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Chapter 3 End-of-Section Self Assessment 2
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What are mercenaries?
An elite, trained fighting force
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Conscripted unpaid soldiers
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Soldiers who are paid to fight
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Voluntary enlisters
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What best characterizes warfare in the 17th century?
Siege warfare
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Archery-based
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Fought by professional armies
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Fought for secular reasons
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What byproduct of waging war contributed to peasant struggles?
Drought
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Falling wages
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Rising taxes and food prices
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Government decentralization
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Why did Catholic France support the Protestant side of the war?
To limit the influence of the Holy Roman Emperor
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To undercut Spanish power on the Continent
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To punish Germany
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To minimize the military growth of Sweden
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What positive impact did the extreme cold have?
It set the stage for a more productive harvest the following year
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It prohibited warfare and enabled soldiers to return home
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It limited tensions between Catholics and Protestants
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It increased feelings of nationalism
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What impact did the Thirty Years' War have on German culture?
It increased the need for the printing press
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It improved the status of intellectuals
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It halted cultural advances of the previous century
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It inspired new types of musical composition
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