Unit 4 Study Guide !!!!!
The main reason for the conflict depicted in this cartoon can best be summarized as:
Archbishop Laud attempted to force Anglicanism on the Church of Scotland
Peter the Great's other reforms allowed him to:
Build a stronger and more modernized army and navy
The Immediate Effect of the conflict depicted above was:
Charles I was forced to convene Parliament to raise money to fight the rebellion
After 1689, England was ruled as a...
Constitutional Monarchy
Louis XIV's absolutism functioned in all of the following areas EXCEPT:
Definition of Catholic dogma
The Stuart rulers in England believed in...
Divine Right
Which of the following aspects of the Dutch society most impressed 17th-century contemporaries?
Economic prosperity
Cardinal Mazarin's struggle to increase royal revenues to meet the cost of war led to the uprisings of 1648-53, known as the...
Fronde
What was the outcome of the heightened central control established by absolutist and constitutional governments?
Growth in armed forces
All of the following are examples of Peter the Great's attempts to westernize EXCEPT:
He abolished the Russian Orthodox church
All of the following were reasons Louis XIV constructed Versailles EXCEPT:
He wanted to make himself both head of the state and church
The Treaty of Dover was alarming to the people of England because...
It represented an alliance between Britain and Catholic France
France's strong economy was created by the mercantilist policies of
Jean-Baptiste Colbert.
The Glorious Revolution and the concept of representative government found its best defense in the Second Treatise of Civil Government by...
John Locke.
Based on this passage, it can be inferred most reasonably that Peter the Great most idealized which of the following rulers?
Louis XIV
Which of the following was a result of the political system described in the excerpt?
Louis XIV neglected to convene the Estates General during his reign.
How did the Peace of Utrecht resolve the problem of succession to the Spanish throne?
Louis XIV of France's grandson, Philip, was placed on the Spanish throne with the agreement that the French and Spanish thrones would never be united.
The Petition of Right (1628) issued to Charles I included all the following EXCEPT:
No restrictions on Catholics' right to worship
It can be most reasonably inferred from this except that the author was a member of which class:
Nobles of the sword
The most significant impact of the Great Northern War was that...
Peter the great secured a warm water sea port on the Baltic
From this passage, it seems the author has what perspective on Peter the Great?
Positive as he depicts the willingness of his subjects to embrace his reforms
The trade network pictured was most dominated by...
Publicly traded joint stock companies
How did the nature of armed forces change in the latter half of the seventeenth century?
Standing professional armies funded by taxes were developed.
Peter the Great's Table of Ranks was intended to..
Subdue the nobility by making rank a function of service in the government
How did Louis's suppression of the Jansenists not protect the "Gallican Liberties" of the French Church?
The French church was supposed to operate independently from Rome and enforcing a papal Bull contradicted this principle
The court life described by Saint-Simon most directly led to Louis XIV's depiction as ...
The Sun King
This conflict highlights which of the following challenges faced by rulers after the 16th century,but not before the 16th century?
The challenges of religious pluralism
Which of the following was a consequence of the Thirty Years' War?
The population was reduced and trade and agriculture were greatly disrupted.
Which of the following characterizes the English Revolution of 1688?
The revolution marked the emergence of constitutionalism, with the establishment of natural rights and the defense of private property.
Why was Poland weaker than most other European powers?
Their policy of liberum veto made it very difficult for decisions to be made
What best describes the religious policies of the Dutch?
They allowed relative religious toleration which resulted in economic prosperity
The reforms described in the passage best describe Peter the Great's desire to:
Westernize his country
The primary cause of the English Glorious Revolution was
a fear of the establishment of Catholic absolutism by James II.
Though the Dutch faced an overall economic decline at the beginning of the eighteenth century, they maintained their prominence in...
banking
Mercantilist theory postulated that
economic activity should be regulated by and for the state.
Oliver Cromwell's Protectorate was ultimately a
military dictatorship.
Louis XIV selected councilors primarily from the...
newly ennobled or upper middle class.
Though the Dutch East India Company was the most traded...
spices
In the Netherlands, tensions were always present between supporters of the staunchly republican Estates and supporters of...
the House of Orange.
The English political philosopher Thomas Hobbes held that...
the power of the ruler was absolute and prevented civil war.
