Question 1

The new diplomatic goal that emerged in western and central Europe in the mid-seventeenth century was:

Accepted Answer

A) balance of power politics. 
B) resolving disputes through diplomacy,not war. 
C) promoting religious tolerance across western and central Europe. 
D) creating a free trade zone across western and central Europe. 
E) becoming as isolationist as possible. 
A) balance of power politics. 
B) resolving disputes through diplomacy,not war. 
C) promoting religious tolerance across western and central Europe. 
D) creating a free trade zone across western and central Europe. 
E) becoming as isolationist as possible.

Question 2

What was the role of theater and image in the success of absolutism?

Accepted Answer

Kings like Louis XIV deliberately staged

Question 3

In England,Charles II triggered a crisis not unlike that produced by his father's rule when he:

Accepted Answer

A) reformed court life to match Puritan sensibilities. 
B) began modeling his kingship on the absolutism of Louis XIV. 
C) established a family and produced several heirs to the throne. 
D) created the Whig Party and used it to increase his influence in Parliament. 
E) disbanded Parliament and ruled absolutely. 
A) reformed court life to match Puritan sensibilities. 
B) began modeling his kingship on the absolutism of Louis XIV. 
C) established a family and produced several heirs to the throne. 
D) created the Whig Party and used it to increase his influence in Parliament. 
E) disbanded Parliament and ruled absolutely.

Question 4

The Bill of Rights in England [1688]:

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A) stated that the monarch was subject to the law of the land. 
B) resolved England's seventeenth century religious questions. 
C) reaffirmed the divine-right theory of kingship. 
D) confirmed the king's right to raise standing armies without Parliament's approval. 
E) expanded the political power of the working class. 
A) stated that the monarch was subject to the law of the land. 
B) resolved England's seventeenth century religious questions. 
C) reaffirmed the divine-right theory of kingship. 
D) confirmed the king's right to raise standing armies without Parliament's approval. 
E) expanded the political power of the working class.

Question 5

Peter the Great's authority to rule Russia was threatened during the early part of his reign by:

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A) a peasant rebellion. 
B) an attempt to depose him and place his half-sister on the throne. 
C) an assassination attempt. 
D) questions about his paternity. 
E) a long childhood illness. 
A) a peasant rebellion. 
B) an attempt to depose him and place his half-sister on the throne. 
C) an assassination attempt. 
D) questions about his paternity. 
E) a long childhood illness.

Question 6

The balance of power in Central and Eastern Europe was reshaped at the end of the seventeenth and beginning of the eighteenth centuries because of the loss of power of:

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A) Prussia. 
B) Austria. 
C) Russia. 
D) France. 
E) the Ottoman empire. 
A) Prussia. 
B) Austria. 
C) Russia. 
D) France. 
E) the Ottoman empire.

Question 7

One of the advantages enjoyed by the Dutch Republic included:

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A) a powerful monarch. 
B) the protection of Louis XIV of France. 
C) the ability to engage in trade by sea. 
D) no religious diversity. 
E) close proximity to the Ottoman Empire. 
A) a powerful monarch. 
B) the protection of Louis XIV of France. 
C) the ability to engage in trade by sea. 
D) no religious diversity. 
E) close proximity to the Ottoman Empire.

Question 8

During the Glorious Revolution,violence broke out to protest:

Accepted Answer

A) James II's support of Catholicism. 
B) James II's moves toward absolutist government. 
C) James II's support of Catholicism and his absolutist policies. 
D) James II's secret alliance with France. 
E) James II's cowardice in fleeing to France after the invasion of William of Orange. 
A) James II's support of Catholicism. 
B) James II's moves toward absolutist government. 
C) James II's support of Catholicism and his absolutist policies. 
D) James II's secret alliance with France. 
E) James II's cowardice in fleeing to France after the invasion of William of Orange.

Question 9

In general,the centralization of state power in Eastern Europe came at the expense of the:

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A) autonomy of the Church. 
B) political autonomy of the free cities. 
C) power of merchants to avoid taxation. 
D) freedom of peasants. 
E) political power of the aristocracy. 
A) autonomy of the Church. 
B) political autonomy of the free cities. 
C) power of merchants to avoid taxation. 
D) freedom of peasants. 
E) political power of the aristocracy.

Question 10

"Tories" was a nickname for the supporters of King Charles II.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

In what ways did James II to restore/increase the power of the monarchy during his reign?

Accepted Answer

James,a zealous Catholic convert,admired

Question 12

A delegation of both Whigs and Tories brought Mary and her husband William to England to replace James II.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Frederick William I made Prussia strong by:

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A) emphasizing religious toleration. 
B) scoring victories against the armies of Louis XIV. 
C) exerting prudent financial leadership and building a large army. 
D) establishing a lavish palace in Berlin and constructing a "theater" of absolutism. 
E) allying himself with,and receiving military aid from,Great Britain. 
A) emphasizing religious toleration. 
B) scoring victories against the armies of Louis XIV. 
C) exerting prudent financial leadership and building a large army. 
D) establishing a lavish palace in Berlin and constructing a "theater" of absolutism. 
E) allying himself with,and receiving military aid from,Great Britain.

Question 14

The theory of absolutism became popular in the seventeenth century in response to:

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A) public distrust of the constitutional monarchy in England. 
B) the desire of the lower classes to be responsible directly to the king rather than to local lords. 
C) a desire for order after the chaos and war of the previous century. 
D) public distrust of the republican governance in the Dutch Republic. 
E) growing public concern about brigands and criminals that required a strong centralized government to control. 
A) public distrust of the constitutional monarchy in England. 
B) the desire of the lower classes to be responsible directly to the king rather than to local lords. 
C) a desire for order after the chaos and war of the previous century. 
D) public distrust of the republican governance in the Dutch Republic. 
E) growing public concern about brigands and criminals that required a strong centralized government to control.

Question 15

Which group provided the most resistance to James II of England?

Accepted Answer

A) The Tories. 
B) The Whigs. 
C) The small landholders. 
D) The Catholic Church. 
E) The working class. 
A) The Tories. 
B) The Whigs. 
C) The small landholders. 
D) The Catholic Church. 
E) The working class.

Question 16

The real political authority in the Dutch Republic lay with:

Accepted Answer

A) the stadtholder. 
B) powerful merchants. 
C) powerful aristocrats. 
D) Calvinist consistories. 
E) the governments of independent towns. 
A) the stadtholder. 
B) powerful merchants. 
C) powerful aristocrats. 
D) Calvinist consistories. 
E) the governments of independent towns.

Question 17

The War of the Spanish Succession broke out when:

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A) William of Orange's daughter succeeded to the Spanish throne. 
B) the Austrian king,Leopold I,succeeded to the Spanish throne. 
C) Louis XIV's grandson succeeded to the Spanish throne. 
D) the named heir of the Spanish throne,Philip V,renounced his claim. 
E) Leopold I's nephew succeeded to the Spanish throne. 
A) William of Orange's daughter succeeded to the Spanish throne. 
B) the Austrian king,Leopold I,succeeded to the Spanish throne. 
C) Louis XIV's grandson succeeded to the Spanish throne. 
D) the named heir of the Spanish throne,Philip V,renounced his claim. 
E) Leopold I's nephew succeeded to the Spanish throne.

Question 18

The ruler of Prussia who built up the fourth largest army in Europe in the first half of the eighteenth century was:

Accepted Answer

A) Frederick the Great. 
B) Frederick William the Great Elector. 
C) Frederick I. 
D) Frederick William I. 
E) Frederick of Saxony. 
A) Frederick the Great. 
B) Frederick William the Great Elector. 
C) Frederick I. 
D) Frederick William I. 
E) Frederick of Saxony.

Question 19

The Act of Toleration of 1689 granted:

Accepted Answer

A) Jews the right to worship freely in England. 
B) English citizens the right to peacefully oppose parliamentary policies. 
C) English citizens the right to peacefully oppose the king's policies. 
D) Catholics the right to worship freely in England. 
E) Protestant dissenters the right to worship freely in England. 
A) Jews the right to worship freely in England. 
B) English citizens the right to peacefully oppose parliamentary policies. 
C) English citizens the right to peacefully oppose the king's policies. 
D) Catholics the right to worship freely in England. 
E) Protestant dissenters the right to worship freely in England.

Question 20

Absolutism was difficult for the Habsburgs to achieve in the Holy Roman Empire because:

Accepted Answer

A) the Habsburgs produced a series of ill and weakened monarchs in the seventeenth century. 
B) a powerful middle-class resistance to absolutism emerged in the Holy Roman Empire. 
C) controlling the Austrian colonies abroad took all the military power the Habsburg had,so they could not fulfill their ambitions of absolutism in the Holy Roman Empire. 
D) the Holy Roman Empire was made up of many individual states that ruled in their own interests. 
E) the Austrian Hapsburgs were not able to harness propaganda to their advantage enough to convince the nobles of the Holy Roman Empire to accept absolutist rule. 
A) the Habsburgs produced a series of ill and weakened monarchs in the seventeenth century. 
B) a powerful middle-class resistance to absolutism emerged in the Holy Roman Empire. 
C) controlling the Austrian colonies abroad took all the military power the Habsburg had,so they could not fulfill their ambitions of absolutism in the Holy Roman Empire. 
D) the Holy Roman Empire was made up of many individual states that ruled in their own interests. 
E) the Austrian Hapsburgs were not able to harness propaganda to their advantage enough to convince the nobles of the Holy Roman Empire to accept absolutist rule.

The new diplomatic goal that emerged in western and central Europe in the mid-seventeenth century was:

What was the role of theater and image in the success of absolutism?

In England,Charles II triggered a crisis not unlike that produced by his father's rule when he:

The Bill of Rights in England [1688]:

Peter the Great's authority to rule Russia was threatened during the early part of his reign by:

The balance of power in Central and Eastern Europe was reshaped at the end of the seventeenth and beginning of the eighteenth centuries because of the loss of power of:

One of the advantages enjoyed by the Dutch Republic included:

During the Glorious Revolution,violence broke out to protest:

In general,the centralization of state power in Eastern Europe came at the expense of the:

"Tories" was a nickname for the supporters of King Charles II.

In what ways did James II to restore/increase the power of the monarchy during his reign?

A delegation of both Whigs and Tories brought Mary and her husband William to England to replace James II.

Frederick William I made Prussia strong by:

The theory of absolutism became popular in the seventeenth century in response to:

Which group provided the most resistance to James II of England?

The real political authority in the Dutch Republic lay with:

The War of the Spanish Succession broke out when:

The ruler of Prussia who built up the fourth largest army in Europe in the first half of the eighteenth century was:

The Act of Toleration of 1689 granted:

Absolutism was difficult for the Habsburgs to achieve in the Holy Roman Empire because:

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Exam 15: European Monarchies and Absolutism,1660-1725

The new diplomatic goal that emerged in western and central Europe in the mid-seventeenth century was:

What was the role of theater and image in the success of absolutism?

In England,Charles II triggered a crisis not unlike that produced by his father's rule when he:

The Bill of Rights in England [1688]:

Peter the Great's authority to rule Russia was threatened during the early part of his reign by:

The balance of power in Central and Eastern Europe was reshaped at the end of the seventeenth and beginning of the eighteenth centuries because of the loss of power of:

One of the advantages enjoyed by the Dutch Republic included:

During the Glorious Revolution,violence broke out to protest:

In general,the centralization of state power in Eastern Europe came at the expense of the:

"Tories" was a nickname for the supporters of King Charles II.

In what ways did James II to restore/increase the power of the monarchy during his reign?

A delegation of both Whigs and Tories brought Mary and her husband William to England to replace James II.

Frederick William I made Prussia strong by:

The theory of absolutism became popular in the seventeenth century in response to:

Which group provided the most resistance to James II of England?

The real political authority in the Dutch Republic lay with:

The War of the Spanish Succession broke out when:

The ruler of Prussia who built up the fourth largest army in Europe in the first half of the eighteenth century was:

The Act of Toleration of 1689 granted:

Absolutism was difficult for the Habsburgs to achieve in the Holy Roman Empire because:

Early Civilizations

Peoples, gods, and Empires: 1700-500

The Civilization of Greece, 1000-400

The Greek World Expands, 400-150

The Civilization of Ancient Rome

The Transformation of Rome

Romes Three Heirs,500-950

The Expansion of Europe,950-1100

The Consolidation of Europe,1100-1250

The Medieval World,1250-1350

Rebirth and Unrest,1350-1453

Innovation and Exploration,1453-1533

The Age of Dissent and Division,1500-1564

Europe in the Atlantic World,1550-1660

The New Science of the Seventeenth Century

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