Question 1

Which of the following is true of the Netherlands?

Accepted Answer

A) The nation refused to allow Roman Catholics or Jews to live within its borders. 
B) The Calvinist Reformed Church was the established church and the only legitimate form of organized religion. 
C) Toleration marked the Dutch religious life where peoples of differing religious faiths lived together peacefully. 
D) All and only Protestants were allowed within the Netherlands;Roman Catholics were forced to convert within six months of their residency in the Netherlands.

Question 2

Under the Treaty of Dover,Charles II allied with the ________ against the _______.

Accepted Answer

A) French;Spanish 
B) German Empire;Dutch 
C) French;Dutch 
D) English;French

Question 3

What problem did the Pragmatic Sanction attempt to address?

Accepted Answer

A) the problem of a weak military power 
B) the problem of religious intolerance within Germany 
C) the problem of the lack of an Austrian Habsburg male heir 
D) the problem of religious restrictions on Protestants

Question 4

The goal of the Table of Ranks was to ________.

Accepted Answer

A) draw the nobility into state service 
B) eliminate the need for nobles to serve the central state 
C) force nobles into military service 
D) restrict religious leaders from controlling parts of the central state

Question 5

What policies did Sir Robert Walpole promote as chief minister in England?

Accepted Answer

A) He maintained peace abroad and promoted religious and political liberty at home. 
B) He advanced aggressive military initiatives abroad and imposed no new domestic policies. 
C) He strictly limited free speech and increased taxes on the nobility. 
D) He shut down newspapers and restricted religious liberties.

Question 6

The Great Northern War involved what two nations?

Accepted Answer

A) Prussia and Russia 
B) Sweden and Norway 
C) Russia and Sweden 
D) the German Empire and Sweden

Question 7

What did Peter the Great learn about his son Aleksei that presented a problem for the monarchy?

Accepted Answer

A) Aleksei was too weak to take over the throne. 
B) Aleksei did not want to become king. 
C) Aleksei might become a focus for rebellion. 
D) His son had entered into a plot to overthrow Peter.

Question 8

Who were the supporters of Charles I and Parliament in England's 1642-1646 civil war?

Accepted Answer

A) the Roundheads and the Cavaliers,respectively 
B) the Cavaliers and the Roundheads,respectively 
C) the Puritans and Anglicans,respectively 
D) the Reds and the Whites,respectively

Question 9

Who was known as the Great Elector?

Accepted Answer

A) Frederick William 
B) John III Sobieski 
C) Michael Romanov 
D) Theodore II

Question 10

Which of the following originated in resistance to the military aggression of Louis XIV?

Accepted Answer

A) Treaty of Nijmwegen 
B) Peace of Ryswick 
C) League of Augsburg 
D) Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle

Question 11

John Law believed that ________.

Accepted Answer

A) halting gold payments in France was absolutely necessary 
B) France should abandon its overseas colonies 
C) France should dramatically increase its level of taxation 
D) an increase in the paper-money supply would stimulate France's economic recovery

Question 12

In the Treaty of Dover,Charles II and Louis XIV's secret agreement called for Charles II to ________.

Accepted Answer

A) dismiss the Parliament of Lords and Commons,and in exchange Louis XIV would revoke the Edict of Nantes 
B) announce his conversion to Catholicism,and in exchange Louis XIV promised to pay Charles a substantial subsidy 
C) revoke the Clarendon Code,and in exchange Louis XIV promised to pay Charles a substantial subsidy 
D) revoke the Test Act,and in exchange Louis XIV would revoke the Edict of Nantes

Question 13

A Roman Catholic religious movement known as ____________ arose in the 1630s in opposition to the theology and political influence of the Jesuits and adhered to the teachings of St.Augustine.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A Roman Catholic religious movement known as...

Question 14

The dangers and turmoil of Peter the Great's youth convinced him that the power of the tsar must be made secure from the jealousy of the ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The dangers and turmoil of Peter the...

Question 15

What was the effect in France of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes and the ensuing religious repression?

Accepted Answer

A) Culture in France was at its peak. 
B) Universities opened,drawing thinkers from all over the world. 
C) A new era of religious conflict opened. 
D) Religious toleration brought many to reside in France.

Question 16

The chief feature of eighteenth-century French political life was ________.

Accepted Answer

A) Louis XIV's lack of leadership 
B) the failure of the nobility to dominate the Parliament 
C) the protest by the peasantry to gain more influence and representation in Parliament 
D) the attempt of the nobility to use its authority to limit the power of the monarchy

Question 17

The revocation of the Edict of Nantes is best seen in the context of Louis XIV's policy of ________.

Accepted Answer

A) religious persecution 
B) unifying France under an absolute monarchy 
C) alliance with the Catholic church 
D) making war on Catholics

Question 18

The seven provinces that became the United Provinces of the Netherlands emerged as a nation in 1572 after revolting against ________.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 19

The Militia Ordinance gave the English Parliament the power to ________.

Accepted Answer

A) raise its own army 
B) raise or lower taxes 
C) dissolve the monarchy 
D) house soldiers in the homes of citizens

Question 20

Describe the rise of Prussia in the 1600s and 1700s.How did Prussia's emergence as a European power shape its state and culture?

Accepted Answer

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Exam 13: European State Consolidation in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries