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Question 1

Which of the following best describes the French Edict of Nantes (1598)?

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It provided limited religious liberties for Huguenots

Question 2

In the years immediately after WWI, which was the most important change affecting German women?

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Women received the right to vote

Question 3

The basic goal of Napolen's Continental System was to

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weaken England economically

Question 4

Which of the following affected the status of women during the Reformation?

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leading to dangerous civil disorder

Question 5

The term "Five Year Plans" would most likely be discussed with which of the following?

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A book on the economic development of the early Soviet Union

Question 6

Which of the following cities dominated European trade and finance int he early 17th century?

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Amsterdam

Question 7

Who was the Sun King?

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Louis XIV

Question 8

The French Fronde is best described as the

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revolt over increasing centralizaiton of royal power

Question 9

Who said, "The whole history of society up to now has been the history of class struggles."?

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Marx & Engels

Question 10

According to Adam Smith, the "invisible hand" would

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reconcile individual interests for general economic benefit

Question 11

Which of the following best characterizes artistic movements in late 19th century Europe?

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increased emphasis on personal expression

Question 12

Napoleon Bonaparte's repressive occupation sparked a violent popular revolt in

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Spain

Question 13

One of the first economic unions was founded by a group of German states and is known as

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Zollverien

Question 14

The American Revolution played a major role in European history because it

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precipitated the French fiscal crisis

Question 15

Of the following, which contributed most to Germany's defeat in WWI?

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The effects of the Allied naval blockade

Question 16

Which was the major language spoken in most diplomatic circles in the late 17th century?

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France

Question 17

One major consequence of WWI was

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The start of the Russian Revolution

Question 18

European liberals int he first half of the 19th century typically supported

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a written constitution and wider suffrage

Question 19

19th century European women made the most influentail contributions as

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popular novelists and writers

Question 20

Who said, "If a Prince wants to maintain his rule, he must learn how to not be virtuous" ?

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Machiavelli

Question 21

Peter the Great's main aim in reforms was to make high social status more dependent on

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service to the state

Question 22

Portuguese commercial expansion overseas in the 16th century resulted in

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seizure of Muslim coastal forts

Question 23

In the late 19th century, Socialists in western and central Europe did which of the following?

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Members supported suffrage and government participation

Question 24

A major economic problem in late 19th century Europe that contributed to imperialism was

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overproduction of manufactured goods

Question 25

The most influential religiou order associated with the Catholic Reformation was the

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Jesuits

Question 26

A distinguishing feature of the French Old Regime was the

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inability of the monarch to carry out reforms

Question 27

The cahiers written on the eve of the French Revolution..

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presented grievances and proposals for reform

Question 28

In the period after WWI, the British John Maynard Keynes argued that

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governments should respond to economic downturns

Question 29

Which of the following best describes the results of the Peace of Augsburg (1555)?

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It provided a legal basis for the existence of Lutheranism

Question 30

Italian women artists of the 15th & 16th century were recognized as artists because of

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commissions from wealthy patrons

Question 31

Which of the following countries escapted the revolutionary outbursts of 1848?

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Sweden

Question 32

The most important political and military result of the Peace of Westphalia was the

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Rise of France as a great power

Question 33

A major result of the War of Spanish Succession and the Treaty of Utrecht was to

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prevent France from upsetting the balance of power

Question 34

The conversion to Catholicism of King Henry IV of France is an example of the policies of the

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Politiques

Question 35

The meeting of the Estates-General in 1789 marked a significant step toward revolution because

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provided a legitimate forum for critics of the Old Regime

Question 36

In 17th century Poland, the most significant political influence was exercised by the

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nobility

Question 37

Urban life in the major European cities in the 19th century were characterized by

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overcrowding and unsafe working conditions

Question 38

Before WWI, European feminists had all of the following goals EXCEPT

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eliminating poll taxes

Question 39

Which of the following diseases did NOT produce a major epidemic after the 18th century?

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Bubonic Plague

Question 40

The massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day (1572) was directed against

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Huguenots in France

Question 41

Religious change in the 17th century Netherlands led to

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a great vitality in intellectual and artistic life

Question 42

The 18th century Agricultural Revolution in England was transformed by

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enclosure

Question 43

Tsar Alexander II modernized Russia by doing each of the following except?

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creation of a constitution

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