Question 1

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 2

The usual founder of a ruling dynasty was

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A)  an appointee of the Roman Empire. 
B)  chosen by an assembly of all able-bodied men. 
C)  the most powerful noble who made his claim to kingship stick. 
D)  elected by the people. 
E)  selected by the Church. 
A)  an appointee of the Roman Empire. 
B)  chosen by an assembly of all able-bodied men. 
C)  the most powerful noble who made his claim to kingship stick. 
D)  elected by the people. 
E)  selected by the Church.

Question 3

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.

Question 4

The descendents of Ferdinand and Isabella married into which non-Spanish family to create an empire extending from Austria to the Pacific?

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A)  The Hohenzollerns 
B)  The Jagiellonians 
C)  The Stuarts 
D)  The Hapsburgs 
E)  The Bourbons 
A)  The Hohenzollerns 
B)  The Jagiellonians 
C)  The Stuarts 
D)  The Hapsburgs 
E)  The Bourbons

Question 5

The text refers to which of the following as the most brilliant of Louis XIV's policies?

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A)  establishing good relations with the church 
B)  demonstrating the king's magnificence through ritual and architecture 
C)  dismissal of aristocrats as prominent advisors to the king 
D)  gaining the confidence and support of the French manufacturers 
E)  the intendant system 
A)  establishing good relations with the church 
B)  demonstrating the king's magnificence through ritual and architecture 
C)  dismissal of aristocrats as prominent advisors to the king 
D)  gaining the confidence and support of the French manufacturers 
E)  the intendant system

Question 6

The crucial difference between a parliament and an estates general was

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A)  a parliament was English; an estates general was French. 
B)  a parliament was a representative institution; an estates general was a king's council. 
C)  a parliament could pass laws; an estates general could not. 
D)  each member in a parliament had one vote; in an estates general, each estate had one vote. 
E)  each member of a parliament was elected; only some members of an estates general were elected. 
A)  a parliament was English; an estates general was French. 
B)  a parliament was a representative institution; an estates general was a king's council. 
C)  a parliament could pass laws; an estates general could not. 
D)  each member in a parliament had one vote; in an estates general, each estate had one vote. 
E)  each member of a parliament was elected; only some members of an estates general were elected.

Question 7

The development of Spain included all the following EXCEPT

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A)  continued regionalism even after the unification of Aragon and Castile. 
B)  the strategic use of marriage for state development. 
C)  an extremely powerful church that came to dominate the state. 
D)  the creation of a Spanish identity based on purity of blood and religion. 
E)  a centuries-long campaign to expel the Muslims for the Iberian Peninsula. 
A)  continued regionalism even after the unification of Aragon and Castile. 
B)  the strategic use of marriage for state development. 
C)  an extremely powerful church that came to dominate the state. 
D)  the creation of a Spanish identity based on purity of blood and religion. 
E)  a centuries-long campaign to expel the Muslims for the Iberian Peninsula.

Question 8

Which of the following are features of the national state that developed in the West from the thirteenth to the seventeenth century?

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A)  The state had people who could imagine themselves as part of a community. 
B)  The state encouraged commerce and industry. 
C)  The state harnessed the power of its nobility. 
D)  The state became an entity inherited from generation to generation. 
E)  all of the above 
A)  The state had people who could imagine themselves as part of a community. 
B)  The state encouraged commerce and industry. 
C)  The state harnessed the power of its nobility. 
D)  The state became an entity inherited from generation to generation. 
E)  all of the above

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

During the transition to the modern stat

Question 10

According to the text,the last chance to unify the Holy Roman Empire under the Hapsburgsended with

Accepted Answer

A)  the loss of the Empire's northern Italian cities. 
B)  French victory in the Thirty Years' War. 
C)  the advent of the Protestant Reformation. 
D)  the second Turkish attack on Vienna in 1683. 
E)  the successful war of liberation in the Netherlands. 
A)  the loss of the Empire's northern Italian cities. 
B)  French victory in the Thirty Years' War. 
C)  the advent of the Protestant Reformation. 
D)  the second Turkish attack on Vienna in 1683. 
E)  the successful war of liberation in the Netherlands.

Question 11

With the Treaty of Westphalia,Spain officially recognized the independence of

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A)  its Italian possessions. 
B)  Portugal. 
C)  its New World colonies. 
D)  the Netherlands. 
E)  all of the above 
A)  its Italian possessions. 
B)  Portugal. 
C)  its New World colonies. 
D)  the Netherlands. 
E)  all of the above

Question 12

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s)
  
-Locate and label the lands belonging to the Austrian Hapsburgs,the Spanish Hapsburgs,and the Hohenzollerns.

Accepted Answer

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Question 13

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s)
  
-The French monarchy of the seventeenth century became a model for absolutism.Explain this development.

Accepted Answer

The French monarchy of the seventeenth c

Question 14

The Spanish empire in the sixteenth century was funded largely by

Accepted Answer

A)  taxes and requisitions from the Netherlands. 
B)  gold and silver from the New World colonies. 
C)  the development of iron-working and coal mining in Spain. 
D)  taxes on the slave trade. 
E)  new wars of conquest. 
A)  taxes and requisitions from the Netherlands. 
B)  gold and silver from the New World colonies. 
C)  the development of iron-working and coal mining in Spain. 
D)  taxes on the slave trade. 
E)  new wars of conquest.

Question 15

Which of the following weakened the powerful monarchy of Charles V?

Accepted Answer

A)  the conflict with Protestants. 
B)  the complexity of administering such a large empire. 
C)  constant warfare on the continent and in the Mediterranean. 
D)  lack of domestic industry, the lack of entrepreneurship, and a weak commercial class. 
E)  all of the above 
A)  the conflict with Protestants. 
B)  the complexity of administering such a large empire. 
C)  constant warfare on the continent and in the Mediterranean. 
D)  lack of domestic industry, the lack of entrepreneurship, and a weak commercial class. 
E)  all of the above

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

The Gallican Church refers to the Roman

Question 17

Under the Tudors

Accepted Answer

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 18

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

Accepted Answer

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

Over time,the constitutional system created by the Revolution of 1688-1689

Accepted Answer

A)  reformed to reflect a more democratic social reality. 
B)  acquired a standing army. 
C)  yielded authority to parliamentary ministers and state officials. 
D)  became a viable alternative to absolutism. 
E)  all of the above 
A)  reformed to reflect a more democratic social reality. 
B)  acquired a standing army. 
C)  yielded authority to parliamentary ministers and state officials. 
D)  became a viable alternative to absolutism. 
E)  all of the above

Question 20

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s)
  
-What factors explain the dramatic increase of Spanish power in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and the dramatic decline in Spanish power in the seventeenth century?

Accepted Answer

The dramatic increase of Spanish power i

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

The usual founder of a ruling dynasty was

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

The descendents of Ferdinand and Isabella married into which non-Spanish family to create an empire extending from Austria to the Pacific?

The text refers to which of the following as the most brilliant of Louis XIV's policies?

The crucial difference between a parliament and an estates general was

The development of Spain included all the following EXCEPT

Which of the following are features of the national state that developed in the West from the thirteenth to the seventeenth century?

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s) -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 last chance to unify the Holy Roman Empire under the Hapsburgsended with

With the Treaty of Westphalia,Spain officially recognized the independence of

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s) -Locate and label the lands belonging to the Austrian Hapsburgs,the Spanish Hapsburgs,and the Hohenzollerns.

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s) -The French monarchy of the seventeenth century became a model for absolutism.Explain this development.

The Spanish empire in the sixteenth century was funded largely by

Which of the following weakened the powerful monarchy of Charles V?

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

Under the Tudors

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

Over time,the constitutional system created by the Revolution of 1688-1689

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s) -What factors explain the dramatic increase of Spanish power in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and the dramatic decline in Spanish power in the seventeenth century?

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

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

The usual founder of a ruling dynasty was

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

The descendents of Ferdinand and Isabella married into which non-Spanish family to create an empire extending from Austria to the Pacific?

The text refers to which of the following as the most brilliant of Louis XIV's policies?

The crucial difference between a parliament and an estates general was

The development of Spain included all the following EXCEPT

Which of the following are features of the national state that developed in the West from the thirteenth to the seventeenth century?

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s) -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 last chance to unify the Holy Roman Empire under the Hapsburgsended with

With the Treaty of Westphalia,Spain officially recognized the independence of

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s) -Locate and label the lands belonging to the Austrian Hapsburgs,the Spanish Hapsburgs,and the Hohenzollerns.

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s) -The French monarchy of the seventeenth century became a model for absolutism.Explain this development.

The Spanish empire in the sixteenth century was funded largely by

Which of the following weakened the powerful monarchy of Charles V?

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

Under the Tudors

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

Over time,the constitutional system created by the Revolution of 1688-1689

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s) -What factors explain the dramatic increase of Spanish power in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and the dramatic decline in Spanish power in the seventeenth century?

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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