Question 1

Who collected taxes for Louis XIV?

Accepted Answer

A)  The nobility 
B)  parlements 
C)  Intendants 
D)  Capitiations 
E)  The royal guard 
A)  The nobility 
B)  parlements 
C)  Intendants 
D)  Capitiations 
E)  The royal guard

Question 2

Which of the following was not an item taxed by Peter the Great to pay for his military reforms?

Accepted Answer

A)  Beehives 
B)  Beards 
C)  Baths 
D)  Salt 
E)  People 
A)  Beehives 
B)  Beards 
C)  Baths 
D)  Salt 
E)  People

Question 3

The Treaty of Utrecht forbid the uniting of ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  France and Spain 
B)  The Netherlands and Belgium 
C)  The Netherlands and Austria 
D)  Spain and Portugal 
E)  England and Scotland 
A)  France and Spain 
B)  The Netherlands and Belgium 
C)  The Netherlands and Austria 
D)  Spain and Portugal 
E)  England and Scotland

Question 4

Why was Leopold unable to develop absolutism like Louis XIV of France?

Accepted Answer

A)  There were too many different nationalities within the Empire. 
B)  There was religious differentiation. 
C)  There was a more traditional hierarchy of magnates and serfs. 
D)  There was considerably less centralization of his bureaucracy. 
E)  All of these. 
A)  There were too many different nationalities within the Empire. 
B)  There was religious differentiation. 
C)  There was a more traditional hierarchy of magnates and serfs. 
D)  There was considerably less centralization of his bureaucracy. 
E)  All of these.

Question 5

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Louis XIV

Accepted Answer

King of France and m

Question 6

Jansenists were seen as problematic because of their belief that ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  there was no such thing as divine right 
B)  that the Pope was the highest authority in the world 
C)  Louis XIV must actively and forcefully spread Catholicism in French colonies 
D)  human sinfulness was similar to Calvinist interpretation 
E)  France must allow religious toleration to improve the state 
A)  there was no such thing as divine right 
B)  that the Pope was the highest authority in the world 
C)  Louis XIV must actively and forcefully spread Catholicism in French colonies 
D)  human sinfulness was similar to Calvinist interpretation 
E)  France must allow religious toleration to improve the state

Question 7

Maria Theresa sought reform in all of the following except _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  administration of government 
B)  treatment of the serfs 
C)  military training 
D)  taxes 
E)  Austrian succession laws 
A)  administration of government 
B)  treatment of the serfs 
C)  military training 
D)  taxes 
E)  Austrian succession laws

Question 8

Who began the war of Austrian Succession?

Accepted Answer

A)  Prussia 
B)  Austria 
C)  England 
D)  France 
E)  Bavaria 
A)  Prussia 
B)  Austria 
C)  England 
D)  France 
E)  Bavaria

Who collected taxes for Louis XIV?

Which of the following was not an item taxed by Peter the Great to pay for his military reforms?

The Treaty of Utrecht forbid the uniting of ______________.

Why was Leopold unable to develop absolutism like Louis XIV of France?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Louis XIV

Jansenists were seen as problematic because of their belief that ______________.

Maria Theresa sought reform in all of the following except _____________.

Who began the war of Austrian Succession?

The Origins of the West in the Ancient Near East

Iron Age Civilizations

The Rise of Greek Civilization

From Polis to Cosmopolis: the Hellenistic World

The Rise of Rome

The Roman Empire

Late Antiquity

The Eastern Mediterranean

The Kingdoms of Western Europe

The High Middle Ages

Reversals and Disasters

The Renaissance in Italy and Northern Europe

Europes Age of Expansion

Reform in the Western Church

A Century of Crisis

The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment

Trade and Empire

Revolutionary France and Napoleonic Europe

Restoration and Reform: Conservative and Liberal Europe

Industrialization and Society

The Triumph of the Nation-State

The Culture of Industrial Europe

The Age of Imperialism

War and Revolution

A Decade of Revolutionary Experiments

Democracy Under Siege

Europe Divided

Lifting the Iron Curtain

Europe in a Globalizing World

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Exam 16: State Building and the European State System

Who collected taxes for Louis XIV?

Which of the following was not an item taxed by Peter the Great to pay for his military reforms?

The Treaty of Utrecht forbid the uniting of ______________.

Why was Leopold unable to develop absolutism like Louis XIV of France?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Louis XIV

Jansenists were seen as problematic because of their belief that ______________.

Maria Theresa sought reform in all of the following except _____________.

Who began the war of Austrian Succession?

The Origins of the West in the Ancient Near East

Iron Age Civilizations

The Rise of Greek Civilization

From Polis to Cosmopolis: the Hellenistic World

The Rise of Rome

The Roman Empire

Late Antiquity

The Eastern Mediterranean

The Kingdoms of Western Europe

The High Middle Ages

Reversals and Disasters

The Renaissance in Italy and Northern Europe

Europes Age of Expansion

Reform in the Western Church

A Century of Crisis

The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment

Trade and Empire

Revolutionary France and Napoleonic Europe

Restoration and Reform: Conservative and Liberal Europe

Industrialization and Society

The Triumph of the Nation-State

The Culture of Industrial Europe

The Age of Imperialism

War and Revolution

A Decade of Revolutionary Experiments

Democracy Under Siege

Europe Divided

Lifting the Iron Curtain

Europe in a Globalizing World

Filters