Chapter 3 End-of-Section Self Assessment 2

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. What are mercenaries?

An elite, trained fighting force correct incorrect

Conscripted unpaid soldiers correct incorrect

Soldiers who are paid to fight correct incorrect

Voluntary enlisters correct incorrect

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. What best characterizes warfare in the 17th century?

Siege warfare correct incorrect

Archery-based correct incorrect

Fought by professional armies correct incorrect

Fought for secular reasons correct incorrect

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. What byproduct of waging war contributed to peasant struggles?

Drought correct incorrect

Falling wages correct incorrect

Rising taxes and food prices correct incorrect

Government decentralization correct incorrect

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. Why did Catholic France support the Protestant side of the war?

To limit the influence of the Holy Roman Emperor correct incorrect

To undercut Spanish power on the Continent correct incorrect

To punish Germany correct incorrect

To minimize the military growth of Sweden correct incorrect

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. What positive impact did the extreme cold have?

It set the stage for a more productive harvest the following year correct incorrect

It prohibited warfare and enabled soldiers to return home correct incorrect

It limited tensions between Catholics and Protestants correct incorrect

It increased feelings of nationalism correct incorrect

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. What impact did the Thirty Years' War have on German culture?

It increased the need for the printing press correct incorrect

It improved the status of intellectuals correct incorrect

It halted cultural advances of the previous century correct incorrect

It inspired new types of musical composition correct incorrect