Ch. 21 Test

What was one reason Ivan IV was called Ivan the Terrible?

• He poisoned his wife Anastasia because she was from a boyar family.
• He organized a police force that murdered people he considered traitors.
• He made the nobility dependent on him and gave power to the middle class.
• He was in debt to several countries and had to declare bankruptcy.

Which of the following reflects the chronological order of events in English history?

• the Glorious Revolution, the Restoration, the English Civil War
• the English Civil War, the Restoration, the Glorious Revolutionion 2
• the English Civil War, the Glorious Revolution, the Restoration
• the Restoration, the English Civil War, the Glorious Revolution

What king became France’s most powerful ruler and boasted 'L'etat c'est moi'?

• Henry II
• Henry IV
• Louis IX
• Louis XIV

How did Cardinal Richelieu work to increase the power of the Bourbon monarchy?

• He dissolved Parliament and refused to make Puritan reforms.
• He executed nobles and gave their land to the middle class.
• He moved against the Huguenots and weakened the power of the nobles.
• He excluded nobles from his councils and demanded they live at court.

What problem helped to weaken the Spanish Empire?

• Spain experienced a period of severe inflation and heavy taxes.
• Spain developed a highly influential middle class and lost its nobility.
• Spanish kings borrowed money from England and France to finance wars.
• Spanish kings refused to declare bankruptcy or repay their debts.

What was the significance of the English Bill of Rights?

• It established the group of government ministers known as the cabinet.
• It allowed for the bloodless overthrow of King James II.
• It made clear the limits of royal power.
• It restored power to the monarch.

European monarchs became absolute rulers in response to which of the following?

• heavy tax burdens that were levied to support trade and colonial growth
• the growth and increased power of nobilities and representative bodies
• the increased size of courts and new government bureaucracies
• religious and territorial conflicts that caused warfare and revolts

What was the Edict of Nantes issued in an effort to do?

• to break the power of the French nobility
• to increase the political power of the Huguenots
• to increase the political power of the French Catholics
• to bring an end to violent religious conflicts in France

Which war resulted in the beginning of the modern state system in Europe?

• Seven Years War
• Thirty Years War
• War of the Spanish Succession
• War of the Austrian Succession

What was the main cause of the eight civil wars that were fought in France between 1562 and 1598?

• class differences
• economic hardship
• religious differences
• the lack of a clear heir to the throne