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