Question 1

As Spain declined in the seventeenth century

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A) a social revolution threatened. 
B) it was able to retain control over Portugal and Brazil. 
C) the traditional aristocracy and the church retained power and perpetuated authoritarianism in Spain. 
D) it formed closer ties with the Austrian Hapsburgs. 
E) all of the above 
A) a social revolution threatened. 
B) it was able to retain control over Portugal and Brazil. 
C) the traditional aristocracy and the church retained power and perpetuated authoritarianism in Spain. 
D) it formed closer ties with the Austrian Hapsburgs. 
E) all of the above

Question 2

The Dutch state combined all the following EXCEPT

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A) the most innovative commercial and financial practices in Europe. 
B) a unique urban and capitalist cultural milieu. 
C) a well-defined republican government with the head of the House of Orange as limited monarch. 
D) wide tolerance and the richest society in Europe. 
E) a rich and politically engaged bourgeoisie. 
A) the most innovative commercial and financial practices in Europe. 
B) a unique urban and capitalist cultural milieu. 
C) a well-defined republican government with the head of the House of Orange as limited monarch. 
D) wide tolerance and the richest society in Europe. 
E) a rich and politically engaged bourgeoisie.

Question 3

In plotting against James II in 1688, England's elite attempted to

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A) secure their ancient feudal rights with respect to the king while avoiding Puritanism and social radicalism. 
B) restore the Puritan Commonwealth. 
C) increase political freedom not only in England but also in Ireland and Scotland. 
D) establish a modern government along French lines. 
E) place power in the hands of England common people. 
A) secure their ancient feudal rights with respect to the king while avoiding Puritanism and social radicalism. 
B) restore the Puritan Commonwealth. 
C) increase political freedom not only in England but also in Ireland and Scotland. 
D) establish a modern government along French lines. 
E) place power in the hands of England common people.

Question 4

The only state that broke with the pattern of king-army-taxes as the key to the creation of a centralized state was

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A) Britain 
B) the Dutch Republic 
C) France 
D) Prussia 
E) Spain 
A) Britain 
B) the Dutch Republic 
C) France 
D) Prussia 
E) Spain

Question 5

Under the Tudors

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A) more commoners entered royal service. 
B) the Reformation strengthened the Parliament. 
C) the monarch showed absolutist tendencies similar to those on the continent. 
D) the government gained in efficiency and strength. 
E) all of the above 
A) more commoners entered royal service. 
B) the Reformation strengthened the Parliament. 
C) the monarch showed absolutist tendencies similar to those on the continent. 
D) the government gained in efficiency and strength. 
E) all of the above

Question 6

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Junker

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The term "Junker" refers to a member of

Question 7

Elizabeth I of England married

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A) Philip II of Spain. 
B) Henry III of France. 
C) James VI of Scotland. 
D) William of Orange. 
E) none of the above 
A) Philip II of Spain. 
B) Henry III of France. 
C) James VI of Scotland. 
D) William of Orange. 
E) none of the above

Question 8

The formative group or force in most early modern European states was/were the

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A) dynastic king and his court. 
B) church. 
C) rising class of lawyers. 
D) mode of production of the time. 
E) people. 
A) dynastic king and his court. 
B) church. 
C) rising class of lawyers. 
D) mode of production of the time. 
E) people.

Question 9

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Thirty Years' War

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The Thirty Years' War was a conflict tha

Question 10

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. How did the role of monarchs change during the transition to the modern state described in this chapter? Draw on two specific states to provide examples.

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During the transition to the modern stat

Question 11

According to the text, the War of Spanish Succession

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A) kept the Spanish crown in the House of Hapsburg. 
B) was fought throughout the Spanish Empire. 
C) ended with a clear French victory. 
D) made Austria into a major force in Europe and started England's rise to world power status. 
E) caused the English and the Dutch to end the alliance formed in the Glorious Revolution. 
A) kept the Spanish crown in the House of Hapsburg. 
B) was fought throughout the Spanish Empire. 
C) ended with a clear French victory. 
D) made Austria into a major force in Europe and started England's rise to world power status. 
E) caused the English and the Dutch to end the alliance formed in the Glorious Revolution.

Question 12

The phrase raison d'état was invented by

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A) Henry VIII. 
B) Niccoló Machiavelli. 
C) Cardinal Richelieu. 
D) Charles V. 
E) Louis XIV. 
A) Henry VIII. 
B) Niccoló Machiavelli. 
C) Cardinal Richelieu. 
D) Charles V. 
E) Louis XIV.

Question 13

Although the differences between Russia and the West were immense, the political arrangement in Russia resembled somewhat that in

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A) France. 
B) Austria. 
C) United Provinces. 
D) Prussia. 
E) England. 
A) France. 
B) Austria. 
C) United Provinces. 
D) Prussia. 
E) England.

Question 14

Which of the following drove Louis XIV to near-bankruptcy?

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A) a weak, underdeveloped economy 
B) war 
C) governmental corruption 
D) Versailles 
E) patronage of science and the arts 
A) a weak, underdeveloped economy 
B) war 
C) governmental corruption 
D) Versailles 
E) patronage of science and the arts

Question 15

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Explain how religion both aided and impeded the consolidation of the modern state.

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Religion has played a complex and multif

Question 16

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. The text states that "[f]rom the thirteenth to the seventeenth century, a new and unique form of political organization emerged in the West: the dynastic, or national, state." What is meant by the "dynastic state," how did it develop, and why was it so unique?

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The term "dynastic state" refers to a fo

Question 17

As the English Parliament developed in the Middle Ages it offered all the following EXCEPT

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A) the king a means to exercise control and raise taxes. 
B) a chance to question decisions of the king. 
C) knights and burgesses a venue to voice their grievances. 
D) peasants a means to limit exploitation by the nobility. 
E) a complement to the king in the ruling of the country. 
A) the king a means to exercise control and raise taxes. 
B) a chance to question decisions of the king. 
C) knights and burgesses a venue to voice their grievances. 
D) peasants a means to limit exploitation by the nobility. 
E) a complement to the king in the ruling of the country.

Question 18

In the Middle Ages, the power of the king was restricted by all the following EXCEPT

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A) the nobility. 
B) townspeople. 
C) the peasantry. 
D) the church. 
E) representative institutions. 
A) the nobility. 
B) townspeople. 
C) the peasantry. 
D) the church. 
E) representative institutions.

Question 19

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Treaty of Westphalia

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The Treaty of Westphalia was a series of

Question 20

Absolutism in Prussia was based on an alliance between the king and

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A) the nobility who were guaranteed that serfdom would be permanent. 
B) immigrant Calvinists expelled from France after the revocation of the Treaty of Nantes. 
C) the cities which benefitted from the Baltic trade. 
D) the Lutheran church. 
E) his fellow absolute monarchs in the Holy Roman Empire. 
A) the nobility who were guaranteed that serfdom would be permanent. 
B) immigrant Calvinists expelled from France after the revocation of the Treaty of Nantes. 
C) the cities which benefitted from the Baltic trade. 
D) the Lutheran church. 
E) his fellow absolute monarchs in the Holy Roman Empire.

Exam 16: The Rise of Sovereignty Transition to the Modern State

As Spain declined in the seventeenth century

The Dutch state combined all the following EXCEPT

In plotting against James II in 1688, England's elite attempted to

The only state that broke with the pattern of king-army-taxes as the key to the creation of a centralized state was

Under the Tudors

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Junker

Elizabeth I of England married

The formative group or force in most early modern European states was/were the

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Thirty Years' War

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. How did the role of monarchs change during the transition to the modern state described in this chapter? Draw on two specific states to provide examples.

According to the text, the War of Spanish Succession

The phrase raison d'état was invented by

Although the differences between Russia and the West were immense, the political arrangement in Russia resembled somewhat that in

Which of the following drove Louis XIV to near-bankruptcy?

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Explain how religion both aided and impeded the consolidation of the modern state.

As the English Parliament developed in the Middle Ages it offered all the following EXCEPT

In the Middle Ages, the power of the king was restricted by all the following EXCEPT

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Treaty of Westphalia

Absolutism in Prussia was based on an alliance between the king and

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