Western Civ Test- 4

What was the title used by Frederick I?

• King Fredrick I

• King of Brandenburg

• King of Prussia

• The Sun King

What ended the Declaration of Indulgence (1673)?

• Charles was forced to resign the declaration when the parliament over funded the Dutch War.

• Charles was forced to sign the treaty when the parliament refused to disagree with the citizens after the Dutch war.

• Charles was forced to endulge in the war when the parliament funded the Dutch War.

• Charles was forced to rescind the decree when the parliament refused to fund the Dutch War.

He was the most powerful man in Scandinavia.

• Christina Adolphus

• Frederick William

• Tsar Peter

• Gustavus Adolphus

What was the length of reign for King Louis XIV of France?

• He was 33 when he became king and ruled 15 years.

• He was 73 when he became king and ruled 6 years.

• He was 5 when he became king and ruled 72 years.

• He was 15 when he became king and ruled 32 years.

What territory did Spain lose after the War of Spanish Succession?

• The Scandanavian Caviats, French territory, and Manganese and Grandly.

• The Holy Roman Empire, Mexican territory, and Minoorly and Gabrial.

• The Spanish Netherlands, Italian territory, and Menorca and Gibraltar.

• The French Badlands, Canadian territory, and Morocan and Guildan.

What were the characteristics of Louis XIV’s professional army?

• Small army with weak leadership, disorganized structure with the central supply system in an inconveint location, and poorly equipped soldiers

• Small army, untrained soldiers, no barracks within France, central supply system was decentralized command structure, and lack of discipline

• Large inexperienced soldiers, lack of strategy, no central supply with frequent lack of resources, and chaotic command structure.

• Large army, barracks in strategic towns in France, central supply system, national draft , 100,000 man army, largest in Europe.

What caused the Fronde (1648–1653)?

• A revolt by the French nobles against the increased taxation by Mazarin.

• An Agricultural revolution in France rising againt the peasant wages.

• A Peaceful transition of power equality between King Louis XIV and the parliment.

• Foreign invasion by Spain that caused war taxes that made the nobelmen unhappy.

Louis XIV's goal to secure his power.

• Louis wanted to create a system of checks and balances in order to not take full rein.

• Louis desired absolute control over his country and tried to establish Court Rule to secure it. 

• Louis wanted to share his power with the nobility which lived near his home.

• Louis desired to establish a democracy so the noblemen could vote on his totaltarian reign.

 Define 17th century absolutism.

• A system of government where power is shared between the ruler and the people.

•  A single ruler is in control of all the aspects of society.

• A political system where the ruler is elected by the people.

• A form of government where the ruler has limited power and authority.

 Define 17th century constitutionalism.

• the development of modern technology in the 17th century

• a system making the art and culture of the 17th century prominent in western Europe

• a governing system where the ruler shares power with a popularly elected legislature

• a system of government where a single ruler is in control of all the aspects of society