HY 102 quiz 1

How did famines affect the European population in the seventeenth century?

The population was significantly reduced due to malnutrition and starvation.

How did the nature of armed forces change in the latter half of the seventeenth century?

Army officers became obedient to monarchs instead of serving their own interests.

The heightened central control established by absolutist and constitutional governments led to which outcome ?

Growth in armed forces

How did the peace of Westphalia mark a turning point in European history

Large-scale armed conflicts over religious faith came to an end.

The guiding force behind cardinals richelieu and mazarins domestic policies was

The subordination of all institutions to the monarchy

The trivial rituals performed at the court of Versailles were important because they gave nobles

access to Louis XIV.

French foreign policy under cardinal richelieu focused primarily on the

prevention of the Habsburgs from unifying the territories surrounding France.

When speaking of "moral economy," historians are referring to

A concept of the world in which communal needs outweigh individualistic competition and profit

Louis XIVs controller general, Jean-Baptist's Colbert, sponsored French exploratory mission in

Canada and along the Mississippi River

Louis XIV selected councilors from

Capable men of modest birth