Deck 15: Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building

Question 1

What were the most significant aspects of the witchcraft craze of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries? Why was it so widespread? Why did it decline?

Answer 1

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Question 2

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
The period between 1560 and 1650 in Europe was truly an age of crisis.
Use examples from the religious, economic, social and political sphere to support your position.

Answer 2

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Question 3

Compare and contrast political developments in France and England during the seventeenth century. What are the possible differences between the two kingdoms which led to absolutism in France and limited/constitutional monarchy in England?

Answer 3

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Question 4

What was "revolutionary" about Martin Luther's ideas, and what was not revolutionary?

Question 5

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Machiavelli's The Prince

Question 6

What conventions covered marriage during the early modern period in Europe, and how did these compare to those in other parts of the world?

Question 7

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new monarchies

Question 8

Compare and contrast Lutheranism, Calvinism and Catholicism. Where did they share common ground, and where did they differ?

Question 9

Compare and contrast absolutism in central and eastern Europe with absolutism in Louis XIV's France and Kangxi's China.

Question 10

Discuss the most significant individuals and events involved in the rise of Protestantism in Germany, Switzerland, and England.

Question 11

Of the major individuals discussed in this chapter, who was the most "modern" and who was the least modern? In answering this question, be sure to include a definition of "modern."

Question 12

"The economic and social changes that occurred during the fifteenth and early sixteenth century inevitably led to the Protestant Reformation." Do you agree? Why or why not?

Question 13

Compare and contrast the Roman Catholic Reformation with the Protestant Reformation. Where did they share common ground and where did they differ?

Question 14

Why is absolutism considered a response to the general situation of crisis in Europe? Support your answer with examples.

Question 15

Why did the government of France become the center of European absolutism? Why not Russia? Was it simply fate or chance or were there other factors which could explain why the era became known as the Age of Louis XIV?

Question 16

Using examples from art and literature, describe the flourishing of European culture. Should this be considered a reflection or a reaction to the political and economical situation of this period?

Question 17

Of the two major Protestant reformers, Luther and Calvin, who was the most revolutionary figure? Why?

Question 18

Explain the differences in the terms Catholic Reformation and Counter Reformation .

Question 19

Is it accurate to say that there was a military revolution in Europe in the seventeenth century? Why or why not? Be specific and give evidence to back up your argument.

Question 20

How did intra-Protestant and Protestant-Roman Catholic divisions influence events between the late 1500s and the end of the Glorious Revolution? Were the divisions intrinsically religious, or were religious differences in part the result of economic or social factors?

Question 21

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the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V

Question 22

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justification by faith

Question 23

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Pope Julius II

Question 24

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Martin Luther

Question 25

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Christian/northern Renaissance humanism

Question 26

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Peace of Augsburg

Question 27

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predestination

Question 28

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Ulrich Zwingli

Question 29

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Oliver Cromwell

Question 30

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purgatory

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Catholic Reformation

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Ninety-Five Theses

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Act of Supremacy

Question 34

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counter-reformation

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Johann Tetzel

Question 36

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Johannes Gutenberg

Question 37

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John Calvin

Question 38

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Desiderius Erasmus

Question 39

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"bloody Mary"

Question 40

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indulgences

Question 41

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Protestant Reformation

Question 42

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Spanish Armada

Question 43

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limited/constitutional monarchy

Question 44

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Thirty Years' War

Question 45

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Louis XIV

Question 46

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Jean Baptiste Colbert

Question 47

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Council of Trent

Question 48

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relics

Question 49

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Ignatius Loyola

Question 50

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"mutual love between man and wife"

Question 51

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divine-right monarchy

Question 52

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Elizabeth Tudor

Question 53

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James II

Question 54

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Society of Jesus

Question 55

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mercantilism

Question 56

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Philip II

Question 57

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absolutism

Question 58

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Francis Xavier

Question 59

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Peace of Westphalia

Question 60

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Henry IV

Question 61

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Ivan IV

Question 62

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James I

Question 63

The third estates included

A) priests and monks.
B) kings and emperors.
C) knights and squires.
D) peasants, merchants, and artisans.
E) nuns and widows.

Question 64

The development of printing led to all of these developments in Europe EXCEPT

A) increased research and learning.
B) new standard textbooks.
C) higher reading rates among the general public.
D) the domination of Chinese civilization over Europe.
E) the beginning of the Protestant Reformation.

Question 65

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Frederick William the Great Elector

Question 66

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William Shakespeare

Question 67

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the Glorious Revolution

Question 68

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Baroque

Question 69

The most influential Christian humanist, who popularized the reform program of Christian humanism, was

A) John of Ockham.
B) Martin Luther.
C) John Calvin.
D) Desiderius Erasmus.
E) Ulrich Zwingli.

Question 70

The title of Machiavelli's most famous work is

A) The Courtier.
B) The Absolute King.
C) The Prince.
D) The Spy.
E) The Duke.

Question 71

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Huguenots

Question 72

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the Puritans

Question 73

Who wrote the famous sixteenth-century book The Prince ?

A) Lorenzo Ghiberti
B) Niccolo Alberti
C) Giorgio Castiglione
D) Niccolo Machiavelli
E) Desiderius Erasmus

Question 74

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Edict of Nantes

Question 75

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Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Question 76

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Bill of Rights

Question 77

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William and Mary

Question 78

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Michael Romanov

Question 79

Peasants made up the overwhelming mass of the third estate EXCEPT in

A) England and Scotland.
B) Aragon and Castille.
C) Normandy and Aquitaine.
D) Bavaria and the Balkans.
E) Flanders and northern Italy.

Question 80

By 1500, poor city-dwellers constituted ____ percent of the urban population.

A) 10-15
B) 20
C) 30-40
D) 60-70
E) 85