Chapter 16-17 Terms

Question 0

The Treaty of Cateau-CambrŽsis between France and _________ was signed in 1559.

Answer 0

A) Spain

Question 1

The victory of the Ottomans over the Hungarians on the plain of __________ led to a great advance of Protestantism in Hungary.

Answer 1

B) Moh‡cs

Question 2

The Peace of Westphalia was signed in

Answer 2

A) October, 1648.

Question 3

The quinto was

Answer 3

B) a Spanish tax on all precious metals mined in its colonies.

Question 4

Peter Paul Rubens is best remembered as

Answer 4

A) a painter whose work exemplifies the sensuality of Baroque painting

Question 5

Baroque art was

Answer 5

B) intended to kindle the faith of the common people.

Question 6

A state may be termed __________ when it possesses a monopoly over the instruments of justice and the use of force within clearly defined boundaries.

Answer 6

A) sovereign

Question 7

Among the weaknesses of the French financial system under Louis XIV were all of the following except

Answer 7

E) lack of direction in state financial and economic policy under the incompetent Colbert.

Question 8

Which of the following was not one of the outcomes of the Peace of Utrecht?

Answer 8

A) It gave the Dutch control over the former Spanish Netherlands.

Question 9

The Fronde refers to

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E) a rebellion by aristocrats and others early in the reign of Louis XIV.

Question 10

Medieval kings claimed to rule

Answer 10

C) by divine right.

Question 11

Political power in the Dutch republic was

Answer 11

B) controlled by an oligarchy of wealthy merchants.

Question 12

The cause of the War of Spanish Succession was

Answer 12

E) The prospect of Louis XIV controlling both the French and Spanish thrones.

Question 13

The decline of Spain in the seventeenth century can be attributed to all of the following causes except

Answer 13

A) conflict between the church and the state.

Question 14

French intendants were almost always recruited from the

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B) new, judicial nobility.

Question 15

Richelieu’s constructive genius is best reflected in his

Answer 15

E) administrative innovations.

Question 16

The guiding force behind Cardinal Richelieu’s domestic policies was

Answer 16

C) the subordination of all groups and institutions to the monarchy.

Question 17

The English Navigation Act of 1651

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E) required that English goods be transported on English ships.

Question 18

The English political philosopher Thomas Hobbes held that

Answer 18

E) the power of the ruler was absolute but derived from an implicit contract with the governed.

Question 19

148. The decline of the Dutch economy was caused by

Answer 19

B) the wars of the seventeenth century.

Question 20

The center of the struggle between the French crown and the Huguenots in 1627 was

Answer 20

B) La Rochelle.

Question 21

150. Richelieu’s notion of ____________ justified actions on behalf of the state that would be condemned if carried out by private individuals.

Answer 21

A) raison d’Žtat

Question 22

Mercantilist theory postulated that

Answer 22

B) imports and exports should be equally balanced.

Question 23

The spark that caused the English Glorious Revolution was the

Answer 23

B) fear of a Catholic dynasty being established by James II.

Question 24

Colbert’s contributions to the economy of France included all of the following except

Answer 24

A) creating a national bank.

Question 25

Louis XIV installed his royal court at

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B) Versailles.

Question 26

In 1685 _____________ was the strongest and most highly centralized state in Europe.

Answer 26

C) France

Question 27

The primary instrument of Dutch overseas imperialism was the

Answer 27

B) Dutch East India Company.

Question 28

The state that gained the most from the War of the Spanish Succession was

Answer 28

D) England.

Question 29

Typically, French classicism

Answer 29

B) presented subject matter associated with the Greco-Roman past.

Question 30

Which country had the highest living standards in Europe in the mid-seventeenth century?

Answer 30

E) the Netherlands.

Question 31

significant feature of English society in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was

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A) growing wealth of the country gentry and middleclass businessmen.

Question 32

Between 1635 and 1659 the French army increased by approximately how many times?

Answer 32

C) Ten.

Question 33

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

Answer 33

C) the Pyrenees.

Question 34

165. ___________’s plays include Tartuffe and Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme.

Answer 34

B) Molire

Question 35

Charles II was restored to the English throne in

Answer 35

E) 1660.

Question 36

According to the text, what values consonant with business success did Calvinism promote?

Answer 36

D) Hard work, thrift, and postponement of gratification.

Question 37

French foreign policy under Richelieu focused primarily on the

Answer 37

A) prevention of the Habsburgs from unifying the territories surrounding France.

Question 38

Oliver Cromwell’s Protectorate is best described as a

Answer 38

D) Puritan, military dictatorship.

Question 39

The fourth, or __________, phase of the Thirty Years’ War began in 1635.

Answer 39

D) French