AP Euro Chapter 15 Test
Machiavelli's The prince advocates that a successful ruler must
Act without scruples (morals) for the good of the state
In addition to England, which of the following developed a system of government that was not an absolute monarchy?
Austria
Which of the following is the most important reason for the English Civil War?
Conflicts between the king and parliament
The primary motive for European exploration was
Economic
The African slave trade
Increased warfare and violence in Africa because of the increasing demand for prisoners who could be sold as slaves
In the seventeenth century the prominence of the Dutch republic and the city of Amsterdam as a great power
Was supported by economic and financial prosperity
Peter the Great's ambition was to make Russia more like
Western Europe
Martin Luther's break with the church was prompted by
Widespread sale of indulgences
Which of the following European leaders would most likely support Louis' actions as described in the excerpt?
William and Mary
Which of the following groups benefitted most from the western reforms of Peter the Great?
Women
Thomas Hobbes
stated that human nature was animalistic, and needed a strong government to maintain social order.
As Louis XIII's chief minister, Cardinal Richelieu was most successful in
strengthening the central role of the monarchy in domestic and foreign policy.
One of the major economic problems of the sixteenth century in Europe was
A dramatic rise in prices
The "glorious revolution" in 1688 in England was significant for
Bloodlessly deposing James II in favor of William of Orange
The polish monarchy can be described as strong, centralized, and consistent
False
Following the Thirty Years' War, what country became dominant in Europe?
France
As a result of the Peace of Westphalia of 1648
German states were allowed to determine their religion.
Which of the following is a reason that Louis was almost constantly at war throughout much of his reign?
His desire to extend his administrative control over France
The chief reason for the wars of Louis XIV was
His desire to insure the dominance of France in all Europe
Louis' revocation of the Edict of Nantes best reflects which of the following policies?
His expansion of religious control over France
Which of the following actions by Louis XIV best reflect the ideas of the excerpt?
His policies that limited the nobility's participation in government
Which of the following statements best applies to Peter the Great of Russia?
His successful wars against Sweden led to his "window to the west" and the constructions of St. Petersburg
The ideas of the excerpt above would have most influenced which of the following?
John Locke
All of the following reasons resulted from the from the Glorious Revolution EXCEPT
Limited religious toleration was extended to the Catholics
The Fronde, an uprising in France that nearly overthrew Louis XIV early in his reign, a revolt of the French
Nobility
Which of the following best characterizes religion on the eve of reformation?
People sought certainty of salvation through a variety of means including the veneration of relics and purchase of indulgences
The overall practical purpose of the court of Versailles was to
Reduce the independence and power of the high nobility and royal princes
The witchcraft craze of the 16th and 17th centuries
Reflected social views of woman as inferior to men
Cardinal Richelieu understood that, in Louis XIV's France, the most important roadblock to building monarchy was
Resistance by the great nobles
Louis XIV's edict of Fontainebleau
Revoked the earlier Edict of Nantes, curtailed the rights of the French Protestants, and caused thousands of Huguenots to flee the country
The victory of Peter the Great in the Great Northern War led us to which of the following outcomes?
Russia established a strong Baltic presence with the construction of St. Petersburg and Sweden because a second rate power
Under Charles II, Parliament passed the Test Act to
Specify that only Anglicans could hold military and civil offices
All of the following have been identified with the "military revolution" in the century after 1560 EXEPT
The increased use of militias and volunteers soldiers
Which of the following statements is true of the statements about the means of overseas expansion during the age of exploration?
The nations most heavily involved in overseas trade were those that had dominated trade during the medieval and Renaissance periods
Sulieman the Magnificent is associated with
The ottoman empire
Which of the following was the most immediate cause for the excerpt?
The outcome of the glorious revolution, which established parliamentary supremacy
Which of the following is the underlying premise of mercantilism
There is a limit to the amount of bullion in the world, and the nation that controls the most will prosper
John Locke believed people were born with unalienable rights that the government was responsible for protecting
True
Louis XIV set the example of absolute rule in Europe
True
St. Petersburg served as Russia's "window to the west"
True
The Austrian Monarchy never became a highly centralized, absolutist state, in part because it included too many different national groups
True
Louis XIV used his palace at Versailles to
dominate the nobility and display his grandeur.
James I of England alienated most of the members of Parliament by
insisting on his right to govern through Divine Right
English Bill of Rights
laid the foundation for a constitutional monarchy
Among other things, the Petition of Right
maintained that the King could pass no new tax without the consent of Parliament.
Frederick William the Great Elector built Brandenburg-Prussia into a significant European power by
making the General War Commissariat the bureaucratic machine of his state.
The Council of Trent
reaffirmed traditional Catholic beliefs against the Reformation.
Absolutism means
ultimate authority rests solely in the hands of a king who rules by divine right.
After the conclusion of the Thirty Years' War in 1648, the Holy Roman Empire
was not really an empire at all but rather a loose association of 300 German states.
The economic policies of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Louis XIV's controller general of finances
were based on the economic theory of mercantilism