Question 1

What was the process called in which individuals would pool resources and receive shares of profits from their investment?

Accepted Answer

A)  Capitalism 
B)  Mercantile exchange 
C)  Atlantic trade 
D)  Joint-stock companies 
E)  Diversification of investment 
A)  Capitalism 
B)  Mercantile exchange 
C)  Atlantic trade 
D)  Joint-stock companies 
E)  Diversification of investment

Question 2

Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden entered the Thirty Years' War because he ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  wanted to support the Bohemian Protestant nobility 
B)  wanted to expand Swedish power in the Baltics and feared a Catholic Germany would limit his plans 
C)  wanted to prevent Russia from coming to the aid of the Germans 
D)  was trying to form a trade agreement with the Dutch Republic, and it supported the Protestant faction 
E)  wanted to suppress ideas of absolutism under the Holy Roman emperor 
A)  wanted to support the Bohemian Protestant nobility 
B)  wanted to expand Swedish power in the Baltics and feared a Catholic Germany would limit his plans 
C)  wanted to prevent Russia from coming to the aid of the Germans 
D)  was trying to form a trade agreement with the Dutch Republic, and it supported the Protestant faction 
E)  wanted to suppress ideas of absolutism under the Holy Roman emperor

Question 3

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Philip II

Accepted Answer

King of Spain, the most powerf

Question 4

What is political absolutism?

Accepted Answer

A)  The ability of the king to rule without any challenges to his authority 
B)  The necessity of shared governance between a king and parliament 
C)  The definition of a king's powers under an explicitly constructed contract or constitution 
D)  A king who is both head of the temporal and religious authority within his kingdom 
E)  None of these. 
A)  The ability of the king to rule without any challenges to his authority 
B)  The necessity of shared governance between a king and parliament 
C)  The definition of a king's powers under an explicitly constructed contract or constitution 
D)  A king who is both head of the temporal and religious authority within his kingdom 
E)  None of these.

Question 5

How did rising accusations of witchcraft in the second half of the sixteenth century relate to the role of women in society?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary, but the rise in accus

Question 6

Which of the following is false about implementing the Edict of Nantes?

Accepted Answer

A)  Henry IV converted to Catholicism to become king. 
B)  The edict ended, once and for all, the conflict between Protestants and Catholics. 
C)  The French nobility were very suspicious of Henry's conversion. 
D)  Communities within France were fragmented. 
E)  To obtain support for the edict, Henry bribed both Catholics and Huguenots into accepting it. 
A)  Henry IV converted to Catholicism to become king. 
B)  The edict ended, once and for all, the conflict between Protestants and Catholics. 
C)  The French nobility were very suspicious of Henry's conversion. 
D)  Communities within France were fragmented. 
E)  To obtain support for the edict, Henry bribed both Catholics and Huguenots into accepting it.

Question 7

What made the English Renaissance different from (and later than) the Italian Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. The English Renaissan

Question 8

The Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre was started when ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Catholics attacked Protestants in Paris. 
B)  Huguenots rose up in revolution against religious persecution at the Cathedral of St. Bartholomew. 
C)  The Holy Roman Emperor informed the Protestants in Bohemia that they would have to convert to Catholicism. 
D)  The Edict of Nante required all Huguenots to leave the country. 
E)  Irish Catholics rose up against English lords in Ulster. 
A)  Catholics attacked Protestants in Paris. 
B)  Huguenots rose up in revolution against religious persecution at the Cathedral of St. Bartholomew. 
C)  The Holy Roman Emperor informed the Protestants in Bohemia that they would have to convert to Catholicism. 
D)  The Edict of Nante required all Huguenots to leave the country. 
E)  Irish Catholics rose up against English lords in Ulster.

Question 9

Sabbati Sevi was known for ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  proclaiming he was the Messiah 
B)  writing the Lurianic kabbalah 
C)  leading an army against the Ottoman sultan 
D)  defeating the Cossacks in the Ukraine 
E)  signing the Union of Brest-Litovsk 
A)  proclaiming he was the Messiah 
B)  writing the Lurianic kabbalah 
C)  leading an army against the Ottoman sultan 
D)  defeating the Cossacks in the Ukraine 
E)  signing the Union of Brest-Litovsk

Question 10

Jacques Callot, a French artist, became famous for his paintings and etchings about ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  everyday life 
B)  the excesses of royalty and nobility at court 
C)  the horrors of war 
D)  religious devotion in the Counter-Reformation 
E)  new landscapes in the Americas 
A)  everyday life 
B)  the excesses of royalty and nobility at court 
C)  the horrors of war 
D)  religious devotion in the Counter-Reformation 
E)  new landscapes in the Americas

Question 11

Under the Ottoman Empire's organization of millets, Jews were excluded and encouraged to ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  go to Poland 
B)  go to Turkey 
C)  join the Janissary corps 
D)  convert to Islam 
E)  None of these. 
A)  go to Poland 
B)  go to Turkey 
C)  join the Janissary corps 
D)  convert to Islam 
E)  None of these.

Question 12

Discuss the life and impact of Sabbati Sevi.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. Jewish mystics had an

Question 13

Elizabeth I faced all of the following problems in England except ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  assurance of a peaceful transfer of succession 
B)  competition and bad feelings from Spain 
C)  rebellion in Ireland 
D)  instilling a moderate form of Protestantism in England 
E)  limitations in naval abilities 
A)  assurance of a peaceful transfer of succession 
B)  competition and bad feelings from Spain 
C)  rebellion in Ireland 
D)  instilling a moderate form of Protestantism in England 
E)  limitations in naval abilities

Question 14

By the end of the seventeenth century, coffee was introduced to the European market from plantations in ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  China 
B)  the Arabian Peninsula 
C)  Brazil 
D)  the East Indies 
E)  Louisiana 
A)  China 
B)  the Arabian Peninsula 
C)  Brazil 
D)  the East Indies 
E)  Louisiana

Question 15

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Thirty Years' War

Accepted Answer

General war, 1618-1648, betwee

Question 16

The St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre launched the Thirty Years' War.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What was the specific incident that caused Charles I to declare war on the British Parliament?

Accepted Answer

A)  The demand by Puritans in the Parliament to overthrow the Book of Common Prayer. 
B)  They refused to provide Charles with money to fight a war in Ireland. 
C)  They demanded the same rights as those granted to the Scottish Parliament. 
D)  Their refusal to recognize the absolute nature of his power. 
E)  They arrested William Laud. 
A)  The demand by Puritans in the Parliament to overthrow the Book of Common Prayer. 
B)  They refused to provide Charles with money to fight a war in Ireland. 
C)  They demanded the same rights as those granted to the Scottish Parliament. 
D)  Their refusal to recognize the absolute nature of his power. 
E)  They arrested William Laud.

Question 18

A dissident group in England known as the Levellers wanted to establish England as a democratic republic.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Why was the year 1648 anticipated in several Jewish circles?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was the year that they would be allowed to return to Portugal. 
B)  It was the year that they would be considered Dutch citizens. 
C)  It was the year that the Messiah would appear. 
D)  It was the year that the Cossacks would free them from Polish slavery. 
E)  It was the year that they would be granted a homeland in Russia. 
A)  It was the year that they would be allowed to return to Portugal. 
B)  It was the year that they would be considered Dutch citizens. 
C)  It was the year that the Messiah would appear. 
D)  It was the year that the Cossacks would free them from Polish slavery. 
E)  It was the year that they would be granted a homeland in Russia.

Question 20

How did the European economy in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries change from what had occurred in previous centuries?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. The major change to t

Exam 15: A Century of Crisis

What was the process called in which individuals would pool resources and receive shares of profits from their investment?

Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden entered the Thirty Years' War because he ______________.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Philip II

What is political absolutism?

How did rising accusations of witchcraft in the second half of the sixteenth century relate to the role of women in society?

Which of the following is false about implementing the Edict of Nantes?

What made the English Renaissance different from (and later than) the Italian Renaissance?

The Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre was started when ______________.

Sabbati Sevi was known for ______________.

Jacques Callot, a French artist, became famous for his paintings and etchings about ______________.

Under the Ottoman Empire's organization of millets, Jews were excluded and encouraged to ______________.

Discuss the life and impact of Sabbati Sevi.

Elizabeth I faced all of the following problems in England except ______________.

By the end of the seventeenth century, coffee was introduced to the European market from plantations in ______________.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Thirty Years' War

The St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre launched the Thirty Years' War.

What was the specific incident that caused Charles I to declare war on the British Parliament?

A dissident group in England known as the Levellers wanted to establish England as a democratic republic.

Why was the year 1648 anticipated in several Jewish circles?

How did the European economy in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries change from what had occurred in previous centuries?

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