1

How did the Revolution of 1688 affect

Ireland?

2

Compare Roundheads vs.

Cavaliers & Whigs vs. Tories.

3

Who did Louis XIV prefer to hire for his

administrative staff?

4

What is the Fronde?

5

What does Colbert’s Five Great Farms

state?

6

Who were the greatest winners

of the Spanish Succession?

7

What country was able to excel the most in their economy and especially in shipping?

8

Name the parallels between France and

Britain after the death of Louis XIV (1715) and the War of the Spanish

Succession (1714).

9

Who governed England after King Charles I

was executed?

10

How many sovereign states were in the Holy Roman Empire?

11

What is a liberum veto?

What is the terminology

involved with it?

12

Who was the founder of the

modern Habsburg Empire?

13

Who is the first Russian ruler to assume the title

of tsar?

14

What do the elite and popular

classes of people have in common?

15

All of the following are true of Prussia’s social structure EXCEPT:

A. The Junkers commanded the army and there were few bourgeois officers.

B. Legislation forbade the sale of noble lands to commoners.

C. It was easier for the bourgeoisie to attain noble statues than in France.

D. The Prussian middle class was not wealthy.

16

In 1740, Prussia was able to

conquer this land.

17

Define Divine Right.

Who created the term?

18

Why was Charles I forced to call

Parliament back into session, 11 years after

he dissolved them?

19

Name some policies

created by J.B. Colbert.

20

After 1415, the electors of Brandenburg usually

came from which family?

Which country did Brandenburg eventually

become?

21

What did Frederick William of

Brandenburg rely the most on after the Thirty Years’ War?

22

Which country does Russia

most resemble?

23

Peter the Great imposed

a lot of his taxes on who?

24

Why is popular culture difficult for historians

to reconstruct?

25

Explain the main reasons for the

Bank of Amsterdam becoming so successful.

26

Who does Jacobites support?

What were the two rebellions called?

27

Why were the “heirs” of the throne in Great Britain considered to be the old pretender

and the young pretender?

28

Explain the concept of the Pragmatic

Sanction.Who are the main

contenders involved with it?

29

The Peace of Utrecht changed the balance

of power in Europe by checking this country.

30

What did Frederick William I, King of

Prussia, accomplish with his army from

1713-1740?