Deck 15: State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century.

Question 1

What were the most important demographic and economic trends in Europe from 1560 to 1650? What were the social and political consequences of those trends?

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Question 2

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Peace of Westphalia

Answer 2

The Thirty Years' War

Question 3

In what sense was the seventeenth century a "golden age" for the Dutch Republic?

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Question 4

Define absolutism. Is it accurate to describe the French national government in the seventeenth century as an absolute monarchy?

Question 5

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Sun King

Question 6

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Thirty Years' War

Question 7

How did the Ottoman Empire fare in the seventeenth century? Why were Ottomans no longer a credible threat to Europe by the end of the century?

Question 8

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"divine right"

Question 9

Compare the reigns of Frederick William of Brandenburg-Prussia and Peter the Great of Russia. How are their policies similar? How are they different?

Question 10

How and why did the English Parliament resist the Stuart's efforts to rule as absolute monarchs?

Question 11

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absolutism

Question 12

What were the long-term consequences of the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648)?

Question 13

What steps did the Spanish monarchy take in the first half of the seventeenth century to reverse Spain's decline? How successful were these efforts?

Question 14

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Jean Bodin

Question 15

Compare and contrast Mannerism and the Baroque. What explains the popularity of Baroque art and music, particularly in Catholic Europe?

Question 16

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Cardinal Mazarin

Question 17

Why were women the most prevalent victims of Europe's witch craze? What does this reveal about the social climate at the time, and especially, ideas about gender?

Question 18

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witches

Question 19

What steps did Louis XIV take to limit the power and autonomy of the French aristocracy?

Question 20

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Cardinal Richelieu

Question 21

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Jean-Baptiste Colbert

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States General

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Saint Petersburg

Question 24

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the house of Orange

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Louis XIV

Question 26

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Versailles

Question 27

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Vienna and the Ottoman Empire

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Olivares

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Junkers

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the Orthodox Church

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procurator

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Peter the Great

Question 33

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Louis XIV's wars

Question 34

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Frederick William the Great Elector

Question 35

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Great Northern War

Question 36

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the Fronde

Question 37

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Philip III

Question 38

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Edict of Fontainebleau

Question 39

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the Romanovs

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boyars

Question 41

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King James I

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Puritans

Question 43

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Bill of Rights

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Mannerism

Question 45

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William Shakespeare

Question 46

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French Classicism

Question 47

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Test Act

Question 48

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gentry

Question 49

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Rembrandt van Rijn

Question 50

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English Civil War

Question 51

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Glorious Revolution

Question 52

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the Restoration

Question 53

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Bernini and Gentileschi

Question 54

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Thomas Hobbes

Question 55

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James II

Question 56

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Lope de Vega

Question 57

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Oliver Cromwell

Question 58

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Amsterdam

Question 59

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John Locke

Question 60

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Baroque

Question 61

Which uprising in France nearly overthrew Louis XIV early in his reign?

A)Vendee
B)Marseillaise
C)Fronde
D)Jacquerie
E)Revolution

Question 62

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Jean-Baptiste Molière

Question 63

Nobles rebelled in _____ between 1648 and 1652 to halt the growth of royal power.

A)France
B)Sweden
C)Switzerland
D)Russia
E)Spain

Question 64

What is an accurate characterization of the reign of Louis XIV?

A)It was a time of unprecedented peace.
B)It was a time of almost continuous war.
C)It was a time in which the French monarchy stabilized its finances.
D)It was a time in which the French monarchy went into decline.
E)It was a time when the French and the Austrians formed a lasting alliance.

Question 65

Which economic trend occurred in the first half of the seventeenth century?

A)The Mediterranean region saw a surge in economic activity.
B)Overall, the European economy expanded rapidly.
C)Silver imports from the Americas tripled.
D)Italy declined in economic importance.
E)France was unaffected by the general decline in the European economy.

Question 66

During the reign of Philip III, the greedy duke of Lerma ran

A)Belgium.
B)Sweden.
C)France.
D)Austria.
E)Spain.

Question 67

The Thirty Years' War began when _____ in Bohemia rebelled against Habsburg authority.

A)Muslim refugees
B)ethnic minorities
C)Calvinist nobles
D)Catholic peasants
E)Lutheran priests

Question 68

Which statement best describes the economic policies of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Louis XIV's controller general of finances?

A)They were absolutely unique in Europe.
B)They involved new accounting practices to take the tax burden off the peasants.
C)They were based on the economic theory of mercantilism.
D)They gave Louis a large surplus in the treasury that he needed to carry out his wars.
E)They could best be described as laissez-faire.

Question 69

Which statement best describes the Thirty Years' War?

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

Question 70

What was Cardinal Richelieu's greatest success as Louis XIII's chief minister?

A)Evicting the Huguenot presence from France after the La Rochelle rebellion
B)Expanding the political and social rights of the Huguenots
C)Creating a reservoir of funds for the treasury
D)Emerging victorious from the Fronde revolts of the nobility
E)Strengthening the central role of the monarchy in domestic and foreign policy

Question 71

Which country became dominant in Europe following the Thirty Years' War?

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

Question 72

Which statement best describes the witch hunts of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?

A)They involved the prosecution of more than 100,000 people.
B)They were often directed against old single men.
C)They were generally directed only at people who denied that they were religious.
D)They were primarily restricted to rural areas.
E)They were minimal in comparison to the late Middle Ages.

Question 73

What was the most destructive war in European history up until the middle of the seventeenth century?

A)The Thirty Years' War
B)The Hundred Years' War
C)The Wars of the Roses
D)The English Civil War
E)The Revolt of the Netherlands

Question 74

Louis XIV became king in his own right upon the death of

A)Anne of Austria.
B)Maria de Medici.
C)Louis XIII.
D)Richelieu.
E)Mazarin.

Question 75

How did Louis XIV use his palace at Versailles?

A)To dominate the nobility and display his grandeur
B)To putter around in the garden and enjoy nature
C)To earn money by centralizing the marketplace
D)To get away from politics and spend time with his family
E)To provide a spiritual sanctuary from a troubled world

Question 76

What was a major factor in the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War?

A)Religious disputes
B)Trade disputes
C)Famine
D)Rampant social unrest
E)Witchcraft

Question 77

Mazarin tried to carry on the policies of

A)Locke.
B)Calvin.
C)Henry IV.
D)Richelieu.
E)Louis XVI.

Question 78

What did Cardinal Richelieu understand to be the biggest roadblock to building a strong monarchy in Louis XIV's France?

A)The rising cost of warfare
B)The weakness of the Bourbons
C)Resistance by the great nobles
D)Armed uprisings by workers in Paris
E)Peasant revolts in the countryside

Question 79

Which group was particularly susceptible to suspicion during Europe's prolonged witchcraft craze?

A)Journeymen
B)Young, aggressive men
C)Members of opposing Christian denominations
D)Merchants
E)Old women

Question 80

Louis XIV described himself as the _____ King.

A)One
B)Sun
C)Accidental
D)Humble
E)God