Yes or No

The Diplomatic Revolution was the result of France's unexpected support of Austria against Prussia in the Seven Years' War.

Yes or No

John Bunyan wrote the epic poem Paradise Lost.

Yes or No

Those who supported the king during the  English civil war were called Roundheads by those who supported the Parliament.

Yes or No

The Scots raised an army against Charles I primarily because his agents tried to force the use of the Anglican prayer book on the Scottish church.

Yes or No

Charles I did not share the political and religious views of his father, James I.

Yes or No

Reared a Presbyterian, James I was particularly sympathetic to the Puritan cause in England.

Yes or No

Prior to ruling England, James I was the monarch of Scotland.

Yes or No

Catherine the Great's immoral life and rigid adherence to absolutism kept her from carrying out Peter the Great's westernization of Russia.

Yes or No

One of Peter the Great's methods for solidifying the power of the czar was to gain control of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Yes or No

As a result of the Great Northern War, Russia gained much-needed territory along the Mediterranean Sea.

Yes or No

Absolutism was never as strong in Austria as it was in many other European countries.

Yes or No

The Thirty Years' War was the last great religious war fought in Europe.

Yes or No

The Thirty Years' War began in Prussia.

Yes or No

Roman Catholic France naturally fought against the Protestant cause in the  Thirty Years' War.

Which of the following was a Swedish king?

-Peter I

-Gustavas Adolphus

-Ivan IV

-Frederick II

Which of the following was not a goal of Peter the Great?

-westernization and modernization

-acquiring a warm-water port

-greater control of the Russian Orthodox Church

-introduction of censorship

In his quest for absolute power, which of the following did Louis XIV not accomplish?

-He appointed Jean-Baptiste Colbert as minister of finance.

-He placed lieutenant colonels over French regiments.

-He issued the Edict of Nantes.

-He built the palace of Versailles.

Colbert, as chief minister, favored all of the following except

-building a French navy.

-encouraging self-sufficiency.

-increasing exports.

-giving the French colonies freedom.

Which of the following was not accomplished by the Peace of Westphalia?

-Holland and Switzerland were granted independence.

-Germany became more politically fragmented.

-France emerged as the strongest European nation.

-Sweden became part of the Holy Roman Empire.

Which of the following is not true concerning the Thirty Years' War?

-It was the first great religious war in Europe.

-It began in Bohemia.

-Sweden championed the Protestant side.

-France, although a Roman Catholic nation, joined the Protestant side.

Which of the following was not one of Richelieu's accomplishments?

-He placed undue restrictions on the Huguenots.

-He weakened the nobility by replacing them with intendants.

-He brought France into the Thirty Years' War.

-He repressed the Frondes.

The leading absolutist nation in Europe during the seventeenth century was which of the following?

-Austria

-England

-France

-Prussia

Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century kings increased their royal power by doing all of the following except

-decreasing the size of the army.

-decreasing the size of the church.

-increasing the size of government bureaucracy.

-increasing the size of their territory.