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whistory examfall
Question | Answer |
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what was the major threat to the empire of charles V | ottomans advancing across europe |
philip II felt his goal in life was to | defend catholicism again protestant reformation |
what was one reason for Spain's decline of power | english defeated spanish armada |
what did henry IV do to be king of france | became a catholic |
the edict of nantes said that | french protestants wouldnt be persecuted anymore |
louis XIV expanded his power by | building a strong army |
the dutch and the english wanted to maintain a balance of power to | prevent france from dominating europe |
what describes the thirty years war | it began locally but became a general european war |
what country gained territory as a result of the peace of westphalia | france |
what did maria theresa do to strengthen the hapsburg empire | reorganized the hapsburg bureaucracy |
why did prussia battle austria | to control german states |
how was catherine the great similar to peter the great | both worked to bring russia into european politics |
peters goals for russia included | centralizing royal power, expanding russias borders, and strengthening the military |
peter the great waged war against the ottoman turks to | gain a warm water port on the black sea |
to avoid war over poland, the countries of russia, prussia, and austria | decided to divide it among themselves |
what type of government has one ruler with complete authority | absolute monarchy |
didnt belong to the house of tudor | james I |
which phrase best decribes the tudor monarchs relations with parliament | respectful and cooperative |
the stuart kings claim to absolute power was challenged by | parliament |
the long parliament et when charles I requested funds to | suppress a scottish rebellion |
long parliament tried to reduce | the absolute power of the king |
which statement best describes the english civil war | it led to political change |
under the commonwealth, this religious group gained a new voice in society | puritans |
the British commonwealth ended with the death of | oliver cromwell |
the restoration is | the reestablishment of the rule of parliament |
which king was invited to take the throne when parliament initiated the restoration in britian | james II |
what was a result of the glorious revolution | the protestants william III of orange and mary replaced catholic james II |
what type of government was created in england by the glorious revolution | limited monarchy |
this prince couldnt speak english | george I |
which of the 5 countries was not ruled by an absolute monarch | britian |