Deck 7: The Age of Absolutism,16501720

Question 1

The rule of Peter the Great over Russia can best be described as

A)a return to tradition.
B)an introduction of Chinese culture.
C)a turn toward Western influence.
D)an isolationist approach.
E)the Time of Troubles.

Answer 1

a turn toward Western influence.

Question 2

What is a good example of how absolutism in France centered governmental power in the monarch?

A)Parlement's membership was extended to the middle class.
B)France ended universal suffrage.
C)The Estates-General was not called in over 170 years.
D)France instituted a system to elect their monarchs.
E)France called on all nobles to surrender their titles and land.

Answer 2

The Estates-General was not called in over 170 years.

Question 3

In Leviathan,__________ argued that people would surrender their rights in order to receive protection from their ruler.

A)Louis XIV
B)Jean Bodin
C)Frederick III
D)Thomas Hobbes
E)Jacques Bossuet

Answer 3

Thomas Hobbes

Question 4

Louis XIV's persecution of Jansenists was intended to further his policy of

A)one faith.
B)one standing army.
C)lessening the power of nobles who had participated in the Fronde.
D)lessening the power of bankers.
E)removing nobles who opposed him.

Question 5

The revolt in France known as the Fronde was an uprising by

A)nobles who resented the increasing power of the church.
B)the poor who resented the increasing price of bread in Paris.
C)nobles trying to regain power lost during the reign of Louis XIII.
D)bishops who objected to the appointment of priests by Louis XIV.
E)Protestants who wished to regain power lost under Louis XIII.

Question 6

Mercantilists believe that all resources should be put into the service of the

A)church.
B)merchants.
C)colonies.
D)army.
E)state.

Question 7

During the seventeenth century,the Habsburg Empire was vulnerable to the expanding powers of which two countries?

A)Sweden and France
B)Italy and Bohemia
C)England and Turkey
D)France and Turkey
E)England and France

Question 8

The idea that all great powers should be in equilibrium became known as the balance of

A)cooperation.
B)church and state.
C)power.
D)estates.
E)colonies.

Question 9

Frederick William,the "Great Elector," used __________ to convince the nobles to allow him to build a standing army.

A)gifts of land outside the Holy Roman Empire
B)commissions in the Prussian navy
C)bishoprics in the Church
D)guarantee of privilege over the peasantry and the right to import goods without paying duties
E)control of Prussian colonies in the New World

Question 10

While the Catholic Church helped legitimize the absolute power of monarchs,monarchs helped the Catholic Church by

A)allowing the Church to appoint all bishops.
B)persecuting minority religions within their realm.
C)collecting a tithe.
D)allocating large amounts of land to Church control.
E)allowing the Church to increase the amount of tithe paid by each person.

Question 11

Ivan IV consolidated his rule over Muscovy by

A)granting partial control to the Orthodox Church.
B)terrorizing his people.
C)allowing nobles to rule through a parliament.
D)granting the middle class the right to vote on legislation.
E)ending the practice of serfdom in Muscovy.

Question 12

After the religious and dynastic wars in Europe,what political form emerged as an attempt to reassert public order?

A)oligarchy
B)absolutism
C)democracy
D)mob rule
E)republicanism

Question 13

Which European capital was besieged by the Ottoman Turks in 1683?

A)Vienna
B)Berlin
C)Rome
D)Paris
E)Moscow

Question 14

During the age of absolutism,why did kings not have to worry about private armies challenging their power?

A)All private armies were used in foreign territories.
B)The pope commandeered all European armies to fight for the papacy.
C)Nobles were happy with their treatment by the crown and would not challenge the king.
D)Kings now had large standing armies loyal to them.
E)Although private armies remained,they were now required to swear allegiance to the king.

Question 15

During the reign of Louis XIV,which of the following is true of the nobles of the robe?

A)Most inherited their titles through a long line of patriarchal inheritance.
B)Many bought their titles from the state.
C)All bought their titles from the Catholic Church.
D)The majority bought their titles from the Protestant Church.
E)A significant number inherited their titles from family outside France.

Question 16

The most despotic practice of absolutism was in

A)Prussia.
B)France.
C)the Ottoman Empire.
D)Austria.
E)Poland.

Question 17

Louis XIV was most closely associated with which Greek and Roman god?

A)Mercury
B)Zeus
C)Apollo
D)Jupiter
E)Mars

Question 18

The "Tables of Ranks" emphasized that

A)the monarch had power over the nobles.
B)the middle-class merchants had the right to participate in government.
C)Jews could hold government offices throughout Europe.
D)all citizens had the right to present their grievances once a year.
E)nobles had the right to overthrow the king with a 2/3 vote.

Question 19

The artistic style that combined baroque elements and the more Roman style of classicism became known as the _________ style.

A)Louis XIV
B)Frederick III
C)Mazarin
D)Rigaud
E)Louis XV

Question 20

Nobles in Eastern Europe enjoyed more power than their counterparts in the West due to

A)a more gradual centralization of authority.
B)the interference of the pope.
C)the ability of nobles to purchase extended authority.
D)parliaments in the East that granted such power to the nobles.
E)nobles in the West that asked for and received a decline in power.

Question 21

The Swedish King Charles XII sought help from what power against Russia?

A)the Catholic Church
B)the Holy Roman Empire
C)France
D)the Ottoman Empire
E)Denmark

Question 22

During the War of Spanish Succession,England captured and retained control of the strategically important

A)Black Sea.
B)Gibraltar.
C)Cape of Good Hope.
D)English Channel.
E)island of Sicily.

Question 23

What treaty ended the War of the Spanish Succession?

A)the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
B)the Treaty of Utrecht
C)the Marlborough Treaty
D)the Treaty of Ryswick
E)the Rhine Treaty

Question 24

What was one of the main reasons European forces were willing to fight Louis XIV in the War of Spanish Succession?

A)They feared France would take control of all of North America.
B)They feared France's desire to unite Italy and rule from Naples.
C)They feared that France would invade Scotland.
D)They feared Louis XIV's claim to the throne of the Holy Roman Empire.
E)They feared consolidation of the crowns of France and Spain.

Question 25

How did Louis XIV use the château at Versailles as both a means to consolidate his personal power and as the ultimate symbol of that power?

Question 26

The purpose of Louis XIV's "Grand Strategy" was to

A)contain the two Habsburg powers in Europe.
B)stop England from expanding its power in Europe.
C)stop the rise of Prussia.
D)control the expansion of Sweden.
E)stop the Westernization of Russia.

Question 27

How did the rise of absolutism affect the relationship between rulers and their subjects?