WorksheetsAP Euro 17th century quiz Amador
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
Which of the following is not a correct pairing for the 30 years' War?
Bohemian Phase: The Defenestration of Prague and war between the Catholic League and the Protestant Union
Danish Phase: The Edict of Restitution resulted from King Christian's victory over Wallenstein's troops
Swedish Phase: Cardinal Richelieu continued to get Protestants to battle the HRE with King Vasa's forces winning in the north but losing in the south
French Phase: Open warfare by France meant victories in Germany and Spain, but only the Peace of Westphalia ended conflict in Germany
Which country became the main example of an absolute monarchy?
Spain
England
France
Sweden
Identify the art style.
Rococo
Baroque
Neoclassical
High Renaissance
Hellenistic
Which of the following correctly associates the artist with the art style?
El Greco / Mannerism
Michelangelo / Baroque
Artemisia Gentileschi / Romanticism
Salvador Dali / Dadaism
The most important political and military result of the 30 Years’ War and the Peace of Westphalia was the
Decline of Denmark as a power in the Baltic/Northern Europe
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
Which of the following best helps to explain the economic and political decline of Spain during the 17th Century?
The collective security measures implemented by Cardinal Richelieu in order to prevent the spread of Catholicism
The extensive battles waged in the Iberian Peninsula between the imperial forces and various coalitions of Protestants
The extension of the empire’s commitments beyond its resources
The advocacy of religious toleration by the Spanish rulers to promote the immigration of non-Catholic groups into Spain
The secret treaty between England and France to embargo Spanish ports
Galileo was found guilty of heresy and condemned by the Inquisition on the grounds that he
Left the Roman Catholic Church and became Protestant
Used his telescope to explore the heavens
Actively supported the Galician cause in France against papal supremacy
Publicly advocated Copernicus’s heliocentric system
Discovered the law of universal gravitation
After the defeat of King Charles I in the English Civil War and his execution in 1649, England was governed for a decade by
A democratic republic with universal suffrage
A commonwealth led by Oliver Cromwell and his son
A constitutional monarchy under King James II
The King of Scotland
A parliamentary council dominated by egalitarians
Which was an important consequence of the Glorious Revolution of 1688?
Limits were put on the power of the English monarchy
Suffrage was expanded to the members of the lower class
French influence in England was expanded
Roman Catholicism was reintroduced to England
England gained control of Spanish colonial possessions in the New World
One of the main aims of the reforms in Russia under Peter the Great (1682-1725) was to make high social status more dependent on
Aristocratic lineage
Service to the state
Wealth
Ethnic origin
Membership in the Orthodox Church
The reign of Peter the Great (1682-1725) resulted in which of the following?
The abolition of the Russian Orthodox Church
The territorial expansion of Russia
The weakening of serfdom
A decrease in the tax burden on poor peasants
The emergence of a wealthy middle class
Rene Descartes and Francis Bacon contributed to scientific development in the 17th Century by
Making observations of planetary movements
Perfecting the metric system
Conducting experiments about gravitational forces
Introducing logarithms
Articulating theories of the scientific method
During the 30 Years’ War (1618-1648), France pursued a policy of
Supporting the Hapsburgs against the Protestant princes and rulers
Allowing French Protestant princes and rulers to fight against the Hapsburgs
Supporting the Protestant princes and rulers against the Hapsburgs
Remaining neutral
Opposing England in order to recapture Normandy
An important factor in establishing French absolutism was the
Creation of a central, state bank centered in Paris
Separation of the Roman Catholic Church and the French state
Increased power of the nobles in their localities
Royal ban on the sale of bureaucratic offices and the prevention of personal loans
Royal appointment of intendants to supervise the affairs in the provinces
In 1688, the Glorious Revolution did all of the following except:
Authorize the ascension to the throne by James II's son, to minimize conflict over religion
Led to an "invasion" by the Dutch stadtholder, William of Orange
An English Bill of Rights was composed of the protection of individual liberties and stopping arbitrary royal actions
John Lock produces a book justifying the revolution due to the breaking of a social contract between the king and the people
Louis XIV was associated with all of the following except:
He was just 4 when he became king but lived under the control of Cardinal Mazarin and faced danger during the Fronde
By age 23, he changed into an autocratic ruler that controlled the nobles with the power of the sun king
A major factor of control was the situating the royal court and government at Versailles and using mercantilism via Colbert
Louis rarely went to war and made alliances with the surrounding countries of Spain, Dutch, and English
Which of the following is not correct historically?
The Dutch opened the century as the strongest economic power with developing East and West Indies companies
The Prussians began the process to unify into a country led by the Junker nobility class
The Russians were becoming more powerful and westernized under the progressive and brutal leadership of Peter the Great
The Polish were at the height of their power with the liberum veto empowering the king
