HIEU 202 Exam (all solutions provided are A+ Graded)

Conditions of life in Early Modern Europe correct answers *Unstable Feudal order eroding- nobles, peasants *World of death- "nasty, brutish, short", poverty was the norm, average lifespan of 25-27 years *The killers: WAR, plague (Black Death killed ⅓ of population), childbirth, starvation, hygiene *Marriage/Family- basic unit of society and economy, extended family, unpredictability of life put pressure to marry young, marriages broken by death, sense of community Louis XIV correct answers () Known as the Sun King, he was an absolute monarch that completely controlled France. One of his greatest accomplishments was the building of the palace at Versailles. The Society of Orders correct answers (Estate)- 3 tiers, 1st Clergy (priests), 2nd Aristocracy (knights/law), 3rd (everyone else/workers, 98%, craftsman, peasants, farmers), each group had laws, aristocrats couldn't be involved in business, Jews were hindered, class determined by birth Versailles correct answers A palace built by Louis XIV outside of Paris; it was home to Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette The traditional economy correct answers An economy in which production is based on customs and traditions and economic roles are typically passed down from one generation to the next. Siege of Vienna correct answers (1683) Ottoman Empire attemped to invade Vienna but they were stopped by Leopold I The Agricultural Revolution correct answers 1400s, pre-industrial needed 6 people working to feed 10, produced enough to eat, family was prominent production, commerce was trade/barter, no government central economy, church provides welfare, work was seasonal and task-oriented, time was season-oriented, farmers changed from 3 field 1 fallow to 4 field green rotation, potato introduced(easy and nutritious) War of the Spanish Succession correct answers a conflict, lasting from 1701 to 1713, in which a number of European states fought to prevent the Bourbon family from controlling Spain as well as France, This was the war between France and Spain in order to unite the two states under one ruler, Phillip V Guilds correct answers "guilds" oversee trades for standards of production and regulate prices and oversaw promotion Common Law correct answers A legal system based on custom and court rulings The Commercial Revolution correct answers necessities made at home farm, trained craftsman for wood and silk etc., "guilds" oversee trades for standards of production and regulate prices and oversaw promotion, 7 year servant idea came from Bible, change in surplus from productivity,