HIS ch 15

Which country didmAustria reconquer from the Ottoman Turk by 1700?

Hungary

Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding the English king, Charles II?

He wished to restore an austere Puritanism to the court.

Who called himself the "Sun King"?

Louis XIV

Which treaty brought the Seven Years' War to an end?

Paris

Which of the following statements is true regarding Austria, Bohemia, Moravia, Galicia, and Hungary?

They were geographically contiguous but divided by ethnicity, religion, and language.

I the Two Treaties of Government, John Locke argued that:

all the government authority is contractual and conditional.

The most important potential opponent of French royal absolution was the:

nobility.

The League of Augsburg:

prevented further French expansion on the continent.

The Treaty of Utrecht (1713)):

redistributed territory and power equitably.

In the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748), France and Spain fought on the side of:

Prussia

Which European colonial power followed the "fort and factory" model established by the Portuguese in Asia:

the Dutch

Which monarch used the aristocracy to control the Russian peasantry after the Pugachev Rebellion?

Catherine the Great

Of the many religious groups in France, which group didmLouis XIV support?

Jesuits

Spanish colonial governments in Peru and Mexico were governed from:

Madrid.

Following the Glorious Revolution of 1688:

Parliament passed the Bill of Rights.

The rebellion of the elite Russian palace guard, or streltsy, took place in the reign of:

Peter the Great.

Which statement best expresses the general aims of English colonialism?

The English set out to eliminate the indigenous peoples of their colonies.

Which of the following statements is true regarding the urbanization of Europe between 1600 and 1800?

The largest cities were concentrated in northern and western Europe.

In 1781, the British army surrendered to the French and American at:

Yorktown

The French intendants were:

held office at the king's pleaure and were "his" men.

The French finance minister, Jean Baptiste Colbert:

helped Louis XIV unify and centralize France.

Frederick William I, the "Great Elector," was most well-known for:

his success in building an army and finding the resources to pay for it.

Imposed in 1722 by Peter the Great, the Table of Ranks:

insisted that all nobles must work their way up from the lower landlord class to the highest military class.

In the eighteenth century, entrepreneurs began to promote the production of textiles in the countryside by:

instituting the "putting out" system.

Passed in 1701, the English Act of Succession:

ordained that every future monarch must be s member of the Church of England.

In the eighteenth century, Spain could no longer maintain its empire because:

of persistent economic stagnation, it was engaged in a serious of expensive foreign wars, of numerous domestic rebellions.

The three primary elements of the western "triangular trade" were:

slaves, sugar, and rum.

Almost everywhere in urban Europe, the eighteenth century could be considered:

the golden age of the small shopkeeper.

in general, the major obstacles to the growth of absolute monarchy were:

the nobility and clergy.

The Jansenists:

were French Catholics who believed in the Augustinian doctrine of predestination.