Question 1

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Peter the Great

Accepted Answer

Peter the Great, also known as Peter I,

Question 2

IDENTIFICATIONS
-John Locke

Accepted Answer

John Locke was a 17th-century English ph

Question 3

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Levellers

Accepted Answer

The Levellers were a political movement

Question 4

Following the Thirty Years' War, what country became dominant in Europe?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sweden 
B)  England 
C)  Germany 
D)  Spain 
E)  France 
A)  Sweden 
B)  England 
C)  Germany 
D)  Spain 
E)  France

Question 5

IDENTIFICATIONS
-the house of Orange

Accepted Answer

The House of Orange is a noble family wi

Question 6

Versailles was built for Louis XIII.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Poland's Sejm

Accepted Answer

The Sejm is the lower house of the bicam

Question 8

The overall practical political purpose of the court of Versailles was to

Accepted Answer

A)  serve as Louis XIV's residence from which to survey Paris. 
B)  act as a reception hall for state affairs. 
C)  give Louis XIV a life of privacy away from spies. 
D)  isolate Louis XIV from any contact with the bourgeoisie and other members of the old Third Estate. 
E)  exclude the high nobility and royal princes from real power. 
A)  serve as Louis XIV's residence from which to survey Paris. 
B)  act as a reception hall for state affairs. 
C)  give Louis XIV a life of privacy away from spies. 
D)  isolate Louis XIV from any contact with the bourgeoisie and other members of the old Third Estate. 
E)  exclude the high nobility and royal princes from real power.

Question 9

IDENTIFICATIONS
-absolutism

Accepted Answer

Absolutism is a political doctrine and f

Question 10

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Great Northern War

Accepted Answer

The Great Northern War was a conflict th

Question 11

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Gustavus Adolphus

Accepted Answer

Gustavus Adolphus, also known as Gustav

Question 12

Which of the following groups were particularly susceptible to suspicion during Europe's prolonged witchcraft craze?

Accepted Answer

A)  Outsiders. 
B)  Young, aggressive men. 
C)  Members of opposing Christian denominations. 
D)  Witches. 
E)  Old women. 
A)  Outsiders. 
B)  Young, aggressive men. 
C)  Members of opposing Christian denominations. 
D)  Witches. 
E)  Old women.

Question 13

IDENTIFICATIONS
-witches

Accepted Answer

Witches have been a part of folklore and

Question 14

Jacques Boussuet's Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture

Accepted Answer

A)  rejected as ungodly Louis XIV's system of absolute rule. 
B)  was the fundamental statement of seventeenth-century divine right monarchy. 
C)  stressed that a limited monarchy with representative bodies was the most divine form of human government. 
D)  claimed that a king's authority and power were revocable under the law of God. 
E)  justified a "holy republic". 
A)  rejected as ungodly Louis XIV's system of absolute rule. 
B)  was the fundamental statement of seventeenth-century divine right monarchy. 
C)  stressed that a limited monarchy with representative bodies was the most divine form of human government. 
D)  claimed that a king's authority and power were revocable under the law of God. 
E)  justified a "holy republic".

Question 15

Russian society in the seventeenth century

Accepted Answer

A)  witnessed the reign of Ivan the Terrible. 
B)  witnessed profound religious reforms in the Russian Orthodox church. 
C)  was characterized by a highly oppressive system of serfdom. 
D)  saw the rise of the merchant class to power. 
E)  saw the end of serfdom and the emergence of a prosperous free peasantry. 
A)  witnessed the reign of Ivan the Terrible. 
B)  witnessed profound religious reforms in the Russian Orthodox church. 
C)  was characterized by a highly oppressive system of serfdom. 
D)  saw the rise of the merchant class to power. 
E)  saw the end of serfdom and the emergence of a prosperous free peasantry.

Question 16

The "Glorious Revolution" in 1688 in England was significant for

Accepted Answer

A)  restoring Charles II and the Stuart dynasty to power. 
B)  bloodlessly deposing James II in favor of William of Orange. 
C)  returning England to a Catholic commonwealth. 
D)  Parliament's establishment of a new monarch through a series of bloody wars. 
E)  the abolishment of the monarchy in favor of a republican "commonwealth." 
A)  restoring Charles II and the Stuart dynasty to power. 
B)  bloodlessly deposing James II in favor of William of Orange. 
C)  returning England to a Catholic commonwealth. 
D)  Parliament's establishment of a new monarch through a series of bloody wars. 
E)  the abolishment of the monarchy in favor of a republican "commonwealth."

Question 17

What role did the nobility play in politics and government in Poland and England?

Accepted Answer

The nobility played a dominating role in

Question 18

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Amsterdam

Accepted Answer

Amsterdam is the capital city of the Net

Question 19

The Thirty Years' War

Accepted Answer

A)  eventually involved every country in Europe and Asia. 
B)  is considered by most to be the first "modern" war. 
C)  is considered by most to be part of the larger Bourbon-Habsburg struggle. 
D)  was primarily fought in Spain. 
E)  was exclusively caused by religious differences. 
A)  eventually involved every country in Europe and Asia. 
B)  is considered by most to be the first "modern" war. 
C)  is considered by most to be part of the larger Bourbon-Habsburg struggle. 
D)  was primarily fought in Spain. 
E)  was exclusively caused by religious differences.

Question 20

IDENTIFICATIONS
-the Orthodox Church

Accepted Answer

The Orthodox Church, also known as the E

Exam 15: state Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century

IDENTIFICATIONS -Peter the Great

IDENTIFICATIONS -John Locke

IDENTIFICATIONS -Levellers

Following the Thirty Years' War, what country became dominant in Europe?

IDENTIFICATIONS -the house of Orange

Versailles was built for Louis XIII.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Poland's Sejm

The overall practical political purpose of the court of Versailles was to

IDENTIFICATIONS -absolutism

IDENTIFICATIONS -Great Northern War

IDENTIFICATIONS -Gustavus Adolphus

Which of the following groups were particularly susceptible to suspicion during Europe's prolonged witchcraft craze?

IDENTIFICATIONS -witches

Jacques Boussuet's Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture

Russian society in the seventeenth century

The "Glorious Revolution" in 1688 in England was significant for

What role did the nobility play in politics and government in Poland and England?

IDENTIFICATIONS -Amsterdam

The Thirty Years' War

IDENTIFICATIONS -the Orthodox Church

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the Civilization of the Greeks

the Hellenistic World

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late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World

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the Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society

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