Absolutism
Review
French Protestants
What are Huguenots?
A political system in which a ruler
holds total power.
What is absolutism?
The French Wars of Religion ended
when
a. The Catholics defeated the Protestants
b. Elizabeth I became the queen of France.
c. The Huguenots defeated the Catholics in
battle.
d. Henry IV was crowned king of France and
converted to Catholicism.
D. When Henry IV became king of
France and converted to Catholicism.
One of the richest parts of Philip II’s
empire was
a.
b.
c.
d.
Morocco
The Spanish Netherlands
Cuba
Ireland
B. The Spanish Netherlands.
The fleet of warships sent by Spanish
king Philip II to invade England was
called
a.
b.
c.
d.
A navy
An armada
A convoy
A squadron
B. An armada
Who became king of England through
the Glorious Revolution?
Who is William of Orange?
This made Catholicism the official
religion of France.
What is the Edict of Nantes?
What Russian Czar attempted to
westernize Russia?
Who is Peter the Great?
Rising prices.
What is inflation?
Magic in traditional European village
culture.
What is witchcraft?
Why did thousands of Puritans decide
to leave England for the Americas?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Oliver Cromwell became a military dictator.
Charles I tried to enforce Catholic practices.
Mary Tudor became queen of England.
They were being accused of witchcraft.
Answer: B
The Puritans were members of the
Church of England but wished to make
the church more Protestant.
Belief that kings receive their power
from God and are responsible only to
God.
What is divine right?
Queen Elizabeth’s Catholic half-sister.
Who is “Bloody Mary”?
This empire came to an end with the
Peace of Westphalia.
What is the Holy Roman Empire?
This is where most of the Thirty Years’
War was fought.
What is Germany?
The Civil War in England was a conflict
between
a.
b.
c.
d.
Catholics and Puritans
Catholics and the Church of England
Peasants and nobles
The king and parliament
Answer: d
The King and Parliament
This English document recognized
Parliament’s right to make laws,
prevented monarchs from raising
armies, and recognized the right to
jury trials.
What is the English Bill of Rights?
William and Mary’s 1688 “invasion” of
England.
What is the “Glorious Revolution”?
This treaty ended the Thirty Years’
War.
What is the Peace of Westphalia?
Military genius who led parliamentary
forces in England against Royalists
(kings’s supporters)
Who is Oliver Cromwell?
Most Catholic King
Who is Philip II of Spain?
English philosopher who believed that
absolutism was necessary to maintain
order in society.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
This philosopher believed that
government should protect the rights
of the people, and the people would
act reasonably toward the government
Who is John Locke?
The “Sun King”.
Who is Louis XIV?
Grand palace that was the location of
the government of France under Louis
XIV.
What is Versailles?
This country in Central Europe had the
4th largest army under Frederick
William the Great Elector
What is Prussia?
The first Russian to be called CZAR.
Who was Ivan IV?
City that was Peter’s “window to the
West”.
What is St. Petersburg?
He set the standard for playwrights in
the 1580s.
Who was William Shakespear?