Chapter 21

Question 1

Religion of Phillip of Spain

Answer 1

Catholic

Question 2

Domenikos Theotokopoulos was commonly called _____

Answer 2

El Greco

Question 3

Author of Don Quixote de la Mancha

Answer 3

Cervantes

Question 4

This was imported from Spain’s American colonies and caused extreme inflation in Spain’s homeland

Answer 4

Silver

Question 5

This Spanish colony rebelled from Spanish Catholic rule and developed its own prosperous economy

Answer 5

Netherlands

Question 6

This Dutch artist painted many wealthy middle-class merchant portraits

Answer 6

Rembrandt

Question 7

Absolute monarchs believed they received their power directly from God as a _______

Answer 7

Divine right

Question 8

As Europe’s monarchs gained power over their dominions, _____ lost power over the people

Answer 8

Church

Question 9

The Huguenots were protestants in this country

Answer 9

France

Question 10

The edict of Nantes allowed for religious _______ throughout France

Answer 10

Toleration

Question 11

Cardinal _____ controlled France until the Bourbon monarchy produced a strong ruler

Answer 11

Richelieu

Question 12

This idea meant that nothing could ever be known for certain and led to constant questioning of all doctrine

Answer 12

Skepticism

Question 13

Most powerful of all French kings in the 1600s

Answer 13

Louis XIV

Question 14

Colbert believed in _____ and attempted to make France self-sufficient

Answer 14

Mercantilism

Question 15

This was the Royal Palace of France in the 1700s

Answer 15

Versailles

Question 16

This was the title of Louis XIV

Answer 16

Sun king

Question 17

This European royal family gained power over Spain after the War of Spanish Succession

Answer 17

Hapsburgs

Question 18

This led to the downfall of France’s greatness following Louis XIV’s rule

Answer 18

Debt

Question 19

Long religious conflict in central Europe in the 1600s (three words)

Answer 19

Thirty years war

Question 20

The peace of ______ ended the Thirty Years War in central Europe

Answer 20

Westphalia

Question 21

Center of Hapsburg rule in Europe

Answer 21

Austria

Question 22

Frederick the Great was the leader of this European power

Answer 22

Prussia

Question 23

Leading aristocracy of Prussia

Answer 23

Junkers

Question 24

Great European war that became a world war in the mid 1700s involving colonies in India, West Indies, and even North America

Answer 24

Seven years war

Question 25

Russian landowning nobles

Answer 25

Boyers

Question 26

Russian leading family in the 1600s, 1700s, and 1800s

Answer 26

Romanov

Question 27

Adjusted Russian focus toward European monarchies

Answer 27

Peter

Question 28

Great new Russian city on the Baltic Sea

Answer 28

St. Petersburg

Question 29

English king executed for refusing Parliament and Puritan reforms

Answer 29

Charles I

Question 30

Puritan leader who ruled England in the middle 1600s

Answer 30

Cromwell

Question 31

English law-making body

Answer 31

Parliament

Question 32

Part of English law that required sheriffs to 'produce the body' of an accused for trial

Answer 32

Habeas corpus

Question 33

This limited the monarch’s power in England in 1689

Answer 33

Bill of rights

Question 34

English governmental officials representing the major party in Parliament including prime minister

Answer 34

Cabinet