Author Question: What did Cardinal Richelieu understand to be the biggest roadblock to building a strong monarchy in ... (Read 70 times)

tichca · **on:** Sep 12, 2019

Question 1

Which of the following statements in regard to the war in the Pacific is NOT true?

a. The Japanese lost their initiative at the Battle of Midway.
b. The breaking of the Japanese naval code was important to the American offensive.
c. Japanese suffered a severe loss to its potential air power at Midway.
d. Japanese soldiers surrendered by the thousands fearing they would be abandoned on isolated Pacific islands.
e. Americans feared the entry of the Soviet Union in the Pacific Theater.

Question 2

What did Cardinal Richelieu understand to be the biggest roadblock to building a strong monarchy in Louis XIV's France?

a. The rising cost of warfare
b. The weakness of the Bourbons
c. Resistance by the great nobles
d. Armed uprisings by workers in Paris
e. Peasant revolts in the countryside