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The Emergence Of The European State System

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Question 1
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In his relations with the French nobility, Louis XIV

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A

eliminated their privileged status.

B

cultivated their support in exchange for his patronage.

C

kept them at Versailles so they would not question his policies.

D

protected them from the Parisian mobs.

E

both cultivated their support in exchange for his patronage and kept them at Versailles so they would not question his policies.

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Question 2
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The concept and policies of absolute monarchy did NOT involve which of the following?

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the glorification of the king and his life style

B

the idea that all political authority flowed from the king

C

the creation of a bureaucracy that would make the king's will law

D

the idea that the king was accountable to his people if he broke God's law

E

the monarch represented God on earth

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Question 3
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In their relations with the fine arts, absolute monarchs like Louis XIV

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promoted artistic freedom to demonstrate their own advanced taste.

B

encouraged works that flattered the nobility.

C

shunned comedy as being insufficiently elevated.

D

promoted works that enhanced the gravity and dignity of the monarch.

E

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Question 4
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Which was a lasting achievement of Louis XIV's foreign policy?

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He gained considerable territory on France's northeast border from the Holy Roman Empire.

B

He created a union of Spain and France under the French monarchy.

C

He kept the British isolated from the continent.

D

He re-established close relations between France and the Holy Roman Empire.

E

He created the state system to protect France from encroaching powers.

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Question 5
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The main enemies of the Austrian Habsburgs in the late seventeenth century were

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the French and the Prussians.

B

the French and the Italians.

C

the Turks and the French.

D

the Turks and the Russians.

E

the Junkers and the Hohenzollerns.

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Question 6
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Under Louis XIV's successors,

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the Huguenots were highly regarded by the government because of their contributions to the French economy.
B
the government took a more active role in promoting social welfare.
C
France experienced unprecedented economic and demographic growth.
D
both occurred: the government took a more active role in promoting social welfare and France experienced unprecedented economic and demographic growth.
E
both occurred: the Huguenots were highly regarded by the government because of their contributions to the French economy and France experienced unprecedented economic and demographic growth.
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Question 7
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Emperor Leopold I can be considered less successful as an absolute monarch than Louis XIV because he

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relied on a small group of leading nobles to help him run the government.
B
used foreigners in key administrative positions.
C
failed to overcome the autonomous power of the aristocracy in many of the lands under his rule.
D
both relied on a small group of leading nobles to help him run the government and failed to overcome the autonomous power of the aristocracy in many of the lands under his rule.
E
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Question 8
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Compared to other absolute monarchs, the rulers of Brandenburg-Prussia

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fostered a close relationship between the military and state administration.
B
consulted the Diet (representative assembly) more frequently.
C
broke the power bases of the great nobles.
D
worked to free the peasantry from obligations of serfdom.
E
could not control the cities of their realm.
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Question 9
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Which of the following is NOT true of the nobility of Brandenburg-Prussia during the reign of Frederick William?

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They were able to consolidate their land holdings and make them highly profitable.
B
The re-imposition of serfdom increased the profitability of their holdings.
C
They engaged in commerce in agricultural produce.
D
Royal tax policies were advantageous to them.
E
They resisted royal absolutism.
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Question 10
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The Junkers

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refused to cooperate with Prussian rulers.
B
fiercely resisted Frederick William's efforts to undermine the Diet.
C
were economically inefficient.
D
cooperated with Prussian leaders by staffing the army and bureaucracy.
E
lost land and serfs under Frederick William.
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Question 11
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Frederick II gained a reputation for enlightened absolutism by

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making education compulsory.
B
founding an agency that oversaw all government functions except justice, education, and religion.
C
encouraging religious toleration and judicial reform.
D
expanding Prussian territory.
E
attacking Silesia.
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Question 12
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The Pragmatic Sanction

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was a Prussian document.
B
declared that Habsburg dominions could be inherited by a female heir.
C
laid the foundations for the Habsburg army.
D
declared war on the province of Silesia.
E
guaranteed religious freedom.
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Question 13
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Maria Theresa

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exempted clergymen from taxes.
B
failed to obtain new tax revenues from local diets.
C
alienated nobles in the far reaches of her domains.
D
reformed the Church as testimony to her piety.
E
outlawed Catholicism.
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Question 14
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Peter the Great, who came to power in Russia after a long period of royal weakness, was able to establish himself as absolute ruler by

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working cooperatively with the independent Russian Orthodox Church.
B
reducing the inefficient bureaucracy.
C
improving the conditions of the Russian peasants.
D
forcing the nobility into royal service.
E
moving the capital to St.Petersburg.
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Question 15
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The English gentry in the seventeenth century were different from nobles in most of Europe because

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they had ultimate control over national policy.
B
they constituted a much larger portion of the population than did the nobility in other places.
C
the great majority of them dissented from the official church.
D
they were successfully controlled by an absolutist monarch.
E
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Question 16
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The Act of Toleration

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ended persecution for religious belief in England.
B
stated that a Catholic could become ruler of England.
C
allowed members of any religion to sit in Parliament.
D
allowed members of any religion to attend a university.
E
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Question 17
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The so-called Glorious Revolution

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brought a foreign dynasty to the English throne.
B
led to the establishment of a standing army in England.
C
gave the new king greater authority, in order to stabilize the country.
D
confirmed that the gentry controlled England.
E
both brought a foreign dynasty to the English throne and confirmed that the gentry controlled England.
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Question 18
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The great naval power of the eighteenth century was

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France.
B
the Netherlands.
C
Spain.
D
England.
E
the Holy Roman Empire.
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Question 19
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In the late seventeenth century the United Provinces

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succumbed to the absolutism of the Stadholder.
B
were overtaken by England in both finance and trade.
C
had one of the most powerful landed aristocracies in Europe.
D
was controlled by Antonius Heinsius.
E
was crippled by having to maintain both land and naval power, and had one of the most powerful landed aristocracies in Europe.
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Question 20
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Thomas Hobbes believed that

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all political authority must reside in an absolute and sovereign power in order to restrain the natural warlike impulses of human beings.
B
the natural rights of all human beings include freedom of expression.
C
the will of the state may be exercised only with the approval of the majority.
D
the natural state of human beings is one of freedom, equality, and peace.
E
war is an unnatural state.
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