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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| absolute monarch | Englands form of government: A king or queen with complete authority over the government and people in a kingdom. |
| What is Divine Right | the idea that God created the monarchy and that the monarch acted as God's representative on Earth |
| Causes of the weakening of the Spanish Empire | 1) Inflation and Taxes 2) Making Spains Enemies Rich - Increased exports, huge debt 3) The Dutch Revolt |
| What is the significance of England's defeat of the Armada? | Ended Spain's domination of the Atlantic |
| Why did the Dutch revolt against Spain? | Philip raised taxes and took steps to crush Protestantism. They revolted and to punish them Philip executed 1,500 Protestants. They continued to fight. |
| How did religious and political turmoil in France encourage ABSOLUTISM? | People came to prefer a strong monarch who could keep the peace; fed up with rebellious nobles, monarchs and their advisors adopted policies that severely weakened the nobility and made them more dependent on the monarch |
| How did religious and political turmoil in France encourge SKEPTICISM? | Many intellectuals who witnessed the horror of the religious wars came to doubt churches that claimed to have the only correct set of beliefs and doctrines and to adopt skepticism, the idea that nothing can ever by known for certain |
| Cardinal Mazarin | was the minister to Louis XIV whose policies drove nobles to rebel against the boy king |
| Yaroslav | ______ the Wise".; (862 A.D.) Rurik of the Rus.; Took control of Novgorod & later his descendants took control of Kievan Russia. |
| The Grand Embassy | A long visit to western Europe.; Embarked on by Peter the Great. |
| St. Petersburg | Peter fought Sweden to gain this land.; Wanted the seaport to make it easier to travel to the west. |
| Prime minister | The leader of the majority party and head of the cabinet in Parliament. |
| Cabinet | This group of government officials linked the monarch to the majority party in Parliament. |
| Glorious Revolution | of the cabinet in Parliament. Glorious Revolution The bloodless overthrow of King James II. |
| William and Mary | The prince and princess of Netherlands, they overthrew the king in 1688. Led the Glorious Revolution. |
| Constitutional Monarchy | In this type of government laws limit the ruler's power. |
| Tories | This group supported King James II |
| Cavaliers | Also known as Royalists, they remained loyal to the king. |
| English Civil War | This lasted from 1642-1649. Fought between supporters and opponents of King Charles I. |
| Puritans | This group wanted to make reforms in religion and purify it of Catholic practice. They opposed the king. |
| King James I | This king of Scotland also became king of England in 1603. He struggled with Parliament over money. |
| Good Period | (1547-1560) Known as Ivan's "______."; Ivan won great victories, added lands to Russia, gave Russia a code of laws, and ruled justly. |
| Bad Period | Ivan IV's "______".; Began after Anastasia dies.; Ivan IV organizes police force to hunt boyars Ivan considered traitors (Police dressed in black & rode black horses). |
| Vasily | Ivan III's son. |
| Ivan III | Ruled Russia (1462-1505).; Conquered territory of Moscow.; Liberated Russia from Mongols.; Centralized the Russian government.; Ivan "Moneybags" |
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