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A Formation of Modern National States occurred during the end of Low Middle Ages, a period marked by the understanding on the part of some rich nobles that the feudalism no longer met their needs.

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Exercises on the Formation of Modern National States

1 — (Pucsp) “The royal throne is not the throne of a man, but the throne of God himself. Kings are gods and participate in some way in divine independence. The king sees from farther and from higher; one must believe that he sees better…” (Jacques Bossuet.).

These statements by Bossuet refer to the context:

a) of the twelfth century, in France, in which there was a profound rupture between Church and State due to the fact that the Pope sought to exercise monarchical power as a representative of God.

b) of the tenth century, in England, in which the Catholic Church acted in total agreement with the feudal nobility.
c) the 18th century, in England, in which the Enlightenment conception of government was developed, as it is exposed.
d) of the seventeenth century, in France, in which national monarchies were consolidated.
e) the 16th century, in Spain, at the time of the union of the thrones of Aragon and Castile.

2 — The decline of feudalism enabled the development of a new political configuration, known as the Modern State, which was characterized by:

a) sovereignty of the Church, territorial unification, delimited borders, centralization of power in the hands of the monarch.
b) sovereignty of the kingdom, territorial unification, delimited borders, centralization of power in the hands of the monarch.
c) sovereignty of the kingdom, territorial unification, delimited borders, centralization of power in the hands of the Church.
d) sovereignty of the kingdom, territorial unification, absence of delimitation of frontiers, centralization of power in the hands of the monarch.

3 — What were one of the pillars of the Modern State?

a) The rise of the Church, holder of a centralized power that would not suffer interference from the king. Its influence would be exerted over the population and the territory.
b) The rise of the bourgeoisie, holder of a centralized power that would not suffer interference from the Church. Its influence would be exerted over the population and the territory.
c) The rise of the king, holder of a centralized power that would not suffer interference from the Church. Its influence would be exerted over the population and the territory.
d) The rise of the bourgeoisie, holder of a centralized power that would not suffer interference from the king. Its influence would be exerted over the population and the territory.

4 — In order to strengthen and guarantee their autonomy, monarchies invested in:

a) professional armies.
b) intellectual studies.
c) manual studies.
d) universities.

5 — (UEL) Around the 16th century, he was associated with the formation of European national monarchies:

a) the demand for protectionism on the part of the emerging mercantile bourgeoisie and the circulation of an absolutist political ideology.
b) the political-economic affirmation of the feudal aristocracy and the liberal ideological support for the centralization of the State.
c) overseas navigations and conquests and the desire to implement a free market world economy.
d) the growth of the contingent of peasant labor and the presence of the bourgeois conception of the dictatorship of the proletariat.
e) the emergence of a religious cultural vanguard and the strong influence of French skepticism defending the divine right of kings.

6 — What were the main Modern National States?

a) England, France, Portugal and Sweden.
b) Norway, France, Portugal and Spain.
c) England, France, Denmark and Spain.
d) England, France, Portugal and Spain.

7 — European nations created their own form of political centralization based on:

a) Crisis of feudalism, emergence of the bourgeoisie, maritime expansion, commercial development and population growth.
b) Crisis of feudalism, emergence of monarchy, maritime expansion, commercial development and population growth.
c) Crisis of feudalism, emergence of Lutheranism, maritime expansion, commercial development and population growth.
d) Crisis of feudalism, emergence of the bourgeoisie, expansion of Church power, commercial development and population growth.

8 — The bourgeois were responsible for the emergence of free fairs, which triggered the development of commerce. What was this period called?

a) Cultural and urban renaissance.
b) Commercial and urban renaissance.
c) Commercial and cultural renaissance.
d) Commercial, urban and artistic renaissance.

9 — (FUVEST) – In the formation process of the National States of France and England, the following aspects can be identified:

a) strengthening of the power of the nobility and delaying the formation of the Modern State.
b) expansion of the king's dependence on feudal lords and the Church.
c) disintegration of feudalism and political centralization.
d) decline of royal power and crisis of commercial capitalism.
e) weakening of the bourgeoisie and balance between the State and the Church.

10 — The ____________ became the most important figure in European society.

a) bishop
b) pope
c) priest
d) king

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