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Stover Chapter 21
Absolute Monarchs
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What three things encouraged the development of absolute monarchs? | cities, colonies, kingdoms |
| Which war was sparked by religious differences,ended with a stronger France, a weaker Spain and Austria, and destroyed Germany? | Thirty Years War |
| The Edict of Nantes was a declaration of | religious toleration |
| Who was the first Russian czar to westernize Russia? | Peter the Great |
| What religious faith did the Glorious Revolution bring back to the English throne? | Protestantism |
| What type of government had England become by the end of the 1600's? | constitutional monarchy |
| Which monarch lost the English Civil War? | Charles I |
| Which weak king did Cardinal Richelieu serve? | Louis XIII |
| Who started a war to gain a warm water port for Russia? | Peter the Great |
| Which monarch was sentenced to death by a Puritan government? | Charles I |
| Who founded the Bourbon dynasty and issued the Edict of Nantes? | Henry IV |
| Who came to power in England as a result of the Glorious Revolution? | Mary |
| Who, as the minister of finance under Louis XIV, embraced mercantilism? | Colbert |
| Which Protestant prince converted to Catholicism after becoming king of France? | Henry IV |
| Which Puritan leader abolished the English monarchy and ruled as a military dictator? | Cromwell |
| Which hardworking monarch and devout Catholic ruled the Spanish empire in the late 1500s? | Philip II |
| Which French writer embraced skepticism and developed the essay form of literature? | Montaigne |
| Which king began his reign at the age of five and became France's most powerful monarch? | Louis XIV |
| Which king of Prussia started the War of Austrain Succession? | Frederick II |
| Which Calvinist king of Scotland inherited Elizabeth's English throne? | James I |
| Who was the minister to Louis XIII that strengthened the monarchy at the expense of the nobility? | Cardinal Richelieu |
| The English government by the late 1600s had become a _______________ monarchy, whereas the French government remained an ___________ monarchy. | absolute |
| The English monarch had to share power with _____________, whereas the French monarch had ____________ power. | Parliament, total |
| What were the three most important changes that took place in Russian in the late 1600s and early 1700s? | westernization, warm water port, capital moved to St.Petersburg |
| What belief did monarch's use to justify their absolute rule? | divine right |
| What type of government did the Netherlands establish after gained their independence from Spain? | republic |
| Who suffered the greatest loss of power under the reign of Ivan the Terrible? | nobility |
| What law was passed in France to end violent religous conflicts? | Edict of Nantes |
| Who were the most powerful nations in Central Europe following the Thirty Years' War? | Austria, Prussia |
| What did the Restoration restore to power in England? | monarchy |
| Who was known as the Sun King? | Louis XIV |
| What king oversaw the building of St. Petersburg? | Peter the Great |
| Which French king cancelled the Edict of Nantes? | Louis XIV |
| Which Russian czar began a campaign to westernize Russia? | Peter the Great |
| Which monarch was executed after losing the English Civil War? | Charles I |
| Which Puritan led England after the end of the English Civil War? | Cromwell |
| Whose policies drove the French nobility to rebel against the child king he served? | Cardinal Mazarin |
| Which Catholic King of England was overthrown in the Glorious Revolution? | James II |
| Who defended Austrian territoes seized by Prussia in the War of Austrian Succession? | Maria Theresa |
| Which Dutch artist painted The Synics? | Rembrandt |
| Who wrote the Spanish novel Don Quixote about a poor nobleman who battled windmills? | Cervantes |
| Which Russian czar began a campaign of cruelty against his people after his wife died? | Ivan the Terrible |
| Which Spanish monarch felt duty-bound to defend Catholicism from its enemies? | Philip II |
| Who was the French writer and thinkder who believed no one can ever be sure of anything? | Descartes |
| Who successfully fought to free the Netherlands from Spanish control and then later shared the English throne with his wife Mary? | William |
| By the 1600s England had a ____________ monarchy, whereas Russia had a ______________ monarchy. | constitutional, absolute |
| England's monarch had to share power with ______________, whereas Russia's monarch had ______________ power. | Parliament, total |
| Name three ways the kings of France limited the nobles power. | nobles forced to live at court, take down walls of castle, increased power of intendents |
| How did the Russian czar's limit the nobles power? | secret police killed them, took their land |
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