WESTERN CIVILIZATION

WESTERN CIVILIZATION NAME _________________________

Test #3_B

Use the map of Europe attached to the end of the test to answer the following five questions:

1. _____1. This country, which is labeled A , is

a. Denmark;

b. Sweden;

c. Spain;

d. Holland.

2. _____2. This region, which is labeled B , is

a. Flanders;

b. Normandy;

c. Prussia;

d. Andalusia.

3. _____3. This region, which is labeled C , is

a. Ireland;

b. Scotland;

c. Wales;

d. Cornwall

4. _____4. This island, which is labeled D , is

a. Ireland;

b. Britain;

c. Iceland;

d. Manhattan.

5. _____5. This region, which is labeled E , is

a. Flanders;

b. Normandy;

c. Aquitaine/Bordeaux;

d. Burgundy.

The following questions come from the lectures or readings:

6. _____6. If you leave DENMARK and travel to LOMBARDY, you are going in what general direction

a. north;

b. south;

c. west;

d. east.

7. _____7. Which of the following English kings is in the correct order?

a. William I, Henry VII, Richard I, John I and Edward I;

b. Henry II, Richard I, Edward II, Henry VII, and Elizabeth;

c. William I, Henry II, Henry VIII, Edward I and John I;

d. Henry I, John I, Henry VII, Elizabeth, and Henry VIII.

8. _____8. Henry VII, the first of the Tudor kings, won this war to become English king

a. War of the Three Henries;

b. War of the Three Kings;

c. Hundred Years War;

d. War of the Roses.

9. _____9. What English king was the protagonist, hero/villain, of the movie “Braveheart”

a. Edward I;

b. Edward II;

c. Edward III;

d. Edward, the Black Prince

10. _____10. The last of the Tudor kings was one of the great Queens of England. She was Queen

a. Mary;

b. Mary, Queen of Scots;

c. Buella;

d. Elizabeth.

11. _____11. What happened as a result of the Battle of Hastings in 1066?

a. William the Conqueror became the king of England and the Duke of Normandy

b. Harold, king of the Saxons, successfully defended his island against Norman invaders;

c. The Spanish Armada was defeated;

d. all vassals in England had to take an oath of loyalty to their new king, Harold.

12. _____12. The long struggle of the people of Spain to regain control of their country from the Muslims was known as

a. the Third Crusade;

b. the Reconstitutione;

c. the War of Vengeance;

d. the Reconquista.

13. _____13. The year 1492 is memorable in Spanish history because in that year Columbus discovered the New World and

a. Cordova finally fell to the Moors;

b. Portugal rejoined the Spanish crown;

c. France joined the crusade against the Moors;

d. Leon, Castile, and Aragon finally were united to Granada.

14. _____14. What is the major reason for the rapid demise of imperial Spain in the 1500 and 1600?

a. its defeat by France;

b. its defeat during the First Crusade;

c. the mis-use of the gold and silver of the New World;

d. the defeat of the Spanish Armada.

15. _____15. The Huguenot massacre of 1572 was called the

a. Three Henries' Massacre;

b. St. Bartholomew's (Eve) Day Massacre;

c. Paris Massacre;

d. Protestant Massacre.

16. _____16. The first four Capetian monarchs accomplished all the following EXCEPT

a. the defeat and conversion of the Viking invaders;

b. success in keeping kingship alive and in their family;

c. the extension over a lot of what is now, France;

d. the establishment of an alliance with the Pope.

17. _____17. The first Capetian king who was elected king, and was able to get his son Robert elected his associate or co-ruler was

a. Hugh Capet;

b. Louis the Fat;

c. Odo;

d. Louis the Sluggard.

18. _____18. The king of France who became known as the “spider king” because of his crafty and ignoble character was

a. Louis XI; b. Philip IV; c. Philip II; d. Louis IX.

19. _____19. Although a dispute over the French throne was the excuse for the beginning of the Hundred Years' War, a more significant cause was

a. the desire of the English to try out their secret weapon, the longbow;

b. the desire of the English to revenge the Norman conquest of their country

c. the importance of the English coal trade with Flanders;

d. the English king's attempt to become king of France.

20. _____20. The Edict of Nantes:

a. gave Hugh Capet his formal recognition as king;

b. allowed the Huguenots to practice their religion discreetly;

c. called upon the French king to allow the Pope to invest France’s bishops;

d. granted religious freedom.

21. _____21. All the following were important results of the Hundred Years' War, EXCEPT

a. Feudalism was dealt a serious blow;

b. the French feudal aristocrats were virtually annihilated;

c. the absolutism of the French monarch was strengthened;

d. England was now considered a major player on the European continent.

22. _____22. Ivan the Terrible was

a. brought Christianity to Russia;

b. was a repressive and autocratic leader;

c. died while rescuing a peasant swimming in the Moscow River;

d. was the last Mongol ruler of Russia.

23. _____23. Peter the Great introduced all the following, EXCEPT

a. a Parliament;

b. the new capital city of St. Petersburg;

c. the French language;

d. western military reforms.

24. _____24. The episode at Canossa shows best

a. the disagreement between rulers and Church over the power to appoint ecclesiastical officials;

b. the unhappiness of the Germans over sending church money to Rome;

c. a hatred of canon law;

d. the Church's refusal to relinquish the 'Benefit of clergy.'

25. _____25. For “Germany”, aka The Holy Roman Empire, “strike two” was the

a. Golden Bull of 1356;

b. the death of Charlemagne;

c. the religious wars which ended with the Peace of Augsburg;

d. the Thirty Years War.

26. _____26. An important factor explaining the failure of Germany and Italy to achieve a national states during the Middle Ages was

a. that both areas regarded the sanctity of private property;

b. the power of the local princes was greater than the “national” leader;

c. the lack of urbanization in both areas;

d. the lack of the development of a middle class to work with the kings.

27. _____27. During the Thirty Years War this German city was sack and then burned

a. Vienna;

b. Berlin;

c. Magdeburg;

d. Prague.

28. _____28. The third phase of the Thirty Years War started when this ruler landed his forces on the shores of the baltic Sea?

a. Christian of Denmark

b. Ferdinand II of Austria

c. Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden

d. Casmir of Poland

29. _____29. The Dutch struggle for independence, the civil war in France, and the Bohemian phase of the Thirty Years' War all

a. were caused by England's interference in Continental affairs;

b. involved a clash between militant Protestantism and resurgent Catholicism;

c. resulted in Spanish Victories;

d. encouraged Turkish advance in the Balkans

30. _____30. The Peace of Westphalia in 1648

a. strengthened the emperor's control over the empire;

b. put an end to the election of Holy Roman emperors;

c. made the princes of the empire more independent than ever;

d. provided for a permanent Hapsburg emperor.

31. _____31. Which of the following are placed in their correct order:

a. first amongst equals kings, feudal monarchs, and divine right kings.

b. first amongst equals kings, divine right kings, and feudal monarchs.

c. feudal monarchs, divine right kings, and first amongst equals kings.

d. divine right kings, feudal monarchs, and first amongst equals kings.

32. _____32. Crecy, Poitiers, Formigny, and Agincourt were all

a. battles in the Hundred Years War

b. cities in the Flanders League

c. battles in the Thirty Years War

d. Italian city-states .

33. _____33. Called by some “Stupor Mundi”, Wonder of the World.“ He has been called the first modern ruler of Europe, the first absolutist monarch, and one of the most amoral, Machiavellian rulers ever produced. He was

a. Henry IV,

b. Conrad III,

c. Frederick I “Barbarrosa”,

d. Frederick II.

34. _____34. Maximilian Sully, the Duke de Sully

a. lead a major rebellion against Henry II;

b. helped free France from the control of Rome;

c. made the princes of the France more independent;

d. helped France economically by building roads, canals and bridges.

35. _____35. Sidney Painter states that one of the distinguishing factors of a Germanic kingdom is

a. hereditary monarchs;

b. controlled only a small amount of land around his castle;

c. new monarchs;

d. divine right monarchs.

36. _____36. The author of “Mother Courage and Her Children” was

a. Thomas Mann;

b. Bertolt Brecht;

c. Gunter Grass;

d. Harry Hopkins.

37. _____37. The term “Raison d’etat”- everything to the state- is associated with

a. Cardinal Mazarin;

b. Abbott Suger;

c. Machiavelli;

d. Cardinal Richelieu.

38. _____38. A “Nation-State” according to the definition given by Mr. Sidoli has

a. must have one language;

b. must be of one ethnicity;

c. some territorial boundary;

d. must have one religion.

39. _____39. French advisor to King Louis XIII,

a. Sugar;

b. Richelieu;

c. Rene De Pew;

d. Einhart.

Questions 40-50 are to be done on this sheet of paper in the space provided for you below the Timeline questions

40-45. TIMELINE: PLACE THE FOLLOWING IN THEIR ORDER OF OCCURRENCE:

A. Battle of Crecy

B. Peace of Augsburg

C. End of the Thirty Years War

D. Hundred Year War begins

E. William conquers England

F. Wallenstein leads Holy Roman Empire’s army

46-50. TIMELINE: PLACE THE FOLLOWING IN THEIR ORDER OF OCCURRENCE:

A. Battle of Rocroi

B. Joan of Arch

C. Peace of Westphalia

D. Canossa

E. Defenestration of Prague