Post on 17-Jan-2023
Which concept best reflects the belief that European monarchs were representatives of God on Earth?
A: Mandate of Heaven B: Theocracy
D: Filial Piety C: Divine Right
Which concept best reflects the belief that European monarchs were representatives of God on Earth?
A: Mandate of Heaven
C: Divine Right
B: Theocracy
D: Filial Piety
A: Decreasing the gap between the rich and poor
B: Heavy debt brought about by expanding the Palace of Versailles
D: Eliminating religious turmoil
One legacy left behind by Louis XIV for France was
C: State support for Enlightenment philosophy
One legacy left behind by Louis XIV for France was
A: Decreasing the gap between the rich and the poor
C: State support for Enlightenment philosophy
B: Heavy debt brought about by expanding the Palace of Versailles
D: Eliminating religious turmoil
A: Russia B: France
D: Prussia
Catherine the Great participated in several partitions of Poland to expand the borders of
C: Austria
Catherine the Great participated in several partitions of Poland to expand the borders of
A: Russia
C: Austria
B: France
D: Prussia
A: Peter put down a revolt by army officers in 1698
B: Russia won warm-water ports on the Baltic and Black Seas
D: Peter sent Russians to western European countries to study.
Which of the following is the best example to show how Peter the Great worked to modernize Russia?
C: Academies, factories, hospitals, and new capital city were built
Which of the following is the best example to show how Peter the Great worked to modernize Russia?
C: Academies, factories, hospitals, and a new capital city were built
A: Peter put down a revolt by army officers in 1698.
B: Russia won warm-water ports on the Baltic and Black Seas
D: Peter sent Russians to western European countries to study.
A: Charles V B: Ferdinand II
D: Philip II
Who defeated the Ottomans at Lepanto but lost their entire armada against the English?
C: Peter I
A: Charles V
C: Peter I
Who defeated the Ottomans at Lepanto but lost his entire armada against the English?
B: Ferdinand II
D: Philip II
A: The last revolution in Europe for two centuries B: Bloodless
D: A global conflict
The 1688 Glorious Revolution was notable for being
C: The final overthrow of the monarchy
The 1688 Glorious Revolution was notable for being
A: The last revolution in Europe for two centuries
C: The final overthrow of the monarchy
B: Bloodless
D: A global conflict
A: Belief that the monarch is a representative of God
B: Seizing of noble lands by a king
D: Protections given to property and free speech
Divine right is most accurately defined as the
C: Centralizing of power within a two-house legislature
Divine right is most accurately defined as the
A: Belief that the monarch is a representative of God
C: Centralizing of power within a two-house legilature
B: Seizing of noble lands by a king
D: Protections given to property and free speech
A: War of Austrian Succession B: War of Spanish Succession
D: Thirty Years’ War
Religion and the Peace of Westphalia were associated with which war?
C: Seven Years’ War
A: War of Austrian Succession
C: Seven Years’ War
Religion and the Peace of Westphalia were associated with which war?
B: War of Spanish Succession
D: Thirty Years’ War
A: Abolishing all social class distinctions B: Introducing western ideas and customs
D: Preventing wars with neighboring nations
Peter the Great and Catherine the Great changed Russia by
C: Becoming constitutional monarchs
Peter the Great and Catherine the Great changed Russia by
A: Abolished all social class distinctions
C: Becoming constitutional monarchs
B: Introducing western ideas and customs
D: Preventing wars with neighboring nations
A: Spain B: Great Britain
D: Sweden
Which nation became the most powerful in Europe as a result of the Thirty Years’ War?
C: France
Which nation became the most powerful in Europe as a result of the Thirty Years’ War?
C: France
A: Spain
B: Great Britain
D: Sweden
A: Building the Palace of Versailles B: Theory of divine right of kings
D: Cooperation with the Estates General
Louis XIV supported all of the following EXCEPT
C: Art and culture
A: Building the Palace of Versailles
C: Art and culture
Louis XIV supported all of the following EXCEPT
B: Theory of divine right of kings
D: Cooperation with the Estates General
A: It restored the Puritans to office B: It established a democracy
D: King gained even more power
Which was a result of the Glorious Revolution of 1689?
C: It restored Parliamentary power
Which was a result of the Glorious Revolution of 1689?
C: It restored the power of Parliament
A: It restored Puritans to office B: It established a democracy
D: King gained even more power
A: Extend the voting privileges of commoners B: Abolish the government’s role in levying taxes
D: Support the theory of the divine right of kings
The Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights both served to
C: Limit the power of the monarchy
The Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights both served to
C: Limit the power of the monarchy
A: Extend the voting privileges of commoners B: Abolish the government’s role in levying taxes
D: Support the theory of the divine right of kings
A: Centralized governmental authority B: Increased political rights for peasants and serfs
D: A system of checks and balances
What was a key characteristic of an absolute monarchy in the 16th and 17th centuries?
C: Freedom of religion
What was a key characteristic of an absolute monarchy in the 16th and 17th centuries?
A: Centralized governmental authority
C: Freedom of religion
B: Increased political rights for peasants and serfs
D: A system of checks and balances