AP EURO Reading 5

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The witch hunts of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were often directed against old single women.

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were often directed against old single women

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The Thirty Years' War

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is considered by most to be part of the larger Bourbon-Habsburg struggle.

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As a result of the Peace of Westphalia of 1648, what were German states allowed to do?

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German states were allowed to determine their religion.

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Following the Thirty Years' War, what country became dominant in Europe? Options: Poland, Austria, France, Bohemia

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France

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Cardinal Richelieu understood that, in Louis XIV's France, the most important roadblock to building a strong monarchy was

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resistance by the great nobles.

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Absolutism means

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ultimate authority rests solely in the hands of a king who rules by divine right.

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The uprising in France that nearly overthrew Louis XIV early in his reign was the

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Fronde

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The economic policies of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Louis XIV's controller general of finances

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were based on the economic theory of mercantilism that stressed government regulation of economic affairs to benefit the state.

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The chief reason for the wars of Louis XIV was: his desire to insure the dominance of France and his Bourbon dynasty in all Europe.

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his desire to insure the dominance of France and his Bourbon dynasty in all Europe.

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The War of Spanish Succession ended when Philip V of Spain

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conceded to a permanent split between the French and Spanish thrones.