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 ?