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World Hist Ch21-22
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In his novel, Don Quijote de la Mancha, _________ wrote about a poor Spanish nobleman who chases after windmills | Cervantes |
| Phillip II believed it was his duty to defend ___________ from its enemies in Europe and the Ottoman Empire | Catholicism |
| _____ failed to develop a middle class in the 1500s because the tax burden on the lower classes prevented their ability to begin businesses | Spain |
| What is an absolute monarch? How was absolutism encouraged by the belief in the divine right of monarchs and the upheavals of the times? | A king or queen that holds all the pwoer of the state. With God, not peoples, as their only authority, they claimed all power and stripped Nobles of say in state matters. This was bound to unravel the economy |
| magnificent palace built for Louis XIV | Versailles |
| Writer turned skeptic who developed the essay | Montagine |
| Minister of finance under Louis XIV whose policies of mercantilism caused France's economy to grow and prosper | Jean Baptiste Colbert |
| How did religious and political turmoil in France encourage absolutism? how did it encourage Skepticism? | rebellions were struggling with power within their own parties, and suffering oppression from government during riots and rebellious acts, it became easier on them to simply abide by the word of one monarch than set up their own *failing* governments |
| In the mid-1600s, the group that was LEAST dependant of the labor of the serfs was that of | the Nations of Western Europe |
| The war of the Austrian Succession was fought over the possession of lands belonging to | Maria Theresa |
| In Europe, the seven years war resulted in | No exchange of territories in Europe |
| What were some of the most important results of the Thirty Year's War? | Ended religious squabbles in Europe, and Europe became a group of equal individual states. |
| The first Russian Ruler to adopt the title czar, meanign Caesar, was | Ivan the Terrible |
| Ivan the Terrible’s cruelty was aimed mainly at | the nobles |
| At the time that Peter the Great took the throne, the most essential part of the Russian economy was | serfs |
| Why did Peter the Great decide to westernize Russia, and what are some things he did to accomplish this? | Religiousl political, and physical barriers kep Russia isolated from the rest of Europe, and so Peter took a trip to learn about western tech and trade and bring that stuff back to Russia |
| This king of England was tried and then put to death. | Charles I |
| Parliament’s financial power was an obstacle to this type of government. | Absolute Monarchy |
| This king of Scotland inherited Elizabeth I’s throne as well as her conflicts with Parliament. | King James I |
| What were some of the most important political changes that resulted from the Glorious Revolutions? | Constitutional Monarchy Bill of rights Cabinet system |
| .This great mathematician and physicist brought together some of the theories and discoveries of Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo under a single theory of motion known as the law of universal gravitation. | Isaac Newton |
| studying planetary movements for many years, this guy reasoned that the stars and planets revolved around the sun, an . Fearing ridicule or persecution, he didn't publish his findings until 1543, the year of his death. | Nicolaus Copernicus |
| discovered the law of the pendulum and that falling objects fall at fixed and predictable rates.He lived the last years of his life under house arrest because his scientific findings did not go along with the Church Teachings | Galileo Galilei |
| What was so Revolutionary about the scientific revolution, make sure to include scientific method in your answer | Many people were coming up with their own theories as to how the world functions Ideas on science and math in particular, often times using the scientific method to make observations and bring new ideas to plausibility. |
| In A Vindication of the Rights of Women, this political thinker presented an argument for the education of women. She also declared that women should have the same political rights as men. | Mary Wollstonecraft |
| This philosopher’s ideas greatly influenced criminal law reformers in Europe and North America. He argued against the use of torture and other common abuses of justice. | Cesare Bonesana Beccaria |
| This guy's masterful use of satire got him into trouble with the clergy, the aristocracy and the government of France. Despite serving two prison terms and being exiled never stopped fighting for tolerance, reason, freedom of religion, and speech. | Voltaire |
| What were some of the most important effects of the Enlightenment | Sparked three major lasting changes: the belief in progress, a more secular outlook on life and the world, and the importance of the infividual |
| Abolished Serfdom | Joseph II |
| Composed classical music | Hayden, Mozart, and Beethoven |
| Brutally crushed a massive uprising of serfs | Catherin the Great |
| What were some of the ways that western culture changed in response to the Enlightenment Ideas? | The arts, especially music and architecture, began to exhibit more of the neoclassical, classical, and boroque styles, and literature began to flourish, specifically witht the coming of the novel |
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