// question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/top/Default for HST 102 Su19 (Escobar 10967) $CATEGORY: $course$/top/Default for HST 102 Su19 (Escobar 10967) // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/top/Default for HST 102 Su19 (Escobar 10967)/15 $CATEGORY: $course$/top/Default for HST 102 Su19 (Escobar 10967)/15 // question: 16530793 name: Absolutism means that ::Absolutism means that::[html]Absolutism means that{ ~the real power in any state must be religious and exercised by the church.#Incorrect =ultimate authority rests solely in the hands of a king who rules by divine right.#Correct ~subordinate powers have an absolute right to overrule the king on conducting the affairs of state.#Incorrect ~no matter how humble, male citizens have an absolute right to participate in politics.#Incorrect ~rule by a secular dictator, justifying his/her authority by supposedly serving the people.#Incorrect } // question: 16530796 name: As a result of the Peace of Westphalia of 1648 ::As a result of the Peace of Westphalia of 1648::[html]As a result of the Peace of Westphalia of 1648{ ~the German population was to be converted to Catholicism.#Incorrect ~all German states could choose their own religions, except for Calvinism.#Incorrect =German states were allowed to determine their religion.#Correct ~the institution of the Holy Roman Empire was to be the ruling force in Germany for the next 100 years.#Incorrect ~the Holy Roman Empire was dismembered.#Incorrect } // question: 16530799 name: How did Frederick William the Great Elector build Brandenburg-Prussia into a ... ::How did Frederick William the Great Elector build Brandenburg-Prussia into a ...::[html]How did Frederick William the Great Elector build Brandenburg-Prussia into a significant European power?{ ~He established religious uniformity in his kingdom, as evidenced in his eviction of the Huguenots.#Incorrect ~He freed the peasants from the dominion of the nobles.#Incorrect ~He worked through an elected assembly whenever possible.#Incorrect =He made the General War Commissariat the bureaucratic machine of his state.#Correct ~He allied Prussia with England and Russia against France and the Holy Roman Empire.#Incorrect } // question: 16530800 name: How did Louis XIV use his palace at Versailles? ::How did Louis XIV use his palace at Versailles?::[html]How did Louis XIV use his palace at Versailles?{ =To dominate the nobility and display his grandeur#Correct ~To putter around in the garden and enjoy nature#Incorrect ~To earn money by centralizing the marketplace#Incorrect ~To get away from politics and spend time with his family#Incorrect ~To provide a spiritual sanctuary from a troubled world#Incorrect } // question: 16530801 name: In the seventeenth century the prominence of the Dutch Republic as a great power ::In the seventeenth century the prominence of the Dutch Republic as a great power::[html]In the seventeenth century the prominence of the Dutch Republic as a great power{ ~stemmed from its domination of Mediterranean trade.#Incorrect =was supported by economic prosperity.#Correct ~was a result of the ejection of the House of Orange from political power in 1581.#Incorrect ~came to an abrupt end when the Dutch Republic was soundly defeated by the Spanish Netherlands#Incorrect ~All of these are correct.#Incorrect } // question: 16530802 name: James I was the first ____ king of England. ::James I was the first ____ king of England.::[html]James I was the first ____ king of England.{ ~Tudor#Incorrect =Stuart#Correct ~Bourbon#Incorrect ~Habsburg#Incorrect ~Valois#Incorrect } // question: 16530804 name: Louis XIV described himself as the _____ King. ::Louis XIV described himself as the _____ King.::[html]Louis XIV described himself as the _____ King.{ ~One#Incorrect =Sun#Correct ~Accidental#Incorrect ~Humble#Incorrect ~God#Incorrect } // question: 16530806 name: Louis XIV restructured the administration of the French government by all of ... ::Louis XIV restructured the administration of the French government by all of ...::[html]Louis XIV restructured the administration of the French government by all of the following EXCEPT{ ~personally dominating the actions of his ministers and secretaries.#Incorrect ~adding loyal followers from relatively new aristocratic families to the royal council.#Incorrect ~making the court a main arena where rival aristocratic factions jockeyed for power.#Incorrect ~using Versailles as a place where powerful subjects came to find favors and offices for themselves and their supporters.#Incorrect =removing the central policy-making machinery of government from his own court and household.#Correct } // question: 16530808 name: Most of the fighting during the Thirty Years' War took place in ::Most of the fighting during the Thirty Years' War took place in::[html]Most of the fighting during the Thirty Years' War took place in{ ~the Mediterranean islands.#Incorrect ~Sweden.#Incorrect =Germanic lands.#Correct ~Spain.#Incorrect ~France.#Incorrect } // question: 16530810 name: Peter the Great's ambition was to make Russia more like ::Peter the Great's ambition was to make Russia more like::[html]Peter the Great's ambition was to make Russia more like{ ~Austria.#Incorrect ~Poland.#Incorrect ~Prussia.#Incorrect ~its former self.#Incorrect =western Europe.#Correct } // question: 16530811 name: The Baroque artist who completed Saint Peter's Basilica and the Ecstasy of ... ::The Baroque artist who completed Saint Peter's Basilica and the Ecstasy of ...::[html]The Baroque artist who completed Saint Peter's Basilica and the Ecstasy of Saint Teresa was{ ~Rembrandt van Rijn.#Incorrect =Gian Lorenzo Bernini.#Correct ~El Greco.#Incorrect ~Artemisia Gentileschi.#Incorrect ~Peter Paul Rubens.#Incorrect } // question: 16530812 name: The Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn was noted for ::The Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn was noted for::[html]The Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn was noted for{ ~his formation of the French Academy of Painting and Sculptors.#Incorrect ~reflecting the values of the Dutch aristocracy in his works.#Incorrect =being the one great Protestant painter of the seventeenth century.#Correct ~rejecting the Dutch preoccupation with realism for the Baroque style of French classicism.#Incorrect ~his moody paintings of elongated religious figures.#Incorrect } // question: 16530819 name: The witchcraft hysteria began to subside by the mid-seventeenth century for ... ::The witchcraft hysteria began to subside by the mid-seventeenth century for ...::[html]The witchcraft hysteria began to subside by the mid-seventeenth century for all of the following reasons EXCEPT{ ~a tempering of religious passions in the wake of religious wars.#Incorrect ~the growing unwillingness of magistrates to accept the conditions generated by trials of witches.#Incorrect ~the stabilization of governments after a period of crisis.#Incorrect ~the questioning of traditional attitudes toward religion.#Incorrect =the passage of laws recognizing the equality of women in European society.#Correct } // question: 16530821 name: What best describes Russian society in the seventeenth century? ::What best describes Russian society in the seventeenth century?::[html]What best describes Russian society in the seventeenth century?{ ~It witnessed the reign of Ivan the Terrible.#Incorrect ~It witnessed profound religious reforms in the Russian Orthodox church.#Incorrect =It was highly stratified, with the tsar and landed aristocrats at the top and peasants bound to the land at the bottom.#Correct ~It saw the rise of the merchant class to power.#Incorrect ~It saw the end of serfdom and the emergence of a prosperous free peasantry.#Incorrect } // question: 16530822 name: What did Cardinal Richelieu understand to be the biggest roadblock to ... ::What did Cardinal Richelieu understand to be the biggest roadblock to ...::[html]What did Cardinal Richelieu understand to be the biggest roadblock to building a strong monarchy in Louis XIV's France?{ ~The rising cost of warfare#Incorrect ~The weakness of the Bourbons#Incorrect =Resistance by the great nobles#Correct ~Armed uprisings by workers in Paris#Incorrect ~Peasant revolts in the countryside#Incorrect } // question: 16530824 name: What did the English Bill of Rights achieve? ::What did the English Bill of Rights achieve?::[html]What did the English Bill of Rights achieve?{ =It laid the foundation for a constitutional monarchy.#Correct ~It resolved all of England's seventeenth-century religious questions.#Incorrect ~It reaffirmed the divine-right theory of kingship while limiting the king's power.#Incorrect ~It confirmed the king's right to raise standing armies without parliamentary consent.#Incorrect ~It stated that taxes could only be approved by the House of Lords, not the House of Commons.#Incorrect } // question: 16530825 name: What happened to the Holy Roman Empire after 1648? ::What happened to the Holy Roman Empire after 1648?::[html]What happened to the Holy Roman Empire after 1648?{ ~It became one of the most powerful and centralized monarchies in Europe under the domination of Spanish grandees.#Incorrect =It was not really an empire at all but rather a loose association of 300 German states.#Correct ~It became divided into three great warring states\: Prussia, Poland, and Silesia.#Incorrect ~It continued to acknowledge the temporal power of the pope.#Incorrect ~It was ruled by the Bourbons.#Incorrect } // question: 16530826 name: What important political idea has been credited to John Locke? ::What important political idea has been credited to John Locke?::[html]What important political idea has been credited to John Locke?{ ~He synthesized previous doctrines on international law.#Incorrect ~He posited the idea of society as being in a constant state of war.#Incorrect ~He advocated political democracy for the entire populace.#Incorrect =He emphasized the social contract between the people and government.#Correct ~He advocated the disestablishment of the Church of England.#Incorrect } // question: 16530828 name: What is a component of the Baroque style of art? ::What is a component of the Baroque style of art?::[html]What is a component of the Baroque style of art?{ ~Somber colors#Incorrect =Rich ornamentation#Correct ~A lack of emotion#Incorrect ~Purely secular subjects#Incorrect ~Calvinist sentiments#Incorrect } // question: 16530832 name: What was the most destructive war in European history up until the middle of ... ::What was the most destructive war in European history up until the middle of ...::[html]What was the most destructive war in European history up until the middle of the seventeenth century?{ =The Thirty Years' War#Correct ~The Hundred Years' War#Incorrect ~The Wars of the Roses#Incorrect ~The English Civil War#Incorrect ~The Revolt of the Netherlands#Incorrect } // question: 16530833 name: What was the significance of England's "Glorious Revolution" of 1688?> ::What was the significance of England's "Glorious Revolution" of 1688?>::[html]What was the significance of England's "Glorious Revolution" of 1688?{ ~It restored Charles II and the Stuart dynasty to power.#Incorrect =It bloodlessly deposed James II in favor of William of Orange.#Correct ~It returned England to a Catholic commonwealth.#Incorrect ~Parliament established a new monarch through a series of bloody wars.#Incorrect ~It abolished the monarchy in favor of a republican "commonwealth."#Incorrect } // question: 16530834 name: What was Thomas Hobbes' response to the English revolutions? ::What was Thomas Hobbes' response to the English revolutions?::[html]What was Thomas Hobbes' response to the English revolutions?{ ~He felt that man was suited best to be in a pristine state of nature, without government interference.#Incorrect =He stated that mankind was animalistic, and needed a strong government to maintain social order.#Correct ~He was a firm believer in democracy.#Incorrect ~He said that the best form of government was a theocracy.#Incorrect ~He argued in favor of revolution when the ruler broke the social contract.#Incorrect } // question: 16530839 name: Which group benefited from Peter the Great's cultural reforms?> ::Which group benefited from Peter the Great's cultural reforms?>::[html]Which group benefited from Peter the Great's cultural reforms?{ ~The urban poor#Incorrect ~Estate owners#Incorrect ~Priests#Incorrect ~Peasants#Incorrect =Women#Correct } // question: 16530846 name: Which statement most closely describes Peter the Great of Russia? ::Which statement most closely describes Peter the Great of Russia?::[html]Which statement most closely describes Peter the Great of Russia?{ =His program of Europeanization was predominantly technical and aimed at modernizing the military.#Correct ~His respect for western governments led to increased powers for the nobility.#Incorrect ~His traditional, conservative attitude stripped away all previous social gains for women.#Incorrect ~His desire to teach Russians western customs could not be enforced among the old-fashioned nobles.#Incorrect ~He rejected Westernization in favor of Orthodoxy.#Incorrect } // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/top/Default for HST 102 Su19 (Escobar 10967) $CATEGORY: $course$/top/Default for HST 102 Su19 (Escobar 10967) // question: 0 name: Switch category to $course$/top/Default for HST 102 Su19 (Escobar 10967)/tf15 $CATEGORY: $course$/top/Default for HST 102 Su19 (Escobar 10967)/tf15 // question: 16530850 name: As a result of the Glorious Revolution, by the beginning of the eighteenth ... ::As a result of the Glorious Revolution, by the beginning of the eighteenth ...::[html]As a result of the Glorious Revolution, by the beginning of the eighteenth century, Parliament possessed supreme political authority in Britain and the monarch had become merely a figurehead.{FALSE} // question: 16530855 name: Influenced by his experiences in Western Europe, upon his return to Russia, ... ::Influenced by his experiences in Western Europe, upon his return to Russia, ...::[html]Influenced by his experiences in Western Europe, upon his return to Russia, Peter the Great ordered that the serfs be emancipated and freed from their boyar lords.{FALSE} // question: 16530857 name: Lope de Vega was a leading Spanish playwright. ::Lope de Vega was a leading Spanish playwright.::[html]Lope de Vega was a leading Spanish playwright.{TRUE} // question: 16530861 name: The Austrian monarchy never became a highly centralized, absolutist state, in... ::The Austrian monarchy never became a highly centralized, absolutist state, in...::[html]The Austrian monarchy never became a highly centralized, absolutist state, in part because it included too many different national groups.{TRUE} // question: 16530866 name: The Thirty Years' War has often been called the "last of the religious wars."> ::The Thirty Years' War has often been called the "last of the religious wars.">::[html]The Thirty Years' War has often been called the "last of the religious wars."{TRUE}