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Key Historical Concepts and Events
Key Historical Concepts and Events
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1
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Which of the following was a significant result of the Glorious Revolution?
Answer
England became a limited monarchy.
2
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Which is an example of Peter the Great's legacy?
Answer
He expanded Russian territory.
3
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How did Philip II influence the art of Spain's golden age?
Answer
He provided financial support to artists.
4
Question
Why did Charles V have difficulty governing his empire?
Answer
Hapsburg lands were spread out over too wide an area.
5
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Why did Louis XIV appoint attendants?
Answer
To extend royal authority throughout France.
6
Question
What was the main reason Elizabeth I worked with Parliament?
Answer
She needed to raise funds.
7
Question
How did Henry IV help reunite France after the Wars of Religion?
Answer
He converted to Catholicism, but granted rights to Huguenots.
8
Question
Which of the following was a long-term cause of the Thirty Years' War?
Answer
The Protestant Reformation.
9
Question
Why would absolute monarchs claim divine right?
Answer
To justify their authority to rule.
10
Question
What was one result of the English Civil War?
Answer
Charles I was executed.
11
Question
What was one reason for Spain's decline in power?
Answer
The fight against Protestantism led to costly wars.
12
Question
How did Charles V and Philip II expand the Spanish state?
Answer
They fought wars and tried to expand Catholicism.
13
Question
How did Catherine succeed where Peter the Great's legacy?
Answer
She won a warm-water port for Russia.
14
Question
What is the main feature of a constitutional government?
Answer
Its power is defined and limited by law.
15
Question
What was the purpose of court ceremonies such as the leve?
Answer
To keep nobles under the control of the king.
16
Question
In order to protect liberty, Montesquieu proposed what?
Answer
Government be divided into separate branches.
17
Question
Adam Smith favored an economic system in which...
Answer
Prices were determined by supply and demand.
18
Question
How did the Scientific Revolution lead to the Enlightenment?
Answer
It encouraged people to use reason to solve problems.
19
Question
In what way did George III impact the British government?
Answer
He tried to make Parliament bend to his will.
20
Question
Why did colonists resent the new taxes imposed by Parliament after 1763?
Answer
Because the colonists did not have a say in Parliament.
21
Question
Why was the Battle of Saratoga a turning point in the American Revolution?
Answer
It persuaded other nations to ally themselves with the American colonists.
22
Question
With which of the following statements would a framer of the U.S. Constitution disagree?
Answer
Government works best when it gives unlimited rights and freedoms to its people.
23
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What factors helped Britain become a global power?
Answer
Limited trade restrictions, location, territorial expansion.
24
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Which of the following influenced the writing of the Declaration of Independence?
Answer
Locke's idea of popular sovereignty.
25
Question
Jacques Necker angered the First and Second Estates by proposing that?
Answer
Taxes on clergy and nobles be raised.
26
Question
Besides financial reform, what else drove the Third Estate to declare itself a National Assembly?
Answer
The Third Estate wanted political and social reform.
27
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Why was the Bastille an important symbol to the French?
Answer
It represented the social injustice of the ancien regime.
28
Question
What was the significance of the Paris Commune?
Answer
It could rally the citizens of Paris for protests.
29
Question
Who were the Jacobins?
Answer
Radical members of the Legislative Assembly who supported republican principles.
30
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How did radicals such as Robespierre justify the use of terror?
Answer
They sought to preserve the republic from its enemies.