HIS 102 Western Civ Kevin Windham Exam One
When speaking of "moral economy" historians are referring to
A concept of the world in which communal needs outweigh individualistic competition and profit
The primary cause of the 1688-1689 Glorious Revolution in England was
A fear that James II would establish catholic absolutism
The trivial rituals performed at the court of Versailles were important because they gave nobles
Access to Louis XIV
Domestic political power in the dutch republic in the late seventeenth century was held by
An oligarchy of wealthy businessmen `
How did the nature of the armed forces change in the latter half if the seventeenth century?
Army officers became obedient to monarchs instead of serving their own interests
In the wake of the Thirty Years War, what religion was recognized in the holy roman empire via a renewed peace of Augsburg?
Calvinism
Why did the english government arrive at a crisis by 1640?
Charles I imposed unwelcome laws and reforms on the country
Th heightened central control established by absolutist and constitutional governments led to which outcome?
Growth in armed forces
How did Cardinal Richelieu increase the power of the centralized French state?
He extended the use of intendants, commissioners for each of France's thirty two districts
How did William Laud, the archbishop of Canterbury, create conflict in Britain in the 1630s?
He sought to impose a new prayer book modeled on the Anglican Book of Common Prayer on Presbyterian Scotland
What happened to King Charles I of England?
He was beheaded
Which statement describes a consequence of prince Francis Rakockzy's rebellion for Habsburg rule?
Hungary was never fully integrated into a centralized, absolute Hapsburg state
France's strong economy was created by the mercantilist policies of
Jean Baptiste Colbert
In music, the Baroque style reached its culmination in the work of
Johann Sebastian Bach
How did the Peace of Westphalia mark a turning point in European history?
Large scale armed conflicts over religious faith came to an end
How did the Peace of Utrecht resolve the problem of succession to the Spanish throne?
Louis XIV of France's grandson Phillip, was placed on the French throne with the agreement that the French and Spanish thrones would never be united
The Ottomans divided their subjects into religious communities or
Millets
After a defeat at Narva, Peter the Great constructed a new army and eventually beat the Swedish in 1709 at
Poltava
French foreign policy under Richelieu focused primarily on the
Prevention of the Habsburgs from unifying the territories surrounding France
What family secured royal power in the wake of the Times of Trouble in Russia?
Romanovs
After his victory in 1709 at Poltava, Peter the Great built a new, Western-style city on the Baltic called
St. Petersburg
Depsite the interruption of their civil war, what royal family ruled England 1603-1714
Stuarts
In the late-seventeenth- century Netherlands, tensions were always present between supporters of the staunchly republican estates and supporters of
The House of Orange
Within the Ottoman government, who staffed the top levels of the bureaucracy?
The Sultan's slave corps
The English political philosopher Thomas Hobbes held that
The power of the ruler was absolute and prevented civil war
How did the princes of Moscow seek to legitimize their authority as rulers of an independent state?
They modeled their rule on the Mongol Kahns
Louis XV selected councilors from
capable men of modest birth
In eastern Europe between 1500 and 1650, the growth of commercial agriculture was facilitated by the
consolidation of serfdom
Mercantilist theory postulated that
economic activity should be regulated by and for the state
In 1685, King Louis XIV infuriated Huguenots and caught the attention of European leaders when he...
revoked the edict of Nantes
The guiding force behind Cardinal Richelieu's domestic policies was
the subordinations of all institutions to the monarchy