Deck 15: Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building

Question 1

What was the impact of the sixteenth century reformations upon the secularization of western civilization?

Answer 1

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Question 2

Compare and contrast the accomplishments of Henry IV of France,Elizabeth I of England,and Philip II of Spain.In retrospect,which of the three was most successful and which was least successful,and why?

Answer 2

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Question 3

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

Answer 3

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Question 4

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Machiavelli's The Prince

Question 5

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

Question 6

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

Question 7

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"new monarchies"

Question 8

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 9

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

Question 10

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?

Question 11

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

Question 12

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

Question 13

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

Question 14

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 15

"The economic and social changes that occurred during the fifteenth and early sixteenth century inevitably led to the Protestant Reformation." Discuss.

Question 16

Discuss,using examples,the impact of political,economic,and other non-religious factors as causes of the sixteenth century religious reformations.

Question 17

Was European Christianity in serious decline in the early 1500s? How did the ideas and actions of the Protestant Reformation change its nature and status?

Question 18

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 19

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?

Question 20

What do historians mean when they refer to a European 'military revolution' during the 17^th century?

Question 21

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Dowries

Question 22

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the Holy Roman Emperor,Charles V

Question 23

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Johannes Gutenberg

Question 24

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Henry VIII and the Act of Supremacy

Question 25

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the Catholic Reformation

Question 26

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Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses

Question 27

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the three estates

Question 28

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Christian/northern Renaissance humanism

Question 29

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indulgences and relics

Question 30

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"predestination"

Question 31

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"bloody Mary"

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Purgatory

Question 33

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Modern Devotion

Question 34

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Johann Tetzel

Question 35

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Ulrich Zwingli

Question 36

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Peace of Augsburg

Question 37

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"justification by faith"

Question 38

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Pope Julius II

Question 39

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Desiderius Erasmus

Question 40

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John Calvin and Geneva

Question 41

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Pope Paul III and the Council of Trent

Question 42

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Louis XIV

Question 43

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the Spanish Armada

Question 44

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the Battle of Lepanto

Question 45

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Ignatius Loyola and the Jesuits/Society of Jesus

Question 46

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Palace of Versailles

Question 47

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divine right theory and absolutism

Question 48

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Sun Kings

Question 49

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Arranged Marriages

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Gustavus Adolphus

Question 51

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Monasticism

Question 52

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Spain's Philip II

Question 53

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mercantilism and Jean Baptiste Colbert

Question 54

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Elizabeth Tudor

Question 55

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the witchcraft mania

Question 56

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the United Provinces of the Netherlands

Question 57

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the Thirty Years' War and the Peace of Westphalia

Question 58

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Henry IV,Huguenots,and the Edict of Nantes

Question 59

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Francis Xavier and Matteo Ricci

Question 60

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joint-stock company

Question 61

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 62

Which of the following was not a result of the development of printing in Europe?

A)Research and learning increased.
B)Standard textbooks were developed.
C)More people began to read.
D)Chinese influence over European affairs rose sharply because of their invention of paper.
E)It played a major role in the Protestant Reformation.

Question 63

The third estates included

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

Question 64

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the Glorious Revolution,William and Mary and the Bill of Rights

Question 65

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Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Question 66

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 67

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the Romanovs and Peter the Great

Question 68

The writer who best gave expression to the sixteenth century preoccupation with political power was

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

Question 69

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James I,Charles I,and divine right

Question 70

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Dutch realism and Judith Leyster

Question 71

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

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

Question 72

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Frederick William the Great Elector

Question 73

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Baroque

Question 74

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Saint Petersburg

Question 75

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Peter Paul Rubens

Question 76

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Ivan IV (the Terrible)

Question 77

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the Puritans,Oliver Cromwell and the New Model Army

Question 78

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the Austrian Habsburgs

Question 79

Machiavelli's emphasis that the ends justify the means had been expressed earlier by

A)China's Confucius.
B)Japan's Minamoto.
C)India's Kautilya.
D)Rome's Cicero.
E)Persia's Zarathustra.

Question 80

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William Shakespeare