Absolutism/Constitutionalism Test Q?'s
The primary cause of the English glorious revolution was...
A fear of the establishment of Catholic absolutism by James II
The baroque style flourished in the context of the...
Catholic Reformation
Why did the English government arrive at a crisis situation by 1640?
Charles the 1st imposed unwelcomed laws and reforms on the country
The northern Italian commoners took all of the following forms except...
Cities under authority of the papacy which ruled them as personal laud of the pope
Political power in the dutch republic was...
Controlled by an oligarchy of wealthy business men
Mercantilist Theory postulated...
Economic activity should not be regulated by and for the state
In return for financial support, what did Charles the 2nd of England secretly promise Louis 14th of France?
English laws against Catholics would be eased and England gradually re-Catholicized
Which of the following characterizes the roll of Europe in the system of world trade prior to the voyage of Columbus?
Europe was a minor outpost that produced few products desired by other civilizations
Cardinal Jules Mazarin struggled to increase royal revenues to meet the cost of war. This led to the uprising of 1648-1653 known as the...
Fronde
What was the outcome of the heightened central control established by absolutist and constitutional governments?
Growth in armed forces
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 Junker's privileges including their authority over the serfs
How did cardinal Richelieu increase the power of the centralized French state?
He extended the use of intendants and commissioners for each of France's 32 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 in Presbyterian Scotland
What was the consequence of Prince Francis Rakoczy's rebellion for Hapsburg rule?
Hungary was never fully integrated into a centralized absolute Habsburg 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 the 14th of France's grandson Philip was placed on the French throne with agreement that the French and Spanish thrones would never be united
How did famines affect the European population in the 17th century?
Malnutrition made people susceptible to deadly diseases which reduced the population significantly
Oliver Cromwell's protectorate was ultimately a...
Military dictatorship
The Ottomans divided their subjects into religious communities or...
Millets
Louis the 14th selected counselors from the...
Newly ennobled or upper middle class
What was one the social consequences of Peter the Great's bureaucratic system?
People of non-noble origin were able to rise to high positions
French foreign policy under Cardinal Richelieu focused primarily on...
Prevention of the hapsburgs from unifying their territories surrounding France
The Junkers were...
Prussian nobles who reluctantly worked with Frederick William to consolidate the Prussian state
The glorious revolution and the concept of representative government found its best defense in the...
Second treatise of civil government by John Locke
After his victory in 1709 at Poltera, Peter the Great built a new western style city on the Baltic called...
St. Petersburg
The English political philosopher Thomas Hobbes held that...
The power the ruler was absolute and prevented civil war
Which of the following most accurately reflects the beliefs of Francesco Petrarch?
The recovery of classical texts would bring about a new golden age of intellectual achievement
Which of the following characterizes the glorious revolution of 1688?
The revolution did not constitute a democratic revolution since sovereignty was placed in the parliament which only represented the upper class
When speaking of moral economy, historians are referring to...
The right of the church to regulate economic activity in order to promote virtue and righteousness
The guiding force Cardinal Richelieu's domestic policies was...
The subordination of all institutions to the Monarchy
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 of the mongol khans
