European History Quiz 1

  1. Developed by: B. McNally

This quiz covers European History from the Reformation to the Industrial Revolution. See how much you know about this period in history

Question 1: The English Reformation came about because _____.
Parliament wished to destroy the church
Henry VIII wanted a new wife
Philip II hated the pope

Question 2: The executive power under Louis XIV of France operated through four royal councils. Which council handled taxes and tariffs?
Council of Finance
Council of Dispatch
Council of State
Privy Council

Question 3: The Glorious Revolution was significant for ____.
Returning England to a Catholic Commonwealth
Bloodlessly deposing James II in favor of William and Mary
Restoring Charles II and the Stuart Dynasty to power

Question 4: Louis XIV of France reduced the power of his nobles by ___.
Bribing them with marriage alliances
Keeping them at court with trivial duties
Keeping them away at battle

Question 5: The secret Treaty of Dover between Louis XIV of France and Charles II of England gave enough money to ___.
Rule without Parliament
Persecute Catholics
Build a navy to fight the Dutch

Question 6: The Toleration Act of 1689 granted religious freedom for everyone except for ___ and ___.
Protestants and Catholics
Unitarians and Catholics
Unitarians and Protestants
Anglicans and Puritans
Anglicans and Catholics

Question 7: Those massacred on St. Bartholomew's Day were ___.
Catholics
Jews
Huguenots

Question 8: In England, the Restoration refers to ___.
The end of the persecution of the Catholics
A time of civil war and anarchy
The return of the monarchy

Question 9: The incident that prompted the Glorious Revolution in 1688 was ___.
The birth of a son to the king who would be raised a Catholic
The king's marriage to the Duchess of Orange
A religious alliance with France

Question 10: Charles I of England ___.
Reigned peacefully for 42 years
Built a new palace after the Great London Fire
Was executed by his own people after the English Civil War

Question 11: In "The Spirit of the Laws" he argued that a government should respond to its environment.
Rousseau
Voltaire
Montesquieu

Question 12: In contrast to absolute monarchs, a constitutional monarch is limited by ____.
His own sense of morality
God
The law

Question 13: The purpose of the Congress of Vienna was to ___.
Curb the British Empire's bid for power
Squash the French Revolution
Rework European boundaries in the aftermath of Napoleon

Question 14: Brazilian independence ____.
Came as the result of a series of bloody battles
Was resisted by Don Pedro and his Portuguese Army
Came relatively peaceful

Question 15: Napoleon failed to subdue the Russians in 1812 because ____.
His army succumbed to the oppressive summer heat
He was overextended and the Russians refused to surrender
He could not break through the Russian defenses at Moscow

Question 16: Although the new governments of Latin America called themselves republics, they were actually __.
Democracies
Monarchies
Dictatorships

Question 17: This battle finally ended Napoleon's power and resulted in his banishment to St. Helena, where he died.
Battle of Waterloo
Battle of Berlin
Battle of Austerlitz

Question 18: The corrupt and inefficient government overthrown by Napoleon I.
Directory
Council of Five Hundred
National Convention

Question 19: Czar Nicholas I of Russia created this division of the government to put down agitation and discontent.
Third Section
Third Estate
KGB

Question 20: The 1848 upheavals in France led to the abdication and flight of this "Citizen King".
Louis XVI
Louis Philippe
Charles X

Question 21: In China, representatives of foreign countries had to perform this ritual by prostrating themselves on the floor before the emperor 3 times and knock their heads on the floor as a sign of submission.
Kowtow
Hara-Kiri
Seppuku

Question 22: It means rebirth and refers to the movement to win Italian unity and liberty.
Risorgimento
Reconquista
Rialto

Question 23: This was the period of disillusioned conservatism that followed the Reign of Terror.
Directory
18 Brumaire
Thermidorian Reaction

Question 24: These were Latin American military dictators who concentrated power in their own hands, rewriting or ignoring constitutions in the process.
Conquistadores
Caudillos
Comunists

Question 25: The monarch who came to the throne once Napoleon was exiled to Elba.
Charles X
Louis XVIII
Louis Philippe

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