Question 1

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. C

Question 2

Catherine de' Medici

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A)  ​encouraged religious toleration for the Huguenots in France. 
B)  ​was one of France's most popular queens. 
C)  ​was a member of a powerful Italian banking family. 
D)  ​exercised great influence during the reign of her husband but lacked any power during the reigns of her sons. 
E)  ​ordered the execution of five thousand Catholics in Paris. 
A)  ​encouraged religious toleration for the Huguenots in France. 
B)  ​was one of France's most popular queens. 
C)  ​was a member of a powerful Italian banking family. 
D)  ​exercised great influence during the reign of her husband but lacked any power during the reigns of her sons. 
E)  ​ordered the execution of five thousand Catholics in Paris. A

Question 3

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-raison d'état

Accepted Answer

Raison d'état is a French term that translates to "reason of state" in English. It refers to the principle that a government's actions and policies should be guided by the best interests of the state, even if it means sacrificing individual rights or moral principles.

Who: Raison d'état is a concept that applies to governments and political leaders.

What: It is the principle that justifies the use of any means necessary to preserve the security and stability of the state.

Where: Raison d'état can be applied in any country or political system.

When: This principle has been used throughout history by various governments facing threats to their power or stability.

Why Important: Raison d'état is important because it raises ethical and moral questions about the extent to which a government should prioritize the well-being of the state over the rights and freedoms of its citizens. It also has implications for international relations and the use of force in foreign policy.

Question 4

The Valois failure to produce a male heir led in 1589 to the coming to power in France of the

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A)  Hapsburgs. 
B)  Bourbons. 
C)  Hohenzollerns. 
D)  Tudors. 
E)  Capetians. 
A)  Hapsburgs. 
B)  Bourbons. 
C)  Hohenzollerns. 
D)  Tudors. 
E)  Capetians.

Question 5

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-intendants

Accepted Answer

Intendants were administrative officials

Question 6

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 7

During the first English revolution,the radicals sought

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A)  redistribution of property. 
B)  voting rights for the majority of the male population. 
C)  abolition of religious and intellectual elites. 
D)  free lifestyles. 
E)  all of the above 
A)  redistribution of property. 
B)  voting rights for the majority of the male population. 
C)  abolition of religious and intellectual elites. 
D)  free lifestyles. 
E)  all of the above

Question 8

When compared with their French counterparts,the main disadvantage the Stuarts had in their efforts to establish absolutism was

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A)  a lack of money. 
B)  a more powerful commercial class to contain. 
C)  the need for a navy. 
D)  a reformed church as opposed to the Catholic Church in France. 
E)  a much smaller population. 
A)  a lack of money. 
B)  a more powerful commercial class to contain. 
C)  the need for a navy. 
D)  a reformed church as opposed to the Catholic Church in France. 
E)  a much smaller population.

Question 9

What events were part of the constitutionalcrisis England faced in the seventeenth century?

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A)  the trial and execution of Charles I 
B)  a Puritan republic headed by Oliver Cromwell 
C)  the restoration of the Stuart dynasty 
D)  the final establishment of parliamentary government and the rule of law 
E)  all of the above 
A)  the trial and execution of Charles I 
B)  a Puritan republic headed by Oliver Cromwell 
C)  the restoration of the Stuart dynasty 
D)  the final establishment of parliamentary government and the rule of law 
E)  all of the above

Question 10

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-stadholder

Accepted Answer

A stadholder was a historical title used

Question 11

In the Glorious Revolution,William of Orange and the Dutch accepted the invitation of the English Parliament because it would secure their

Accepted Answer

A)  hopes to regain the lead in European commerce. 
B)  need for support against Louis XIV's France. 
C)  need for support against the renewal of Spanish attempts to recover the Netherlands. 
D)  hopes of acquiring large grants of land seized from Catholic nobles in Ireland. 
E)  expectation that some of England's New World colonies would eventually devolve to the Dutch. 
A)  hopes to regain the lead in European commerce. 
B)  need for support against Louis XIV's France. 
C)  need for support against the renewal of Spanish attempts to recover the Netherlands. 
D)  hopes of acquiring large grants of land seized from Catholic nobles in Ireland. 
E)  expectation that some of England's New World colonies would eventually devolve to the Dutch.

Question 12

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s)
  
-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?

Accepted Answer

The "dynastic state" refers to a form of

Question 13

Which of the following helped usher in the modern world,according to the text?

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A)  early modern monarchs and the states they created 
B)  capitalism 
C)  science 
D)  commercial expansion 
E)  all of the above 
A)  early modern monarchs and the states they created 
B)  capitalism 
C)  science 
D)  commercial expansion 
E)  all of the above

Question 14

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 15

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s)
  
-The engine that drove the development of the centralized European state was war.Make an argument to support or refute this statement,and defend it with specific evidence.

Accepted Answer

The statement that the engine that drove

Question 16

In his​Instructions for the Dauphin​,Louis XIV claimed that successful kingship lies in

Accepted Answer

A)  Christian piety. 
B)  being informed of everything. 
C)  the pursuit of peace. 
D)  ensuring a prosperous peasantry. 
E)  religious toleration. 
A)  Christian piety. 
B)  being informed of everything. 
C)  the pursuit of peace. 
D)  ensuring a prosperous peasantry. 
E)  religious toleration.

Question 17

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 18

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Versailles

Accepted Answer

Versailles is a historic palace located

Question 19

The two most common forms of government in early modern Europe were

Accepted Answer

A)  absolute monarchy and republican states. 
B)  limited monarchy and autocracy. 
C)  republican states and limited monarchy. 
D)  absolute monarchy and autocracy. 
E)  autocracy and republican states. 
A)  absolute monarchy and republican states. 
B)  limited monarchy and autocracy. 
C)  republican states and limited monarchy. 
D)  absolute monarchy and autocracy. 
E)  autocracy and republican states.

Question 20

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s)
  
-Compare and contrast the ambitions of Philip II and Louis XIV.How successful was each in achieving his aims?
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Accepted Answer

Philip II of Spain and Louis XIV of Fran

The Dutch state combined all the following EXCEPT

Catherine de' Medici

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -raison d'état

The Valois failure to produce a male heir led in 1589 to the coming to power in France of the

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -intendants

As Spain declined in the seventeenth century

During the first English revolution,the radicals sought

When compared with their French counterparts,the main disadvantage the Stuarts had in their efforts to establish absolutism was

What events were part of the constitutionalcrisis England faced in the seventeenth century?

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -stadholder

In the Glorious Revolution,William of Orange and the Dutch accepted the invitation of the English Parliament because it would secure their

Which of the following helped usher in the modern world,according to the text?

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

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s) -The engine that drove the development of the centralized European state was war.Make an argument to support or refute this statement,and defend it with specific evidence.

In hisInstructions for the Dauphin,Louis XIV claimed that successful kingship lies in

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

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Versailles

The two most common forms of government in early modern Europe were

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s) -Compare and contrast the ambitions of Philip II and Louis XIV.How successful was each in achieving his aims?

The Scientific Revolution: the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

The Age of Enlightenment: Reason and Reform

The French Revolution: the Affirmation of Liberty and Equality

The Industrial Revolution: the Great Transformation

Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century

Revolution and Counterrevolution, 1815-1848

Thought and Culture in the Mid-Nineteenth Century: Realism and Social Criticism

The Surge of Nationalism: From Liberal to Extreme Nationalism

The Industrial West: Responses to Modernization

Imperialism: Western Global Dominance

Modern Consciousness: New Views of Nature, human Nature, and the Arts

World War I: the West in Despair

An Era of Totalitarianism

Thought and Culture in an Era of World Wars and Totalitarianism

World War Ii: Western Civilization in the Balance

Europe After World War II: Recovery and Realignment, 1945-1989

The Troubled Present

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Exam 1: The Rise of Sovereignty: Transition to the Modern State

The Dutch state combined all the following EXCEPT

Catherine de' Medici

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -raison d'état

The Valois failure to produce a male heir led in 1589 to the coming to power in France of the

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -intendants

As Spain declined in the seventeenth century

During the first English revolution,the radicals sought

When compared with their French counterparts,the main disadvantage the Stuarts had in their efforts to establish absolutism was

What events were part of the constitutionalcrisis England faced in the seventeenth century?

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -stadholder

In the Glorious Revolution,William of Orange and the Dutch accepted the invitation of the English Parliament because it would secure their

Which of the following helped usher in the modern world,according to the text?

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

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s) -The engine that drove the development of the centralized European state was war.Make an argument to support or refute this statement,and defend it with specific evidence.

In his​Instructions for the Dauphin​,Louis XIV claimed that successful kingship lies in

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

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Versailles

The two most common forms of government in early modern Europe were

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s) -Compare and contrast the ambitions of Philip II and Louis XIV.How successful was each in achieving his aims? ​

The Scientific Revolution: the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

The Age of Enlightenment: Reason and Reform

The French Revolution: the Affirmation of Liberty and Equality

The Industrial Revolution: the Great Transformation

Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century

Revolution and Counterrevolution, 1815-1848

Thought and Culture in the Mid-Nineteenth Century: Realism and Social Criticism

The Surge of Nationalism: From Liberal to Extreme Nationalism

The Industrial West: Responses to Modernization

Imperialism: Western Global Dominance

Modern Consciousness: New Views of Nature, human Nature, and the Arts

World War I: the West in Despair

An Era of Totalitarianism

Thought and Culture in an Era of World Wars and Totalitarianism

World War Ii: Western Civilization in the Balance

Europe After World War II: Recovery and Realignment, 1945-1989

The Troubled Present

Filters

In hisInstructions for the Dauphin,Louis XIV claimed that successful kingship lies in

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s) -Compare and contrast the ambitions of Philip II and Louis XIV.How successful was each in achieving his aims?