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Question 1

Which country did the Bourbon family rule?

Answer 1

France

Question 2

Which country did the Hohenzollern family rule?

Answer 2

Prussia

Question 3

Which country did the Habsburg family rule?

Answer 3

Austria

Question 4

Which country did the Romanov family rule?

Answer 4

Russia

Question 5

Which country did the Stuart family rule?

Answer 5

England

Question 6

Why were the English limited in power?

Answer 6

Because of the Parliments control of taxes

Question 7

Absolutionism was defeated in……

Answer 7

England

Question 8

How did the 17th & 18th century kings increase their royal power ?

Answer 8

They increased the size of their territory, increased the size of their government bureaucracy & exerting control over the church.

Question 9

What was one of Peter the greats methods ?

Answer 9

To gain control over the Russian Orthodox Church.

Question 10

Who wrote “The Pilgrims Progress”?

Answer 10

John Bunyan

Question 11

What is political rule that is unlimited or unrestrained called?

Answer 11

Absolute power or Absolutism

Question 12

Who was chief minister of France durning Louis XIV’s youth?

Answer 12

Mazarin

Question 13

What title did Ivan IV take to glorify himself ?

What was the origin of this title ?

Answer 13

Czar ; which comes from the term ceasar

Question 14

William and Mary were granted the throne of England after writing the political document limiting royal power.
What is the document called?

Answer 14

The Bill Of Rights

Question 15

Name 2 english political parties

Answer 15

Whigs & Tories

Question 16

During the 18th century european rulers sought to maintain the _____ to assure that no nation grew stronger than another .

Answer 16

Balance of Power

Question 17

who was the Britism statesman whose strategy for the seven years war resulted in great success for England and helped establish it as a major world power?

Answer 17

William Pitt the Elder

Question 18

Which treaty gave French territory in Canada to Britain

Answer 18

Utrecht

Question 19

Goals of Peter the great

Answer 19

Westernization and modernisation, acquiring a warm water port and greater control of the Russian orthodox church

Question 20

In which country was absolutism defeated

Answer 20

England

Question 21

Which title did Oliver CROM WELL take?

Answer 21

Lord protector

Question 22

Who was Louis capital XIII’s Powerful chief minister?

Answer 22

Richelieu

Question 23

Why did European nation signed the pragmatic Sanction ?

Answer 23

To allow Maria Teresa to rule in peace

Question 24

Explain how the European rulers of the 7th and 18th centuries justified their absolute authority

Answer 24

They asserted that God had established their authority. Therefore they ruled by divine right. The rulers claimed that they were not bound by any man made laws or authority but we’re responsible only to God for their actions

Question 25

Discuss the westernization and modernisation program that Peter the great implemented in Russia

Answer 25

With the help of Western experts Peter worked hard to improve the Russian aconomy by encouraging the production of consumer goods. He also began building a navy and a new capital. Peter tried to force Western ways on his people by outlawing beards and oriental dress and introducing the Western calendar

Question 26

Which war was also called the French and Indian war?

Answer 26

The 7 years war

Question 27

1st king of Prussia was.....

Answer 27

Frederick I

Question 28

What allowed Maria Theresa to rule in peace?

Answer 28

Pragmatic sanction

Question 29

Who was the Swedish king during the 30 years war?

Answer 29

Gustavus Adolphus

Question 30

Who tripled the size of prussia?

Answer 30

Fredrick II

Question 31

Who ruled with Mary Teresa?

Answer 31

Joseph II

Question 32

Who was the First Scottish king of England?

Answer 32

James I

Question 33

Who was Called "the tertible" for his violent rule?

Answer 33

Ivan IV

Question 34

Who lost a civil war and his head ?

Answer 34

Charles I

Question 35

Following the 30 years war which country came out the strongest?

Answer 35

France

Question 36

English kings were limited by what control of Texas?

Answer 36

Parliament

Question 37

Who accepted the act of settlement and the bill of rights?

Answer 37

William

Question 38

Who lost his throne in a bloodless revolution and 1688?

Answer 38

James II

Question 39

" I am the state"

Answer 39

Louis XIV

Question 40

Who is the 1st Hanoverian year king of England?

Answer 40

George I

Question 41

Who was the chief minister of France during Louis XIV's youth?

Answer 41

Mazarin

Question 42

What did England & the Netherlands form to block Louis's actions?

Answer 42

Grand Alliance

Question 43

When did the cabinet government 1st begin?

Answer 43

It began during the reign of Charles II who often called his closest advisers to his office called a "cabinet"

Question 44

The Treaty of Utrecht included what provisions?

Answer 44

1. Philip was allowed to retain the throne of Spain as long as the crowns of France and Spain were not United. To. Spain had to surrender its possessions in the Netherlands and in the mediterranean area to Austria. 3. Britain won various Canadian territories from France new found land ,Nova Scotia and the Hudson Bay territory. In addition Britain kept the strategic mediterranean port of Gibraltar.

Question 45

What set the stage for the 7 years war?

Answer 45

Diplomatic revolution

Question 46

To expand French territory and increase his influence in Europe what did Louis XIV do?

Answer 46

Engaged in a number of wars