AP European History Chapter 15 Study Guide: State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century

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1 AP European History Name: Chapter 15 Study Guide: State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century Identifications: On index cards, identify the following. 1. Thirty Years War 19. Bourbon dynasty 2. Defenstration of Prague 20. War of the League of 3. Albrecht von Wallenstein Augsburg 4. Edict of Restitution 21. War of the Spanish 5. Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden Succession 22. Peace of Utrecht 6. Peace of Westphalia 23. Hohenzollern dynasty 7. Standing armies 24. Brandenburg-Prussia 8. Absolutism 25. Frederick William the Great 9. Divine-right monarchy Elector 10. Bishop Jacques Bossuet 26. Ivan the Terrible 11. Louis XIV 27. Boyars 12. Cardinal Richelieu 13. Intendants 14. Cardinal Mazarin 15. Parlement of Paris 16. The Fronde 17. Versailles 28. Peter the Great 29. William of Orange 30. United Provinces of the Netherlands 31. James I of England 32. Gentry 18. Jean-Baptiste Colbert 33. Charles I of England 34. Long Parliament 35. English Civil War 36. Oliver Cromwell 37. Levellers 38. English restoration 39. Glorious Revolution 40. William and Mary 41. English Bill of Rights 42. Thomas Hobbes 43. John Locke 44. Mannerism 45. Baroque 46. Peter Paul Rubens 47. Gian Lorenzo Bernini 48. Dutch Realism 49. Rembrant van Rijn 50. William Shakespeare Questions: Complete the following as you read the chapter. 1. Explain the social crises that arose in Europe in the seventeenth century. a. Economic: b. Population: c. Environmental: 2. Examine the witchcraft craze of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. a. Origins: b. Spread: c. Decline: 3. Explain the political situation that led to the outbreak of the Thirty Years War.

2 4. Briefly describe the following phases of the Thirty Years War. Phase Participants Overview 5. Explain the outcomes of the war. a. Religious: b. Territorial: c. Economic: d. Social: 6. Explain why some historians consider the Thirty Years War to have prompted a military revolution. 7. Explain the theory of divine-right monarchy as espoused by Bishop Jacques Bossuet. 8. Describe how Cardinal Richelieu was instrumental in the establishment of a French absolute monarchy. 9. How did Cardinal Mazarin build on the efforts of Cardinal Richelieu?

3 10. Examine the reign of Louis XIV of France. Establishing rule Government administration Religious policy Financial issues Life at Versailles 11. Summarize the causes, events, and results of Louis XIV s wars. War Summary

4 12. Describe the goals and evaluate the success of Louis XIV s wars. 13. Explain the decline of Spain under the following. Philip III Philip IV 14. Describe the contributions of Frederick William the Great Elector to the rise of Brandenburg-Prussia. 15. Describe the emergence of Austria under the rule of Leopold I. 16. Describe how Italy progressed from Spanish to Austrian rule. 17. Describe Russian society in the seventeenth century. 18. Analyze the reforms of Peter the Great of Russia in the following areas. a. Europeanization: b. Army and navy: c. Government: d. Table of Ranks:

5 e. Revenue: f. Orthodox Church: g. Western customs: h. Women: 19. Evaluate the success of Peter s attempts to make Russia a military power. 20. Describe the development of various monarchies in the seventeenth century. Denmark Sweden Ottoman Empire 21. What were the limits of absolutism? 22. Explain why the monarchy in Poland was weak. 23. Describe the Golden Age of the Dutch Republic in terms of politics. 24. What was life like in seventeenth-century Amsterdam?

6 25. Examine England s development throughout the seventeenth century. James I Charles I Civil War Commonwealth Charles II James II William and Mary 26. What is the significance of the English Bill of Rights? 27. Describe the philosophical responses to upheaval in English politics. a. Thomas Hobbes: b. John Locke: 28. Summarize the following elements of European culture. a. Mannerism: b. Baroque period: c. French classicism: d. Dutch realism: e. William Shakespeare: f. Spanish literature: g. French drama: