Chapter 15 Terms Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Little Ice Age | Late sixteenth century, average temperature fell and harvests failed, causing famine. Caused witchcraft craze |
Holy Roman Empire | Gathering of territories in central Europe that was together until 1806 |
Peace of Westphalia (1648) | Resolution to the Thirty Years' War, separated religion and politics, drew borders |
Military Revolution | Military changes from 1560 to 1660, began with Gustavus Adolphus (king of Sweden) |
Absolutism | Sovereign power/Ultimate authority of the state lays with the monarch who claims to rule by divine right |
Louis XIV | Absolutist king of France that kept nobles in Versailles and was in constant war |
Jean-Baptiste Colbert | Financial adviser to King Louis XIV, practiced mercantilism in France |
Prussia | A state that used to contain parts of Poland, Germany, and Lithuania. Became a prominent absolutist monarchy |
Habsburgs | Family that used to hold the title of Holy Roman Emperor. After 30 years', lost German empire and established Austrian empire |
Peter the Great | Russian absolutist monarch that worked to westernize Russia by introducing western ideas |
Ottoman Empire | Empire that was in modern day Turkey and Northern Africa. Tried to take over the Balkans during this age |
Battle of Vienna (1683) | Ottoman siege of Vienna repulsed by Europeans and pushed out of Austria |
English Civil War | |
Glorious Revolution | |
John Locke | |
Mannerism | |
Baroque | |
Dutch Realism |
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