to gain his ends. 
D) making the General War Commissariat the bureaucratic machine of his state. 
E) allying Prussia with England and Russia against France and the Holy Roman Empire.

Question 16

define the following term:
-Test Act

Accepted Answer

The term "Test Act" could refer to diffe

Question 17

define the following term:
-Glorious Revolution

Accepted Answer

The Glorious Revolution was a political

Question 18

Gustavus Adolphus, who led the Lutheran armies in the Thirty Years' War until he was killed at Lützen, was king of

Accepted Answer

A) Poland. 
B) Sweden. 
C) Denmark. 
D) Hungary. 
E) Austria. 
A) Poland. 
B) Sweden. 
C) Denmark. 
D) Hungary. 
E) Austria.

Question 19

define the following term:
-Levellers

Accepted Answer

The Levellers were a political movement

Question 20

define the following term:
-"military revolution"

Accepted Answer

The concept of a "military revolution" r

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

define the following term: -the Restoration

define the following term: -Rembrandt van Rijn

The Baroque artist who completed Saint Peter's Basilica and the Ecstasy of Saint Teresa was

define the following term: -Peace of Westphalia

Which of the following statements best applies to Peter the Great of Russia?

Jacques Bossuet's Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture

How did the art and literature of the second half of the seventeenth century reflect the political and social life of that period? Give examples.

define the following term: -Saint Petersburg

define the following term: -John Locke

define the following term: -Louis XIV

define the following term: -boyars

John Locke was responsible for

define the following term: -Louis XIV's wars

The War of Spanish Succession ended with

Frederick William the Great Elector built Brandenburg-Prussia into a significant European power by

define the following term: -Test Act

define the following term: -Glorious Revolution

Gustavus Adolphus, who led the Lutheran armies in the Thirty Years' War until he was killed at Lützen, was king of

define the following term: -Levellers

define the following term: -"military revolution"

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