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Chapter 18 Vocab =)
Key Terms & People
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a ruler that has unlimited power and authority over his or her people ? | Absolute Monarch |
| the belief that a ruler's authority comes directly from God ? | Divine Right |
| became Holy Roman Empire ? | Charles V |
| an agreement between states in the Holy Roman Empire that gave each German prince the right to decide whether his state would be Catholic or Protestant ? | Peace of Augsburg |
| the son of Charles V who had ruled the Netherlands,Spain,Sicily,and Spain's colonies in Americas ? | Philip II |
| one of the most prominent painters who was a Greek, Domenico's Theotocopoulus ? | El Greco |
| an Spanish painter who created masterpieces that portray people Dignity ? | Diego Velazquez |
| an Fine writer who was known for his most famous artwork, Don Quixote De La Mancha ? | Miguel De Cervantes |
| an Mexican Nun who wrote poetry, prose, and plays ? | Sister Juana Ines Da la Cruz |
| a great fleet (130 ships and 20,000 men ) assembled by Spain in 1588 for an invasion of England ? | Spanish Armada |
| a French protestant / | Huguenot |
| August 24, 1572; a massacre of 6,000 to 8,000 Huguenots in Paris authorized by King Charles IX and his mother Catherine De Medici ? | Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre |
| In 1953 he had crowned Henry of Navarre of winning acceptance by converting to Catholicism ? | Henry IV |
| a declaration of French King Henry IV in which he promised that Protestants could live peacefully in France and were free to establish houses of worship in selected French cities ? | Edict of Nantes |
| he was very young when he was crowned ? | Louis XIII |
| an Catholic churchman who became Louis XIII chief minister and most trusted adviser ? | Cardinal Richelieu |
| he was the son of Louis XIII and was crowned in 1643 / | Louis XIV |
| war fought over the Spanish throne; Louis XIV wanted it for his son and fought a war against the Dutch,English,and the Holy Roman Empire to gain the throne for France ? | War of the Spanish Succession |
| treaty that ended the War of the Spanish succession. it gave the throne to Louis XIV's grandson but also stated that France and Spain would never be ruled by the same Monarch ? | Treaty of Utrecht |
| English protestants of the late 1500s and most of the 1600s who wanted to "purify" the church of England through reforms ? | Puritans |
| he was the son of James I and was crowned king in 1625 ? | Charles I |
| supporters of government by a monarch; used as a name for supporters of England's King Charles I ? | Royalists |
| he Lead the Round head forces, and he was a member of parliament ? | Oliver Cromwell |
| a republican government based on the common good of all the people ? | Commonwealth |
| the period of the reign of Charles II in England when the monarchy was restored after the collapse of Oliver Cromwell's government;there was also a rebirth of English culture during this time ? | Restoration |
| he was crowned king in the spring of 1660 ? | Charles II |
| they were both protestants, living in the Netherlands ? | William and Mary |
| a nonviolent revolution in which leaders of Britain's parliament invited Mary, daughter of King James II, and her husband, the dutch ruler William of orange, to replace King James II ? | Glorious Revolution |
| a monarchy limited by certain laws ? | Constitutional Monarchy |
| wealthy Russian landowners ? | Boyars |
| "Caesar";title taken by the Ruler of Russia ? | Czar |
| During the early years of his rule he made many reforms , he created a general council that included merchants and lower-level nobles ? | Ivan IV |
| he was crowned czar, he was later known for his efforts to transform Russia into a modern state ? | Peter the Great |
| the adoption of the culture and ideas of western society,namely Europe and America ? | Westernization |
| a German princess who came to Russia to marry a grandson of Peter the Great ? | Catherine the Great |
| a conflict in Europe that began in Prague, as a protestant rebellion against the Holy Roman Empire;fought over religion and power among ruling dynasties ? | Thirty Years' War |
| treaty ending the Thirty Years' War;it reduced the power of the Holy Roman Empire;it extended religious toleration to protestants and Catholics within most of the Empire ? | Treaty of Westphalia |
| Charles IV daughter and she took the throne because a document called the Pragmatic Sanction said that the emperor could be passed down to a female heir ? | Maria Theresa |
| he seized the Austrian province of Silesia, which had minerals and industries ? | Frederick the Great |
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