Question 1

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-mercantilism

Accepted Answer

State-initiated economic polic

Question 2

Louis XIV's unusual approach to government in France was ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  a division of service personnel who were both old and newly appointed nobility 
B)  delegating authority to his councilors 
C)  declaring that he alone would rule France 
D)  invoking a parliament 
E)  appointing a cardinal to manage his affairs 
A)  a division of service personnel who were both old and newly appointed nobility 
B)  delegating authority to his councilors 
C)  declaring that he alone would rule France 
D)  invoking a parliament 
E)  appointing a cardinal to manage his affairs

Question 3

How did Fredrick William attempt to fund his military campaigns?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. Fredrick William's ne

Question 4

Frederick William (Hohenzollern) solidified power in Prussia by all of the following methods except ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  building a large army 
B)  developing manufacturing centers 
C)  raising state revenues 
D)  using a twofold taxation system 
E)  conquering other principalities in Germany 
A)  building a large army 
B)  developing manufacturing centers 
C)  raising state revenues 
D)  using a twofold taxation system 
E)  conquering other principalities in Germany

Question 5

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-War of Austrian Succession

Accepted Answer

Mid-eighteenth centu

Question 6

In the War of Austrian Succession, Fredrick II sought the territory of _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Sicily 
B)  Silesia 
C)  Ukraine 
D)  India 
E)  Burgundy 
A)  Sicily 
B)  Silesia 
C)  Ukraine 
D)  India 
E)  Burgundy

Question 7

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Zenta

Accepted Answer

Battle in 1697 in which the Ha

Question 8

Peter the Great decisively rejected Western cultural influences in Russia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The most radical reform initiated by Peter the Great was _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  abolishing the patriarch of the church 
B)  requiring military service of the nobility 
C)  creating an Academy of Science 
D)  requiring his service personnel to pass literacy tests 
E)  abolishing serfdom 
A)  abolishing the patriarch of the church 
B)  requiring military service of the nobility 
C)  creating an Academy of Science 
D)  requiring his service personnel to pass literacy tests 
E)  abolishing serfdom

Question 10

On his deathbed, Louis XIV told his heir to ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  increase taxes because the country was bankrupt 
B)  avoid indulging in women 
C)  avoid wars 
D)  purge the country of Huguenots 
E)  conquer and unify Spain and France 
A)  increase taxes because the country was bankrupt 
B)  avoid indulging in women 
C)  avoid wars 
D)  purge the country of Huguenots 
E)  conquer and unify Spain and France

Question 11

The Seven Years' War was fought in North America.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-War of the Spanish Succession

Accepted Answer

Louis XIV's last gre

Question 13

The Russian ruler given credit for making Russia into a European power was ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Peter the Great 
B)  Catherine the Great 
C)  Ivan IV the Terrible 
D)  Michael Romanov 
E)  Peter III 
A)  Peter the Great 
B)  Catherine the Great 
C)  Ivan IV the Terrible 
D)  Michael Romanov 
E)  Peter III

Question 14

Louis XIV of France was known for his exceeding politeness.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Whose theory of government was implemented by the Bill of Rights?

Accepted Answer

A)  Thomas Hobbes 
B)  John Locke 
C)  John Calvin 
D)  Oliver Cromwell 
E)  Edward Clarendon 
A)  Thomas Hobbes 
B)  John Locke 
C)  John Calvin 
D)  Oliver Cromwell 
E)  Edward Clarendon

Question 16

Jansenists were conservative Catholic reformers in France who were condemned by the pope for their ideas on human sinfulness.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Why did Louis XIV start a war with the Netherlands in 1672?

Accepted Answer

A)  He wanted to conquer the territory. 
B)  He wanted to enforce Catholicism. 
C)  The Dutch threatened his colonial holdings in North America. 
D)  He objected to their domination of trade and shipping in Europe. 
E)  He was allied with Spain through marriage to his wife, which was at war with the Dutch Republic. 
A)  He wanted to conquer the territory. 
B)  He wanted to enforce Catholicism. 
C)  The Dutch threatened his colonial holdings in North America. 
D)  He objected to their domination of trade and shipping in Europe. 
E)  He was allied with Spain through marriage to his wife, which was at war with the Dutch Republic.

Question 18

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Treaty of Carlowitz

Accepted Answer

Treaty of 1699 between the Aus

Question 19

The Peace of Szatmár united what land under the rule of Leopold I?

Accepted Answer

A)  Austria 
B)  Prussia 
C)  the Balkans 
D)  Hungary 
E)  Turkey 
A)  Austria 
B)  Prussia 
C)  the Balkans 
D)  Hungary 
E)  Turkey

Question 20

In the dispute over the succession of James II, which of the following groups supported him in Parliament and advocated the right of hereditary kingship?

Accepted Answer

A)  Whigs 
B)  Tories 
C)  Republicans 
D)  Roundheads 
E)  Cavaliers 
A)  Whigs 
B)  Tories 
C)  Republicans 
D)  Roundheads 
E)  Cavaliers

Exam 16: State Building and the European State System

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -mercantilism

Louis XIV's unusual approach to government in France was ______________.

How did Fredrick William attempt to fund his military campaigns?

Frederick William (Hohenzollern) solidified power in Prussia by all of the following methods except ______________.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -War of Austrian Succession

In the War of Austrian Succession, Fredrick II sought the territory of _____________.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Zenta

Peter the Great decisively rejected Western cultural influences in Russia.

The most radical reform initiated by Peter the Great was _____________.

On his deathbed, Louis XIV told his heir to ______________.

The Seven Years' War was fought in North America.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -War of the Spanish Succession

The Russian ruler given credit for making Russia into a European power was ______________.

Louis XIV of France was known for his exceeding politeness.

Whose theory of government was implemented by the Bill of Rights?

Jansenists were conservative Catholic reformers in France who were condemned by the pope for their ideas on human sinfulness.

Why did Louis XIV start a war with the Netherlands in 1672?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Treaty of Carlowitz

The Peace of Szatmár united what land under the rule of Leopold I?

In the dispute over the succession of James II, which of the following groups supported him in Parliament and advocated the right of hereditary kingship?

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