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Chapter 15 Quiz
From Westphalia to Paris: Regimes Old and New 1648-1750
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New states created by the Peace of Westphalia include _______. (Select all that apply)
Switzerland
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England
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Portugal
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Germany
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The Peace of Westphalia helped make the development of royal absolutism possible by _______. (Select all that apply)
Limiting monarchs interference in neighboring states
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Declaring divine right as the basis for royal authority
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Helping to undermine royal councils and parliaments
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Undermining the power of the nobility
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True or false, tyranny is a modern invention as a form of government.
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Richelieu helped create an absolute monarchy in _______.
Italy
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Spain
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Germany
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France
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The Leviathan was the most famous work of _______.
Richelieu
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Thomas Hobbes
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John Locke
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Thomas Jefferson
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The theory that holds that when people decide to live in community they enter a covenant with one another, compromising their individual free wills in return for the benefits of society is known as _______.
Social contract theory
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Absolutism
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Populism
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Communism
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True or false, Jean Bodin argues that kings are not bound by the laws they create.
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The French king who expanded France's military power was _______.
Francois I
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Henri IV
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Louis XIV
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Louis XVI
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The streltsi were _______.
Russian peasants
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Serfs
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Noble cavalrymen
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Barbarian warriors
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New, massive state armies drew primarily from which group?
The nobility.
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The peasants.
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Urban professionals.
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All of the above.
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The Fronde was a rebellion against _______.
Louis XIV
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Richelieu
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Mazarin
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Henry IV
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Mercantilism dominated _______.
Northern Europe
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The Mediterranean world
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The Middle East
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All of Europe
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Protectionism blocks imports primarily by _______.
Military force
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Closed borders
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Tariffs
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Monetary policy
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Whose economic position was hurt by mercantilist policies?
The government
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The merchants
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The lower classes
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The aristocracy
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The first European country to create a national bank was _______.
England
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France
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Sweden
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Spain
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The putting-out system brought rural women into what manufacturing industry?
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The Baroque style emphasized _______. (Select all that apply)
Dynamic energy
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Structure and order
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Raw emotion
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Classical precedent
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The English word 'privacy' was coined in the _______ century.
12th
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16th
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17th
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19th
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The English Civil War eventually led to England developing what form of government?
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The Janissaries, the most important unit of the Ottoman army, were made up of _______.
Sons of high-ranking Ottoman families
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Orphans from Constantinople
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Sons of landed peasants
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Christian slave boys
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The Qizilbash were _______.
Sufi mystics
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Safavid militants
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Qu'ranic scholars
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Armenian rebels
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True or False, the balance of power created by the Peace of Westphalia maintained peaceful coexistence among European states until the end of the 18th century.
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Based on Map 15.3, where did the majority of African slaves end up?
North America
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The Caribbean
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South America
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Brazil
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Based on this painting of a Prussian infantry charge, what can you say about the Prussian military?
They were small.
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They were extremely well trained.
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They were fierce fighters.
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They were excellent marksmen.
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The Palace of Versailles was built to serve multiple purposes. Which one is this image emphasizing?
Removing the king from the threat of rebels in Paris.
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Controlling the power of the nobility.
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Showing off the king's wealth and power.
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Building a bureaucracy to run the country.
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