Question 1

Talk about:
-absolutism

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Absolutism is a political doctrine and f

Question 2

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 3

Louis XIV restructured the administration of the French government by all of the following EXCEPT

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A) personally dominating the actions of his ministers and secretaries. 
B) adding loyal followers from relatively new aristocratic families to the royal council. 
C) making the court a main arena where rival aristocratic factions jockeyed for power. 
D) using Versailles as a place where powerful subjects came to find favors and offices for themselves and their supporters. 
E) removing the central policy-making machinery of government from his own court and household. 
A) personally dominating the actions of his ministers and secretaries. 
B) adding loyal followers from relatively new aristocratic families to the royal council. 
C) making the court a main arena where rival aristocratic factions jockeyed for power. 
D) using Versailles as a place where powerful subjects came to find favors and offices for themselves and their supporters. 
E) removing the central policy-making machinery of government from his own court and household.

Question 4

As a result of the Peace of Westphalia of 1648

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A) the German population was to be converted to Catholicism. 
B) all German states could choose their own religions, except for Calvinism. 
C) German states were allowed to determine their religion. 
D) the institution of the Holy Roman Empire was to be the ruling force in Germany for the next 100 years. 
E) the Holy Roman Empire was dismembered. 
A) the German population was to be converted to Catholicism. 
B) all German states could choose their own religions, except for Calvinism. 
C) German states were allowed to determine their religion. 
D) the institution of the Holy Roman Empire was to be the ruling force in Germany for the next 100 years. 
E) the Holy Roman Empire was dismembered.

Question 5

Louis XIV advertised himself as the Sun King.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Talk about:
-Jean-Baptiste Colbert

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Jean-Baptiste Colbert was a French state

Question 7

Talk about:
-Vienna and the Ottoman Empire

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Vienna and the Ottoman Empire have a lon

Question 8

The Fronde, an uprising in France that nearly overthrew Louis XIV early in his reign, was a revolt of the French

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A) peasants. 
B) clergy. 
C) nobility. 
D) urban workers. 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) peasants. 
B) clergy. 
C) nobility. 
D) urban workers. 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 9

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 10

Talk about:
-Puritans

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The Puritans were a group of English Pro

Question 11

Talk about:
-Janissaries

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The Janissaries were an elite infantry u

Question 12

Talk about:
-the Romanovs

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The Romanovs were the ruling dynasty of

Question 13

Talk about:
-Gustavus Adolphus

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Gustavus Adolphus, also known as Gustav

Question 14

Thomas Hobbes

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A) felt that humans were suited best to be in a pristine state of nature, without government interference. 
B) stated that human nature was animalistic, and needed a strong government to maintain social order. 
C) was a firm believer in democracy. 
D) said that the best form of government was a theocracy. 
E) argued in favor of revolution when the ruler violated religious doctrines. 
A) felt that humans were suited best to be in a pristine state of nature, without government interference. 
B) stated that human nature was animalistic, and needed a strong government to maintain social order. 
C) was a firm believer in democracy. 
D) said that the best form of government was a theocracy. 
E) argued in favor of revolution when the ruler violated religious doctrines.

Question 15

Talk about:
-"military revolution"

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The concept of a "military revolution" r

Question 16

After eleven years of personal rule, Charles I was forced to call parliament into session in 1640

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A) because he wished to go to war with France. 
B) to legalize Presbyterianism in England. 
C) to ratify a peace treaty with the Irish. 
D) to recognize a new heir after the death of his oldest son. 
E) because he was unable to defend England against a Scottish rebellion. 
A) because he wished to go to war with France. 
B) to legalize Presbyterianism in England. 
C) to ratify a peace treaty with the Irish. 
D) to recognize a new heir after the death of his oldest son. 
E) because he was unable to defend England against a Scottish rebellion.

Question 17

Baroque art

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A) was a revolt against the ideals of the Italian Renaissance. 
B) attempted to blend the feelings of the religious reformations with classical Renaissance art. 
C) was very similar to the French Impressionists of a later period. 
D) was eclectic, featuring elements of Renaissance, medieval, and Mannerist art. 
E) was a rejection of neo-classicism. 
A) was a revolt against the ideals of the Italian Renaissance. 
B) attempted to blend the feelings of the religious reformations with classical Renaissance art. 
C) was very similar to the French Impressionists of a later period. 
D) was eclectic, featuring elements of Renaissance, medieval, and Mannerist art. 
E) was a rejection of neo-classicism.

Question 18

What were the economic and social problems that troubled Europe from 1560 to 1650? Do these problems constitute a "crisis"?

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During the period from 1560 to 1650, Eur

Question 19

After the conclusion of the Thirty Years' War in 1648, the Holy Roman Empire

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A) became one of the most powerful and centralized monarchies in Europe under the domination of Spanish grandees. 
B) was not really an empire at all but rather a loose association of 300 German states. 
C) became divided into three great warring states: Prussia, Poland, and Silesia. 
D) was dominated by Brandenburg-Prussia, which suppressed the autonomy of all other imperial territories. 
E) was ruled by the Bourbons. 
A) became one of the most powerful and centralized monarchies in Europe under the domination of Spanish grandees. 
B) was not really an empire at all but rather a loose association of 300 German states. 
C) became divided into three great warring states: Prussia, Poland, and Silesia. 
D) was dominated by Brandenburg-Prussia, which suppressed the autonomy of all other imperial territories. 
E) was ruled by the Bourbons.

Question 20

Why did England move toward a limited monarchy while places like Prussia, Austria, and Russia moved toward a more robust and absolutist monarchy?

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England moved toward a limited monarchy

Talk about: -absolutism

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

Louis XIV restructured the administration of the French government by all of the following EXCEPT

As a result of the Peace of Westphalia of 1648

Louis XIV advertised himself as the Sun King.

Talk about: -Jean-Baptiste Colbert

Talk about: -Vienna and the Ottoman Empire

The Fronde, an uprising in France that nearly overthrew Louis XIV early in his reign, was a revolt of the French

The War of Spanish Succession ended with

Talk about: -Puritans

Talk about: -Janissaries

Talk about: -the Romanovs

Talk about: -Gustavus Adolphus

Thomas Hobbes

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After eleven years of personal rule, Charles I was forced to call parliament into session in 1640

Baroque art

What were the economic and social problems that troubled Europe from 1560 to 1650? Do these problems constitute a "crisis"?

After the conclusion of the Thirty Years' War in 1648, the Holy Roman Empire

Why did England move toward a limited monarchy while places like Prussia, Austria, and Russia moved toward a more robust and absolutist monarchy?

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

Talk about: -absolutism

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

Louis XIV restructured the administration of the French government by all of the following EXCEPT

As a result of the Peace of Westphalia of 1648

Louis XIV advertised himself as the Sun King.

Talk about: -Jean-Baptiste Colbert

Talk about: -Vienna and the Ottoman Empire

The Fronde, an uprising in France that nearly overthrew Louis XIV early in his reign, was a revolt of the French

The War of Spanish Succession ended with

Talk about: -Puritans

Talk about: -Janissaries

Talk about: -the Romanovs

Talk about: -Gustavus Adolphus

Thomas Hobbes

Talk about: -"military revolution"

After eleven years of personal rule, Charles I was forced to call parliament into session in 1640

Baroque art

What were the economic and social problems that troubled Europe from 1560 to 1650? Do these problems constitute a "crisis"?

After the conclusion of the Thirty Years' War in 1648, the Holy Roman Empire

Why did England move toward a limited monarchy while places like Prussia, Austria, and Russia moved toward a more robust and absolutist monarchy?

The Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations

The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires

The Civilization of the Greeks

The Hellenistic World

The Roman Republic

The Roman Empire

Late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World

European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750-1000

The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages

The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power

The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century

Recovery and Rebirth: the Age of the Renaissance

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century

Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500-1800

Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science

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