Western Civilization Ch 15 Final
What was the consequence of Rakoczy's rebellion for Habsburg rule?
Hungary was never fully integrated into a centralized, absolute Habsburg state.
How did the Peace of Westphalia mark a turning point in European history?
Large-scale armed conflicts over religious faith came to an end.
When speaking of "moral economy," historians are referring to
A vision of the world in which community needs to predominate over competition and profit
In the seventeenth century, why did rulers hesitate to crush rebellions?
Armies were expensive to deploy, and rulers feared creating martyrs.
Political power in the Dutch Republic was
Controlled by an oligarchy of wealthy merchants
How did Archbishop of Canterbury William Laud create conflict in Britain in the 1630s?
He sought to impose the Anglican Book of Common Prayer on Presbyterian Scotland.
What was one of the social consequences of Peter the Great's bureaucratic system?
Everyone had to start at the bottom of the system and work their way up.
How did Frederick William, the Great Elector of Prussia, persuade the Junker nobility to accept taxation without consent in order to fund the army?
He confirmed the Junkers' privileges, including their authority over the serfs.
How did Fredrick William I, king of Prussia, sustain agricultural production while dramatically expanding the size of his army?
He ordered all Prussian men to undergo military training, after which they could return home and serve as army reservist
How did the Treaty of Utrecht resolve the problem of succession to the Spanish throne?
Louis XIV of France's grandson, Philip, was placed on the French throne with the agreement that the French and Spanish thrones would never be united.
How did famines affect the European population in the seventeenth century?
Malnutrition made people susceptible to deadly diseases, which reduced the population significantly.
Oliver Cromwell's Protectorate is best described as a
Military dictatorship
How did the nature of armed forces change in the latter half of the seventeenth century?
New techniques for training and deploying soldiers led to a rise in the professional standards of the army.
What mistaken belief did the Count-Duke of Olivares hold that brought disaster to Spain?
Spain must return to the imperial tradition of the sixteenth century in order to solve its economic and political difficulties.
The final collapse of Spain as a great military power was symbolized by the defeat at the Battle of Rocroi and the resulting Treaty of
The Pyrenees
Within the Ottoman government, who staffed the top levels of the bureaucracy?
The sultan's slave corps
How did the princes of Moscow seek to legitimize their authority as rulers of an independent state?
They modeled their rule on the Mongol khans.
The guiding force behind Cardinal Richelieu's domestic policies was
To strengthen royal control
How did Peter the Great's westernizing reforms affect the process of marriage?
Young noble men and women were required to attend parties together and could freely choose their own spouses
In eastern Europe between 1500 and 1650, the growth of commercial agriculture was accompanied by the
consolidation of serfdom
Mercantilist theory postulated that
economic activity should be regulated by and for the state
The plays of Moliere and Racine
marked the finest achievements in the history of the French theater.
French foreign policy under Richelieu focused primarily on the
prevention of the Habsburgs from unifying the territories surrounding France.
Women play all of the following roles in patronage systems except
serving on royal councils.
Louis XIV ruled
through several councils of state
Oliver Cromwell governed England
under a form of martial law.
