Chapter 4

Question 0

Absolute monarchy

Answer 0

Monarchy has all the power

Question 1

Hapsburg dynasty

Answer 1

Rulers of Austria, Maria Theresa, Ferdinand and Isabella, Charles V

Question 2

Divine right

Answer 2

The excuse that God himself chose the ruler

Question 3

Don Quixote

Answer 3

Book by Miguel de Cervantes

Question 4

El Greco

Answer 4

Painter in the Spanish golden age

Question 5

Spanish Armada

Answer 5

Spanish navy

Question 6

Elizabeth I

Answer 6

Ruler of England (Protestant but tolerated catholics)

Question 7

Phillip II

Answer 7

Ruler of Spain (catholic, taxed heavily)

Question 8

Intendants

Answer 8

Tax collectors to help the king that eventually became the bourgeoise

Question 9

Merchantilism

Answer 9

System of trade by acquiring colonies

Question 10

Huguenots

Answer 10

Calvinists; France

Question 11

“Paris is worth a mass”

Answer 11

Said by Huguenot Henry IV; converted to Catholicism to rule France

Question 12

Henry IV

Answer 12

Huguenot, turned catholic for political and social power

Question 13

Edict of Nantes

Answer 13

Freed Huguenots from persecution in France

Question 14

Cardinal Richelieu

Answer 14

Ran France until Louis was of age

Question 15

“Sea-Dogs”

Answer 15

Thugs hired by Elizabeth I to combat Phillip II

Question 16

Tudor dynasty

Answer 16

Dynasty that ran England (Elizabeth I)

Question 17

Bourbon dynasty

Answer 17

Dynasty that ran France (Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette)

Question 18

Romanov dynasty

Answer 18

Dynasty that ran Russia (Peter the great, Catherine the great)

Question 19

Hohenzollern dynasty

Answer 19

Dynasty that ran Prussia

Question 20

Stuart dynasty

Answer 20

Dynasty that ran England for a short time (James I, Charles I)

Question 21

Balance of power

Answer 21

System of checks and balances to ensure that no one branch gets all the power

Question 22

Versailles

Answer 22

The palace and grounds for the king of France, about 13 miles from Paris

Question 23

Louis XIV

Answer 23

“Sun King” because he was the center of the universe, made first full time army

Question 24

"I am the state"

Answer 24

Said by Luis XIV, meant that he is the law

Question 25

Puritans

Answer 25

Calvinists who had no fun and were very plain

Question 26

Thirty Years' War

Answer 26

Protestants vs Catholics

Question 27

Peace of Westphalia

Answer 27

Treaty that ended the Thirty Years' War

Question 28

Parliament

Answer 28

"House of lords and House of Commons" the 'congress' of England

Question 29

Limited monarchy

Answer 29

Still a monarchy, but legislative branch checks the power of the King

Question 30

Oliver Cromwell

Answer 30

"Lord protector" Puritan dictator of Europe

Question 31

English civil war

Answer 31

Cavaliers (nobles) vs Roundheads (untrained civilians)(new model army) left England with puritans in charge

Question 32

Common wealth

Answer 32

Means that England is now for the common people

Question 33

Glorious revolution

Answer 33

Bloodless revolution; left Mary and William of Orange in charge; no more divine right

Question 34

English bill of rights

Answer 34

Parliament creates laws and the monarchy cannot interfere, parliament can meet whenever they want, monarch must be Anglican, jury trial, right to speedy trial, no excessive bail, no cruel or unusual punishment

Question 35

Prussia

Answer 35

Modern day Germany, ran by Hohenzollerns

Question 36

Peter the great

Answer 36

Ruler of Russia, westernized it after visiting friends

Question 37

Westernization Russia

Answer 37

By Peter the Great; imported technology from the west

Question 38

Boyars

Answer 38

Nobles of Russia; forced to cut off their beards by Peter the Great; forced to do a service to the state which made them become officers or part of the government

Question 39

Partition of Poland

Answer 39

Poland was invaded in three different parts; ceased to exist