ap euro mu 5 wayground review questions

Name three monarchs that represent absolutism.

Philip II, Louis XIV, Peter the Great (embraced power over his people)

Provide the four qualities that central and eastern European states attempted to adopt when Westernizing. One of the qualities is _________.

Western culture

What are two example conflicts that exemplify Balance of Power Diplomacy?

Nine Years War, War of Spanish Succession

What was the result of both of these wars?

Stalemates, but the coalitions successfully stopped France

(a) Causes of the Seven Years' War

Colonial rivalry between France and Britain, American colonists threatened Indian autonomy, British colonial expansion threatened French-Indian trade networks

(b) Effects of the Seven Years' War

Britain expanded its territorial holdings greatly, Attempts to consolidate control over the colonies, Imperial efforts to raise revenues, Attempts by Britain to stop westward expansion (Royal Proclamation of 1763)

How did Louis XIV control religion?

Revoked Edict of Nantes

Provide two ways Catherine the Great of Russia was NOT 'enlightened' or 'Western.'

Reinforced serfdom, Empowered nobles

What is the name for a document that provides governments with a set of written rules / laws / limitations?

English Bill of Rights

How did Louis XIV control administration? (Fill in the blank)

Centralized, noble-run government (placed at Palace of Versailles)

Identify three ways Joseph II of Austria was ‘enlightened.’

He promoted religious tolerance, abolished serfdom, and reformed the legal system.

What was the name of the revolution in which Parliament surpassed the monarch’s power in England?

Glorious Revolution

How did Louis XIV control culture?

censorship or patronage

This was the name for rulers who were inspired by 18th-century philosophical ideas and were more concerned about individual rights and the people of the state than themselves.

Enlightenment absolutists

Provide the four qualities that central and eastern European states attempted to adopt when Westernizing. Fill in the blank: One of the qualities is _________.

Improved military and technology

Provide two ways Frederick II (the Great) of Prussia Westernized.

Centralized military, Centralized bureaucracy

Who did the Parliament invite over to invade in order to chase out and replace James II?

William of Orange

Provide the four qualities that central and eastern European states attempted to adopt when Westernizing. Fill in the blank: One of the qualities is _________.

Centralized, noble-run government

What was Parliament’s primary issue with James II?

catholicism

What was the agreement Parliament negotiated with the future, invading monarch?

parliamentary sovereignty

What are the two primary things the gentry of Parliament wanted to protect?

Speech & liberty (property implied)

Provide two changes Parliament won after the ‘bloodless’ revolution.

Parliamentary sovereignty and free elections

Who was the Russian leader who westernized under the French/Louis XIV model?

Peter the Great

Provide two ways Catherine the Great of Russia was 'enlightened.'

Enlightenment culture, Separated church and state

What was a reoccurring strategy used by the Grand Alliance in these wars?

Slowing France’s economy; blockade

Provide three monarchs that represent Enlightened absolutism.

Joseph II, Catherine the Great, Frederick the Great

How was Frederick II of Prussia 'enlightened?'

Religious toleration

Provide the four qualities that central and eastern European states attempted to adopt when Westernizing. Fill in the blank: One of the qualities is _________

maritime trade

Provide two things James I believed in or did to control the state.

Dismissed Parliament, Controlled culture/finances