Glencoe World History © 2012 Georgia Edition

Chapter 14: Crisis and Absolutism in Europe, 1550-1715

Crisis and Absolutism in Europe

1
What was the main cause of the French civil wars of the 1500s?
A)provincial resentment of the growing power of the monarchy
B)popular resentment of the extravagance of the monarchs
C)efforts to convert Huguenots to Catholicism
D)tension between Catholics and Huguenots
2
The Thirty Years' War _____.
A)brought an end to the Holy Roman Empire
B)ended the monarchy in England
C)unified Germany
D)pitted Spain against its Dutch provinces
3
In the English civil war, the Cavaliers were those who _____.
A)supported Parliament
B)supported the king
C)were extreme Puritans
D)served in the armies of Oliver Cromwell
4
For which of the following is the Glorious Revolution most notable?
A)causing little bloodshed
B)ending religious discrimination
C)installing a monarchy
D)strengthening democratic ideals
5
Which of the following did NOT lead to French debts during the reign of Louis XIV?
A)subsidies for new industries
B)wars to ensure Bourbon domination over European affairs
C)Louis XIV's extravagant lifestyle
D)Louis XIV's desire to achieve military glory
6
During the seventeenth century, the Austrian Empire _____.
A)fell apart into autonomous states
B)regained full power over the territories within its borders
C)was limited to the size of present-day Austria
D)remained a collection of territories with their own political life
7
Victory over Sweden gave _____ access to the Baltic Sea and a "window to the West."
A)Ivan the Terrible
B)Michael Romanov
C)Peter the Great
D)Frederick I
8
Both Mannerism and the baroque movement _____.
A)blended Renaissance ideals with spiritual ideals
B)reflected the spiritual perceptions of the time
C)rejected the artistic principles of the Renaissance
D)began in Flanders
9
In Spain, who wrote an extraordinary number of plays, almost 500 of which survived?
A)Miguel de Cervantes
B)Lope de Vega
C)Gian Lorenzo Bernini
D)Artemisia Gentileschi
10
Who claimed that people formed governments to protect their rights?
A)Hobbes
B)Cromwell
C)Caravaggio
D)Locke
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