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World Civ Exam 3
For the test November 22nd 2011
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What term means “the right to rule given by God? | Divine Right |
| Which two religious groups did most of the fighting in the 1500s? | Catholics and Protestants |
| Where were Huguenots from? What was their religion? | France, protestant |
| The Thirty Years War was the ___________ religious war in Europe. | Last |
| What did the Peace of Westphalia allow individual states to do? | Choose their own religion |
| Why did the Peace of Westphalia end the Holy Roman Empire? | Church didn't control the area anymore |
| The land that is now Germany was first part of the Holy Roman Empire, after the HRE fell, most of the area was known as ______________. | Prussia |
| How do monarchs get their power? | Birth |
| What does “absolute” mean in the term absolute monarch? | Controls errthing |
| What was Louis XIV’s nickname? | Sun King |
| Why did Louis XIV build his new palace outside of Paris in Versailles? | Didn’t want poor to see it |
| Before the Glorious Revolution, absolute monarchs said that they received their power from ________ therefore, the people shouldn't complain about how they ruled. | God |
| What makes an absolute monarch an “enlightened despot”? | They treat the ppl fairly |
| Which English war was fought between the king’s cavaliers and Cromwell’s roundheads? | ENG Civil War |
| What did Cromwell end up doing after overthrowing the king? | Became a dictator (Lord Protector) |
| Which two countries fought in the War of Austrian Succession? What was unique about Austria’s ruler at the time? | Austria breaks away from Prussia. 23 yo lady. |
| What role did the Mongols play in Russia’s late development? | They had no culture and kept RUS in dark ages |
| Which leader first tried to Westernize Russia and brought about what some call Russia’s Renaissance? | Peter the Great (Poser) |
| Name three ways that Peter the Great tried to make Russia more like France and England. | Beards, Ballet, Moved the capital to St. Petersburg |
| The English document that split the governmental power among the Parliament and the monarchy was the … | ENG Bill of Rights |
| Who won the Thirty Years’ War? | Protestants |
| Which event led to the end of Divine Right in England when Parliament chose the monarchs instead of God? | Glorious Revolution |
| What art style is basically a combination of Christian ideas with Renaissance style? | Baroque |
| What are natural rights? Who fought for these in the 1700s? | Rights you are born with. Locke |
| Which French philosopher came up with the idea of separation of powers? | Montesquieu |
| In France, philosophers were known as…. | Philosophes |
| Which philosopher thought that equal education was the key to equality among the sexes? | Wollstonecraft |
| Adam Smith was the father of ____________ and he thought that the ______________ should keep its nose out of the ______________ system. | Capitalism, government, economic |
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