How did the
Revolution of
1688 affect
Ireland?
1
Compare
Roundheads vs.
Cavaliers &
Whigs vs. Tories.
2
Who did Louis
XIV prefer to
hire for his
administrative
staff?
3
What is the
Fronde?
4
What does
Colbert’s Five
Great Farms
state?
5
Who were the
greatest winners
of the Spanish
Succession?
6
What country was
able to excel the most
in their economy and
especially in shipping?
7
Name the parallels
between France and
Britain after the death
of Louis XIV (1715) and
the War of the Spanish
Succession (1714).
8
Who governed
England after
King Charles I
was executed?
9
How many
sovereign states
were in the Holy
Roman Empire?
10
What is a liberum
veto?
What is the
terminology
involved with it?
11
Who was the
founder of the
modern Habsburg
Empire?
12
Who is the first
Russian ruler to
assume the title
of tsar?
13
What do the elite
and popular
classes of people
have in common?
14
All of the following are true of Prussia’s social
structure EXCEPT:
A. The Junkers commanded the army and there
were few bourgeois officers.
B. Legislation forbade the sale of noble lands to
commoners.
C. It was easier for the bourgeoisie to attain
noble statues than in France.
D. The Prussian middle class was not wealthy.
15
In 1740, Prussia
was able to
conquer this land.
16
Define Divine Right.
Who created the
term?
17
Why was Charles I
forced to call
Parliament back into
session, 11 years after
he dissolved them?
18
Name some
policies
created by J.B.
Colbert.
19
After 1415, the electors
of Brandenburg usually
came from which
family?
Which country did
Brandenburg eventually
become?
20
What did Frederick
William of
Brandenburg rely the
most on after the
Thirty Years’ War?
21
Which country
does Russia
most resemble?
22
Peter the
Great imposed
a lot of his
taxes on who?
23
Why is popular
culture difficult
for historians
to reconstruct?
24
Explain the main
reasons for the
Bank of Amsterdam
becoming so
successful.
25
Who does Jacobites
support?
What were the two
rebellions called?
26
Why were the “heirs”
of the throne in Great
Britain considered to
be the old pretender
and the young
pretender?
27
Explain the concept
of the Pragmatic
Sanction.
Who are the main
contenders
involved28with it?
The Peace of Utrecht
changed the balance
of power in Europe by
checking this country.
29
What did Frederick
William I, King of
Prussia, accomplish
with his army from
1713-1740?
30