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AP Euro 17th century quiz Amador

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is not a correct pairing for the 30 years' War?

a)

Bohemian Phase: The Defenestration of Prague and war between the Catholic League and the Protestant Union

b)

Danish Phase: The Edict of Restitution resulted from King Christian's victory over Wallenstein's troops

c)

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

d)

French Phase: Open warfare by France meant victories in Germany and Spain, but only the Peace of Westphalia ended conflict in Germany

2.

Which country became the main example of an absolute monarchy?

a)

Spain

b)

England

c)

France

d)

Sweden

3.

Identify the art style.

a)

Rococo

b)

Baroque

c)

Neoclassical

d)

High Renaissance

e)

Hellenistic

4.

Which of the following correctly associates the artist with the art style?

a)

El Greco / Mannerism

b)

Michelangelo / Baroque

c)

Artemisia Gentileschi / Romanticism

d)

Salvador Dali / Dadaism

5.
In which region were there no significant popular revolts in the seventeenth century?
a)
France
b)
Spain
c)
England
d)
Holland
6.
Which attitude toward religion did Louis XIV adopt from Spain?
a)
Uniformity and conformity
b)
Widespread use of the Inquisition
c)
Toleration for Lutherans but not Calvinists
d)
Toleration for all religions
7.
Spain's economic troubles in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries came about primarily when
a)
it lost control of the slave trade to the French
b)
the colonies in the New World revolted
c)
the gold and silver mines in the Americas began to run dry
d)
the Dutch began to raid Spain's northern coasts
8.
The execution of Charles I
a)
ended the Stuart line
b)
was voted for by a large majority of the Long Parliament
c)
led Louis XIV of France to send troops to defend his son, Charles II
d)
Was approved by a Parliament purged of moderates
9.
Mercantilist policies established in France during the seventeenth century involved all of the following EXCEPT
a)
government subsidies for textile manufacturing
b)
a strong interest in colonies
c)
abolition of guilds
d)
reduction in domestic tariffs
10.
The English civil war was fundamentally fought over
a)
Catholic demands for the right to freely practice their religion
b)
whether Parliament or the king would appoint the head of the Anglican Church
c)
whether Parliament or the king has the power to levy taxes
d)
whether the House of Lords or the House of Commons should have ultimate authority
11.
Which event most directly prompted the Glorious Revolution?
a)
Charles II's treaty with Louis XIV
b)
The marriage of James II to a French princess
c)
James II's violation of the Test Act
d)
Publication of John Locke's Second Treatise of Civil Government
12.

The most important political and military result of the 30 Years’ War and the Peace of Westphalia was the

a)

Decline of Denmark as a power in the Baltic/Northern Europe

b)

Decline of the Ottoman Empire as a great power

c)

Rise of English naval power

d)

Rise of Russia as a great power

e)

Rise of France as a great power

13.

Which of the following best helps to explain the economic and political decline of Spain during the 17th Century?

a)

The collective security measures implemented by Cardinal Richelieu in order to prevent the spread of Catholicism

b)

The extensive battles waged in the Iberian Peninsula between the imperial forces and various coalitions of Protestants

c)

The extension of the empire’s commitments beyond its resources

d)

The advocacy of religious toleration by the Spanish rulers to promote the immigration of non-Catholic groups into Spain

e)

The secret treaty between England and France to embargo Spanish ports

14.

Galileo was found guilty of heresy and condemned by the Inquisition on the grounds that he

a)

Left the Roman Catholic Church and became Protestant

b)

Used his telescope to explore the heavens

c)

Actively supported the Galician cause in France against papal supremacy

d)

Publicly advocated Copernicus’s heliocentric system

e)

Discovered the law of universal gravitation

15.

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)

A democratic republic with universal suffrage

b)

A commonwealth led by Oliver Cromwell and his son

c)

A constitutional monarchy under King James II

d)

The King of Scotland

e)

A parliamentary council dominated by egalitarians

16.

Which was an important consequence of the Glorious Revolution of 1688?

a)

Limits were put on the power of the English monarchy

b)

Suffrage was expanded to the members of the lower class

c)

French influence in England was expanded

d)

Roman Catholicism was reintroduced to England

e)

England gained control of Spanish colonial possessions in the New World

17.

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

a)

Aristocratic lineage

b)

Service to the state

c)

Wealth

d)

Ethnic origin

e)

Membership in the Orthodox Church

18.

The reign of Peter the Great (1682-1725) resulted in which of the following?

a)

The abolition of the Russian Orthodox Church

b)

The territorial expansion of Russia

c)

The weakening of serfdom

d)

A decrease in the tax burden on poor peasants

e)

The emergence of a wealthy middle class

19.

Rene Descartes and Francis Bacon contributed to scientific development in the 17th Century by

a)

Making observations of planetary movements

b)

Perfecting the metric system

c)

Conducting experiments about gravitational forces

d)

Introducing logarithms

e)

Articulating theories of the scientific method

20.

During the 30 Years’ War (1618-1648), France pursued a policy of

a)

Supporting the Hapsburgs against the Protestant princes and rulers

b)

Allowing French Protestant princes and rulers to fight against the Hapsburgs

c)

Supporting the Protestant princes and rulers against the Hapsburgs

d)

Remaining neutral

e)

Opposing England in order to recapture Normandy

21.

An important factor in establishing French absolutism was the

a)

Creation of a central, state bank centered in Paris

b)

Separation of the Roman Catholic Church and the French state

c)

Increased power of the nobles in their localities

d)

Royal ban on the sale of bureaucratic offices and the prevention of personal loans

e)

Royal appointment of intendants to supervise the affairs in the provinces

22.

In 1688, the Glorious Revolution did all of the following except:

a)

Authorize the ascension to the throne by James II's son, to minimize conflict over religion

b)

Led to an "invasion" by the Dutch stadtholder, William of Orange

c)

An English Bill of Rights was composed of the protection of individual liberties and stopping arbitrary royal actions

d)

John Lock produces a book justifying the revolution due to the breaking of a social contract between the king and the people

23.

Louis XIV was associated with all of the following except:

a)

He was just 4 when he became king but lived under the control of Cardinal Mazarin and faced danger during the Fronde

b)

By age 23, he changed into an autocratic ruler that controlled the nobles with the power of the sun king

c)

A major factor of control was the situating the royal court and government at Versailles and using mercantilism via Colbert

d)

Louis rarely went to war and made alliances with the surrounding countries of Spain, Dutch, and English

24.

Which of the following is not correct historically?

a)

The Dutch opened the century as the strongest economic power with developing East and West Indies companies

b)

The Prussians began the process to unify into a country led by the Junker nobility class

c)

The Russians were becoming more powerful and westernized under the progressive and brutal leadership of Peter the Great

d)

The Polish were at the height of their power with the liberum veto empowering the king