WorksheetsAP Euro: Age of Absolutism
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Seventeenth-century European families were hierarchical and patriarchal, meaning
the wife and children could not expect that a father would provide for them.
the father ruled his family like a king ruled his land.
the father enjoyed total impunity in both religious and secular law.
the father commanded his wife, who in turn commanded the servants.
During the reign of Louis XIV, Versailles was
a city in northern France to which Louis XIV moved his court when in danger during times of unrest.
a former hunting lodge and palace that became the center of the Louis XIV's government.
the palace to which Louis XIV retreated to get away from the demands of government.
the palace where his maternal family, the Medicis, tried to gather their opposition to Louis XIV.
In Prussia, the term "Junkers" referred to
the peasants in eastern Europe.
the provinces in Prussia.
the Protestant church leaders and bishoprics
the nobility and landowning classes.
Who were the Cossacks?
The tax collectors in Muscovy
Peasants who fled noble control and created free groups and warrior bands
The peasants of Muscovy
A group of nobles who served the tsar
The "Rump Parliament" in 1649 is best known for
its efforts to restore the house of Stuart.
creating the New Model Army led by Oliver Cromwell.
beheading Charles I, after he was put on trial and found guilty of treason.
its efforts to end the English Civil War.
The term "baroque" may have originally meant
a perfectly shaped pearl.
a smoky or darker-hued pearl.
an odd-shaped, imperfect pearl.
any type of pearl.
Which of the following was a result of the seventeenth century's "little ice age"?
Famines and disease brought malnutrition and exhaustion.
Most people died of outright starvation.
Farmers had learned to protect themselves with greater crop yields.
Peasants were welcomed into urban centers.
Which statement is true about Spain in the 1650s?
Spain avoided wars in Europe to concentrate on its southern American colonies.
Spain enjoyed a period of isolation.
Spain faced revolts in Portugal that would ultimately force Spain to recognize Portuguese independence.
Spain was attacked by a European alliance led by France, which was afraid of its power.
The Hungarian rebellion against Habsburg rule led by Prince Rakoczy resulted in
another major war between Austria and the Ottoman Empire.
the agreement by the Habsburgs to restore many privileges to Hungarian nobles.
the complete independence of Hungary.
the creation of the Dual Monarchy.
Why did the tsars claim that Russia was the "Third Rome"?
Ivan IV reconquered the former territory of the Roman Empire.
They argued that the city of Moscow was as large as Rome and Constantinople.
They wanted to link Moscow with Roman Catholicism.
Ivan III married the daughter of the last Byzantine emperor.
Charles I was finally forced to recall Parliament in 1640 because
the members of Parliament were planning to meet anyway.
he needed to finance an army to put down the Presbyterian Scots, who threatened to invade England.
the Triennial Act mandated that he recall Parliament.
he needed more money to continue hostilities with Spain and France.
The development of baroque art in the later sixteenth century was encouraged by
the revitalization of the Catholic Church.
artists who wanted to minimize the influence of religion on culture and art in society.
the emotionalism of the Protestant Reformation.
a renewed interest in the Renaissance.
In the European social order of the seventeenth-century, merchants
easily bought or married their way into the nobility.
gradually and slowly displaced the traditional nobility.
could never rise very high because of the prejudice against commerce and money.
remained outside the social order because of their transience and small numbers.
The decline of Spain in the seventeenth century was precipitated by
the rise of silver mining in the Americas, which only caused inflation in Spain.
the Spanish crown's refusal to declare bankruptcy.
a leadership that lacked energy and ideas.
a small middle class that deprived Spain of skilled workers or merchants.
What was the major reason why serfdom rose in East while it declined in the West?
Peasants in the East suffered greater population losses as a result of the Black Death.
During the Black Death, peasants in the West acquired more land, while peasants in the East lost the ability to own land.
Peasants in eastern Europe agreed to the protection of their nobles more readily than peasants in the West.
Peasants in the West were better able to organize their opposition to serfdom.
The reign of Ivan IV, or Ivan the Terrible (r. 1533–1584), is noted for
his persecution of anyone he suspected capable of opposing him.
his use of a large, well-disciplined military force to expand the lands of Muscovy.
his war with the Mongols, earning him his nickname.
his imposition of strict reforms.
James I, the first Stuart (r. 1603–1625), was woefully outdated in his view that
England needed to defeat the Bourbon rulers of France.
Roman Catholicism should be upheld as the state religion in England.
a monarch has a divine right to authority.
the peasants should be more clearly tied to the land.
Which of the following was a consequence of the Thirty Years' War?
Small farmers were able to loosen the grip of nobles and assert greater independence.
A large transient population moved into the war-ravaged cities and countryside.
The urban population was reduced by one-third and the rural population by two-fifths, and trade and agriculture were greatly disrupted.
It cut off Europe's lucrative trade with the Americas.
With the Edict of Nantes in 1598, Henry IV
sharply raised taxes among Protestants.
allowed Protestants the right to worship in 150 towns across France.
declared his intention to strengthen royal control of the courts over which the robe nobles dominated.
announced the end to the Thirty Years' War.
Frederick William, the "Great Elector," strengthened his power by
crushing the Junkers with his powerful army and forcing them to pay greater taxes without consent.
allying with stronger powers (like France) in the West.
taxing the Junkers in exchange for reconfirming their traditional privileges.
elevating the growing merchant classes to balance the nobility.
How did Peter the Great respond to his defeat at Narva by Sweden?
He began a series of reforms to strengthen his army and increase his power.
He entered an alliance with the Holy Roman Empire to help him fight Sweden.
He quickly ended the war and then sought Western help to reform Russia.
He turned his attention away from Sweden and the north to the southern areas of the empire and sought to expand into the Ottoman areas.
