AP European History Chapter 15 Examination

Poland’s decline as a major political entity during the Seventeenth Century can be attributed largely to

• the failure of the papacy to recognize the legitimacy of the Polish kings

• a population decline resulting from the Thirty Years’ War

• the conquest of the kingdom by the Ottoman Turks

• failure of the universities to create a literate aristocracy

• the absence of a powerful central authority

The revolt against France’s increasingly centralized monarchy in 1648-1652 is generally known as

• the Mazarinade

• Colbertism

• the Fronde

• the siege of La Rochelle

• the Pazzi Conspiracy

The Dutch Republic rose to prominence in seventeenth-century Europe because of which of the following factors?

• Its agricultural innovations

• Its military strength

• Its literary creativity

• Its religious unity

• Its shipping and commerce

Which of the following is true about the rulers of both Austria and Prussia during the seventeenth century?

• They patterned their society after that of the Ottoman Empire.

• They succeeded in avoiding war for most of the century.

• They created centralized, unified nation-states.

• They abolished serfdom.

• They maintained permanent standing armies.

The French Fronde is best described as a the

• first government formed after the French Revolution

• civil war fought between Roman Catholics and Protestants

• revolt over increasing centralization of royal power

• wars between France and the Holy Roman Empire

• style of architecture developed under Louis XIV

The Dutch church represented above can be identified as protestant because of

• its high vaulted ceiling

• the small number of people in attendance

• the absence of pews or chairs

• the plainness of the interior

• its windows at different levels

Which of the following cities dominated European trade and finance in the early seventeenth century?

• Venice

• Paris

• London

• Amsterdam

• Madrid

The cartoon above from seventeenth century England is an attempt to ridicule

• support of William and Mary by the Dutch

• fighting between royalist and parliamentary armies during the English Civil War

• the movement of Puritans to the New World

• the widespread practice of wagering on dog fights

• the refusal of Quakers to bear arms and fight

The most important political and military result of the Thirty Year’s War and the Peace of Westphalia was the

• decline of Denmark as a Baltic power

• decline of the Ottoman Empire as a great power

• rise of English naval power

• rise of Russia as a great power

• rise of France as a great power

The primary goal of France in entering the Thirty Years’ War was to

• defend Catholicism against German Protestants

• reduce the power of the Hapsburgs

• punish the Swedish king, Gustavus Adolphus

• conquer Brandenburg-Prussia

• place a Bourbon on the Spanish throne