Question 1

Who was the titular head of the Dutch Republic's decentralized constitutional state?

Accepted Answer

A)  The stadholder 
B)  The lord governor 
C)  The first regent 
D)  The lord protector 
A)  The stadholder 
B)  The lord governor 
C)  The first regent 
D)  The lord protector

Question 2

When he reportedly uttered the phrase "L'état, c'est moi" ("I am the state"), Louis XIV demonstrated his attachment to what form of rule?

Accepted Answer

A)  Constitutional monarchy 
B)  Socialism 
C)  Absolutism 
D)  Fascism 
A)  Constitutional monarchy 
B)  Socialism 
C)  Absolutism 
D)  Fascism

Question 3

Why do some historians view the English civil war of 1642-1646 as the last great war of religion?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was fought between the Catholic clergy and Huguenot refugees who had fled the French Wars of Religion a century before. 
B)  It pitted Puritans against those trying to push the Church of England toward Catholicism. 
C)  It ended when all Protestant sects were forced to convert to Catholicism under threat of torture and death. 
D)  It had no political element but was merely a theological conflict between Puritans and Catholics. 
A)  It was fought between the Catholic clergy and Huguenot refugees who had fled the French Wars of Religion a century before. 
B)  It pitted Puritans against those trying to push the Church of England toward Catholicism. 
C)  It ended when all Protestant sects were forced to convert to Catholicism under threat of torture and death. 
D)  It had no political element but was merely a theological conflict between Puritans and Catholics.

Question 4

Between 1649 and his death in 1658, Oliver Cromwell

Accepted Answer

A)  became extremely popular for saving England from despotism and preserving its representative institutions. 
B)  transformed England into a Puritan state that resembled the Dutch Republic in its toleration of both Catholics and Jews. 
C)  became highly unpopular for his dictatorial behavior, which included abolishing Parliament, raising taxes, and persecuting dissenters. 
D)  mostly kept England out of foreign wars while he focused on expanding the government's bureaucracy. 
A)  became extremely popular for saving England from despotism and preserving its representative institutions. 
B)  transformed England into a Puritan state that resembled the Dutch Republic in its toleration of both Catholics and Jews. 
C)  became highly unpopular for his dictatorial behavior, which included abolishing Parliament, raising taxes, and persecuting dissenters. 
D)  mostly kept England out of foreign wars while he focused on expanding the government's bureaucracy.

Question 5

How did Ottoman attempts at state consolidation differ from European attempts at state consolidation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ottoman attempts at state consolidation consisted mainly of economic pressure placed on outlying provinces to join with the center. 
B)  The Ottomans relied on Turkish settlement of new territories, backed up by military control. 
C)  The Ottomans set up a system of local absolutists who were loyal to the ultimate absolutist, the sultan. 
D)  The Ottomans relied on several key naval victories against outlying provinces. 
A)  Ottoman attempts at state consolidation consisted mainly of economic pressure placed on outlying provinces to join with the center. 
B)  The Ottomans relied on Turkish settlement of new territories, backed up by military control. 
C)  The Ottomans set up a system of local absolutists who were loyal to the ultimate absolutist, the sultan. 
D)  The Ottomans relied on several key naval victories against outlying provinces.

Who was the titular head of the Dutch Republic's decentralized constitutional state?

When he reportedly uttered the phrase "L'état, c'est moi" ("I am the state"), Louis XIV demonstrated his attachment to what form of rule?

Why do some historians view the English civil war of 1642-1646 as the last great war of religion?

Between 1649 and his death in 1658, Oliver Cromwell

How did Ottoman attempts at state consolidation differ from European attempts at state consolidation?

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Exam 16: Absolutism, Constitutionalism, and the Search for Order, 1640-1700

Who was the titular head of the Dutch Republic's decentralized constitutional state?

When he reportedly uttered the phrase "L'état, c'est moi" ("I am the state"), Louis XIV demonstrated his attachment to what form of rule?

Why do some historians view the English civil war of 1642-1646 as the last great war of religion?

Between 1649 and his death in 1658, Oliver Cromwell

How did Ottoman attempts at state consolidation differ from European attempts at state consolidation?

Early Western Civilization, 400,000-1000 B.C.E

Near East Empires and the Reemergence of Civilization in Greece, 1000-500 B.C.E

The Greek Golden Age, C 500-C 400 B.C.E

From the Classical to the Hellenistic World, 400-30 B.C.E

The Rise of Rome and Its Republic, 753-44 B.C.E

The Creation of the Roman Empire, 44 B.C.E-284 C.E

The Transformation of the Roman Empire, 284-600 C.E

The Heirs of Rome: Islam, Byzantium, and Europe, 600-750

From Centralization to Fragmentation, 750-1050

Commercial Quickening and Religious Reform, 1050-1150

The Flowering of the Middle Ages, 1150-1215

The Medieval Synthesis and Its Cracks, 1215-1340

Crisis and Renaissance, 1340-1492

Global Encounters and the Shock of the Reformation, 1492-1560

Wars of Religion and the Clash of Worldviews, 1560-1648

The Atlantic System and Its Consequences, 1700-1750

The Promise of Enlightenment, 1750-1789

The Cataclysm of Revolution, 1789-1799

Napoleon and the Revolutionary Legacy, 1800-1830

Industrialization and Social Ferment, 1830-1850

Politics and Culture of the Nation-State, 1850-1870

Empire, Industry, and Everyday Life, 1870-1890

Modernity and the Road to War, 1890-1914

World War I and Its Aftermath, 1914-1929

The Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945

The Cold War and the Remaking of Europe, 1945-1960s

Postindustrial Society and the End of the Cold War Order, 1960s-1989

A New Globalism, 1989 to the Present

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