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World HIstory
Chapter 4 Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| who was the Greek painter who was a master of the Spanish style? | El Greco |
| Which group was a major threat to the empire of Charles V | The Muslim Ottoman Empire |
| What were the important goals of Philip II of Spain | to expand Spanish influence, strengthen the Catholic Church, and make his power absolute and he also wanted to defeat Queen Elizabeth I of England |
| What were the major causes of conflict within the empire of King Charles V | Religion and the Muslim Ottoman Empire |
| Which painter was known for his vivid royal portraits at the court of King Philip IV during Spain's golden age | Diego Veláquez |
| Under the rule of Philip II, what events helped to increase Spanish power? | Phillip making himself an absolute monarch, defeating the Ottoman Empire in battles and enforcing religious unity |
| What is the belief that a monarch's authority comes directly from God? | Divine Right |
| What is the name of French Protestants whose freedoms were protected by Henry IV | Huguenots |
| what is the name of royal officials who carries out the policies of Louis XIV | Intendants |
| in 1598, what rights did the Edict of Nantes help ensure | it granted the Huguenots religious toleration |
| when the Huguenots left france in the 1680s, what effect did their departure have on france? | it crashed the French economy because the Huguenots were the most hardworking an prosperous of Louis's subjects |
| how did Louis XIV govern France in 1661 after the death of his chief minister | He took complete control of the gov. by himself and he rules by divine right and forced nobles to work under and for him |
| Louis XIV appointed royal officials from the middle class to his bureaucracy because | he wanted to make sure they realized the were beneath him and they had to work for him which let him have complete control of all social classes |
| finance minister Jean Baptiste Colbert helped to make France the wealthiest state in Europe by | he had new lands cleared for farming and trade, put high tariffs on goods, and fostered oversea colonies and traded with them |
| the ________ were high-ranking government leaders who advised the head of state | cabinet |
| english protestants who differed with the church of England were called | dissenters |
| why did Charles I request funds from the Long parliament | he had no money and needed to raise taxes |
| what type of gov. was created in England by the Glorious Revolution | limited monarchy |
| which group consisted of dissenters who sought to change Catholic practices in the Church of England | puritans |
| what did the Levellers demand during the English Commonwealth period? | that poor men have as much say in gov. and the leading citizens. females also said they should have the right to petition parliament |
| what did the Tories, and Enlgish political party, represent and what were their aims? | they sought to preserve older traditions and they supported broad royal powers and a dominant Anglican Church |
| What were the results of the English Bill of Rights of 1689 | it ensured the superiority of parliament over the monarchy, requires the monarchy to summon to Parliament regularly, gave the House of Commons control over spending, and Roman Catholics were banned from the throne |
| what factors contributed to the start of the English Civil War | Charles I inherited the throne and was a bad ruler and he didn't listen to Parliament and ignored the Petition of Right |
| German princes who chose the holy Roman emperor were known as the | electors |
| soldiers for hire are known as | mercenaries |
| what were the results of the treaty known as the Peace of Westphalia in 1648? | it aspired a general European peace, allowed france to gain land, and the Hapsburgs had to accept the total independence of all their princes, and Netherlands and Switzerland were recognized as independent states |
| what did Maria Theresa do to strengthen the Hapsburg empire | she reorganized the bureaucracy and improved the tax collection |
| what were the effects of the thirty years' war? | land were divided into 360 states and it led to severe depopulation |
| How did Frederick William I help to unify Prussia after the death of his father in 1713? | he appointed the nobles to positions in the army so they were under his control and he created a good army |
| by 1750how was the relationship of Prussia and Austria? What were their aims? | they had formed alliances,yet were still rivals. they both battled for control of the German states to expand their empire |
| landowning russian nobles under Peter the Great were known as | Boyars |
| the division of Poland among Russia, Prussia, and Austria is called the | partition |
| why did Peter the Great wage war against the Ottoman empire | he wanted to gain a warm water port for trade with other countries |
| what were the achievements of Catherine the Great | she reorganized the provincial government, codified laws, and created state-sponsored education for both boys and girls and she took a warm water port on the Black Sea and part of Poland |
| How did Peter the Great gain territory for Russia along the Baltic Sea | he defeated the Swedish who rules the land and built St. Petersburg |