Baroque painters were noted for their attempts at:

using dramatic techniques to arouse emotion

Peter the Great's "Europeanization" of Russia consisted primarily of:

requiring his people to shave their beards and dress like Englishmen

Thomas Hobbes and John Locke disagreed over the theory that:

the only alternative to social chaos is absolute monarchy

The witchcraft trials of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries reflected:

deep religious uncertainties caused by the Protestant Reformation

Frederick William built Brandenburg-Prussia:

on a strong army and support from the nobles

Which of the following choices places the artistic eras or movements in the appropriate order?

Renaissance/ Mannerism/ Baroque/ French Classicism/ Dutch Realism

All of the following were results of the Thirty Year's War except?

the Danes maintained neutrality throughout conflict

The English Bill of Rights of 1689 guaranteed that:

Only parliament could raise taxes and armies

Cardinal Richelieu believed the proper approach to the Huguenot minority was to:

permit them religious but not military political rights

The palace at Versailles was not:

completed during the reign of Louis XIII

The wars of Louis XIV:

were typically met by an alliance of other European states

The decision by England's Charles I to follow a course of "personal rule"

forced him to raise revenues without calling Parliament into session

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1
Baroque painters were noted for their attempts at:
Imitating the works of classical artists
using dramatic techniques to arouse emotion
mocking the artists of the Renaissance
limiting the emotional reaction individuals had to art
2
At the end of the 16th century ____ had control over much of the southern Mediterranean.
Italy
Russia
The Ottoman Empire
Greece
3
The central literary figure of the Elizabethan era was:
Racine
Shakespeare
Cervantes
De Vega
4
Peter the Great's "Europeanization" of Russia consisted primarily of:
giving Russian women political if not social rights equal to Russian men
Establishing a Senate to debate progressive legislation
requiring his people to shave their beards and dress like Englishmen
Constitutional government and democratic government
5
Thomas Hobbes and John Locke disagreed over the theory that:
Kings rule by divine right
Man's mind is at birth a tabula rasa
the only alternative to social chaos is absolute monarchy
All men are endowed with certain unalienable rights
6
The witchcraft trials of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries reflected:
Fears of false religions being brought to Europe from the Americans
A reaction against the emergence of this new form of village culture
a fascination with new legal practices
deep religious uncertainties caused by the Protestant Reformation
7
The region was most devastated by the Thirty Years' War:
Russia
France
Germany
Austria
8
Frederick William built Brandenburg-Prussia:
on a strong army and support from the nobles
into the best example of a theocracy in the 18th century
into a functioning constitutional monarchy
from scraps of land that he conquered during his own lifetime.
9
Which of the following choices places the artistic eras or movements in the appropriate order?
Renaissance/ Mannerism/ Baroque/ French Classicism/ Dutch Realism
Mannerism/ Dutch/ Realism/ Baroque/ Renaissance/ French Classicism/
Baroque/Renaissance/ Dutch Realism/Mannerism/ French Classicism
Mannerism/ Renaissance/ French Classicism/ Dutch Realism
10
All of the following were results of the Thirty Year's War except?
all German states were free to chose their own religion
Some areas of Germany suffered terrible economic devastation
France took control of the Franco-German border
the Danes maintained neutrality throughout conflict
11
The English Bill of Rights of 1689 guaranteed that:
only Parliament could determine the monarch
every man had the right to vote
Only parliament could raise taxes and armies
Every Englishmen was free from unlawful search and seizure
12
Cardinal Richelieu believed the proper approach to the Huguenot minority was to:
permit them religious but not military political rights
treat them with "benign neglect"
Use their mercantile skills to enrich the crown
force them either to become Catholics or emigrate
13
The palace at Versailles was not:
completed during the reign of Louis XIII
the major royal residence of Louis XIV
a symbol of the Sun King's wealth and grandeur
the administrative center of the French government
14
The wars of Louis XIV:
were typically met by an alliance of other European states
did not occur until the last two decades of his reign
lead to the Sun King being overthrown by War-Weary nobles
greatly expanded the size of France
15
The decision by England's Charles I to follow a course of "personal rule"
made him reject the house of the Lord's nomination for a wife
forced him to raise revenues without calling Parliament into session
lead him to withdraw from politics and society and lose his throne
allowed him to serve as head of the Church of England

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