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Chapters 16 & 17
France
England
Spanish v.
Dutch
Russia &
Prussia
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200
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300
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400
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500
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500
Austria &
Ottomans
France 100
He strengthened the intendant method
of local government
Cardinal Richelieu
France 200
Colbert’s Mercantilism included all of the
following EXCEPT?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Establishing new industries & manufacturing codes
Establishing a central banking system
Establishing protective tariffs
Improving transportation and communication
b. Establishing a central
banking system
France 300
Richelieu’s philosophy that justified
actions on behalf of the state that would be
condemned if carried out by private
individuals?
Raison d’état
France 400
Which of the following is NOT true?
a. French classicism subject matter associated with art
of antiquity.
b. Mercantilism is where government intervenes to
secure the largest share of limited resources.
c. France had the highest living standards in the mid
17th century.
d. Revocation of the Edict of Nantes denied Huguenots
the right to practice their religion in France.
c. France had the highest living standards
in the mid 17th century
France 500
Which of the following did NOT weaken the
economy of France under Louis XIV?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Colbert’s economic policy
High military expenditures
Middle-class & nobles tax exemptions
The use of tax farmers
a. Colbert’s economic policy
England 100
Elizabeth I was succeed by what Stuart
Monarch?
James I
England 200
The growing wealth of which group became
a significant feature of English society in
the 16th and 17th centuries?
a. Nobility
b. Clergy
c. Middle class businessmen
c. Middle class businessmen
England 300
He attempted to rule without Parliament,
supported the policies of William of Laud, and
issued stopgap levies such as “ship money.”?
Charles I
England 400
Which of the following was not part of the
period of time known as the Interregnum?
a. Commonwealth
b. Test Act of 1663
c. Protectorate
d. Political factions: Diggers, Levellers
b. Test Act of 1663
England 500
Which of the following was a spokesman for
the Glorious Revolution?
a. Thomas Hobbes
b. Oliver Cromwell
c. William Laud
d. John Locke
d. John Locke
Spanish v. Dutch 100
Which of the following was NOT true about the
Dutch Republic in the 17th century?
a. Political power was held by landowning nobility
b. Experienced a “Golden Age”
c. Had the highest living standards in Europe
d. Religiously tolerant
a. Political power was held by landowning
nobility
Spanish v. Dutch 200
The Treaty of Pyrenees led to a period of
decline in what country?
Spain
Spanish v. Dutch 300
The decline of Spain in the 17th century can be
attributed to all of the following EXCEPT?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Extension of the empire beyond its resources
Devaluation of currency & inflation
Peasant revolts
Decline of population
c. Peasant revolts
Spanish v. Dutch 400
Miguel de Cervantes wrote what book which
delineates the whole fabric of 16th century Spanish
society?
Don Quixote
Spanish v. Dutch 500
The decline of the Dutch economy was
caused by?
a. Civil unrest by the peasant farmers
b. Wars of the 17th century
c. lack of a middle class & disdain toward
money-making and hard work
b. Wars of the
th
17
century
Prussia & Russia 100
What the landed nobility in Prussia & Russia
were called?
Junkers & Boyars
Prussia & Russia 200
Which of the following did NOT lead to the Great
Elector Frederick William’s consolidation of
power in the Brandenburg Estates?
a. Failure of nobles to join with the towns to oppose
the Elector
b. The need for a strong military following the 30
Years’ War and Tatar raids
c. Financial and military support from Cardinal
Richelieu
c. Financial & military support from Cardinal
Richelieu
Prussia & Russia 300
Implemented under Tsars’ Ivan III & IV, this
condition required the boyars to serve in the
army to hold land.
Service nobility
Prussia & Russia 400
During the Time of Troubles, Russia faced
all of the following problems EXCEPT?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Religious schism
Cossack rebellion
Foreign invasion
Inner fighting among the Tsar’s relatives
a. Religious schism
Prussia & Russia 500
Which of the following did NOT occur
during the reign of Peter the Great?
a. Incessant warfare
b. Building of St. Petersburg
c. Table of ranks
d. Sack of Kiev by the Mongol Horde
d. Sack of Kiev by the Mongol Horde
Austria & Ottomans 100
Which of the following was NOT associated with
serfdom?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Robot
Millet
Cossacks
Hereditary subjugation
b. Millet
Austria & Ottomans 200
His death of marked the beginning of the decline of
the Ottoman Empire.
Suleiman the Magnificent
Austria & Ottomans 300
In the aftermath of the siege of Vienna in 1683
a. the Turks gained a stronger foothold in Europe.
b. the Habsburgs capture Hungary in the East.
c. the Prussians took Bohemia from the Habsburgs.
b. The Habsburgs captured Hungary
Austria & Ottomans 400
Which of the following was NOT part of the
Ottoman Empire?
a. Janissary
b. Millet
c. Landed nobility
d. Islam
Landed nobility
Austria & Ottomans 500
Charles VI issued the __________________ in
1713 stating that Habsburg lands were never
to be divided.
Pragmatic sanction